This week’s LPGA tournament starts Zhang’s next test of changing her mindset from a Stanford University student to refocusing herself as a professional golfer, a challenge she looks forward to.
The rising star will play only this event between now and mid-March when the tour returns to the United States, skipping four tournaments to focus on her four classes at Stanford University.
Ahead of a consequential year – with not only the five majors but another Solheim Cup and the Olympics – here are five bold predictions for the season.
To help you learn from how the best on both tours hit certain shots, we’ve gathered images and videos from the Grant Thornton Invitational and identified a few specific takeaways for each.
Zhang said she will have five classes during Stanford’s winter quarter, taking on a loaded 22-unit schedule. She is about halfway through the requirements to earn her degree.
For the third week in a row, the LPGA Tour needed a playoff to determine a winner. And this one nearly set the record for the longest playoff in tour history.
Where Rose Zhang walks, history follows. Her celebrated golf journey continued Sunday at the Mizuho Americas Open while surviving a slog at Liberty National, shooting a closing 74 which was good enough to get into a playoff and beat Jennifer Kupcho on the second extra hole.
From one Stanford Cardinal to another, Tiger Woods was quick to heap congratulations on Rose Zhang Sunday for winning her first professional event, defeating Jennifer Kupcho on the second hole of a playoff to win the Mizuho Americas Open.
The decorated amateur announced she will be playing a self-described “packed” northern summer, including having received exemptions into all four remaining majors on the schedule.
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