Rose Zhang
Rose Zhang | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born | Arcadia, California | May 24, 2003||
Height | 5 ft 6.5 in (169 cm) | ||
Sporting nationality | United States | ||
Residence | Irvine, California | ||
Career | |||
Status | Amateur | ||
Best results in LPGA major championships | |||
ANA Inspiration | T11: 2020 | ||
Women's PGA C'ship | DNP | ||
U.S. Women's Open | T55: 2019 | ||
Women's British Open | CUT: 2021 | ||
Evian Championship | T58: 2021 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Medal record |
Rose Zhang (born May 24, 2003[1]) is an American amateur golfer. She won the 2020 U.S. Women's Amateur. She competed in the 2019 U.S. Women's Open and was on the gold medal team at the 2019 Pan American Games.
Life[]
Zhang was born in Arcadia, California and lives in Irvine, California.[1] She began golfing at the age of 9.[2] Zhang attends Pacific Academy and is committed to Stanford University.[3] In 2019, she was one of the youngest competitors in the Augusta National Women's Amateur. She was named by American Junior Golf Association as the 2019 Girls Rolex Junior Player of the Year. She competed in the 2019 U.S. Women's Open. At the 2019 Pan American Games, she was on the winning U.S. mixed-gender team and placed eighth in the individual competition.[4][5] In August 2020, she won the U.S. Women's Amateur.[6] She rose to number 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking in September 2020 after finishing T-11 at the 2020 ANA Inspiration, an LPGA major.[7][8] She won the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the top-ranked amateur at the end of the 2020 season.[9] She won the award again in 2021.[10]
Amateur wins[]
- 2016 AJGA - CJGT Junior at Yorba Linda
- 2017 Junior PGA Championship, Junior America's Cup
- 2018 ANA Junior Inspiration, Swinging Skirts AJGA Invitational, The PING Invitational
- 2019 Toyota Junior World Cup, Swinging Skirts AJGA Invitational, Rolex Tournament of Champions
- 2020 U.S. Women's Amateur, Rolex Girls Junior Championship, The PING Invitational, Rolex Tournament of Champions
- 2021 U.S. Girls' Junior
Source:[8]
U.S. national team appearances[]
- Junior Solheim Cup: 2017 (winners), 2019 (winners)
- Junior Ryder Cup: 2018 (winners)
- Curtis Cup: 2021 (winners)
Source:[8]
References[]
- ^ a b "Rose Zhang". TeamUSA.org.
- ^ Berhow, Josh (March 29, 2019). "Rose Zhang's game has risen to new heights (just don't tell her that)". Golf.com. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Basheda, Lori (June 1, 2020). "Meet America's best junior golfer". Irvine Standard. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Migliaccio, U.S. team bring home gold medals at Pan-Am Games". AmateurGolf.com. August 11, 2019.
- ^ Romine, Brentley (October 28, 2019). "Players of year Maxwell Moldovan, Rose Zhang headline AJGA All-Americans". Golf Channel. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Romine, Brentley (August 9, 2020). "Rose Zhang wins U.S. Women's Amateur after Gabriela Ruffels' repeat hopes end on lip-out". Golf Channel. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Zhang becomes world number one". World Amateur Golf Ranking. September 16, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Rose Zhang". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
- ^ Dovsek, Averee (October 7, 2020). "Rose Zhang's late-summer hot streak results in WAGR bump, Mark H. McCormack Medal". Golfweek.
- ^ "Zhang wins second McCormack Medal". R&A. August 11, 2021.
- American female golfers
- Amateur golfers
- Winners of ladies' major amateur golf championships
- Pan American Games medalists in golf
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Golfers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Sportspeople from Irvine, California
- People from Arcadia, California
- 2003 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American women