Rose Zhang
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.
| Rose Zhang | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Born | May 24, 2003 Arcadia, California | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||
| 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 | DNP | ||
| Evian Championship | DNP | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Medal record
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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]
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
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U.S. national team appearances
- Junior Solheim Cup: 2017 (winners), 2019 (winners)
- Junior Ryder Cup: 2018 (winners)
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References
- "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.
- Basheda, Lori (June 1, 2020). "Meet America's best junior golfer". Irvine Standard. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- "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.
- 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.
- "Zhang becomes world number one". World Amateur Golf Ranking. September 16, 2020.
- "Rose Zhang". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- Dovsek, Averee (October 7, 2020). Golfweek https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2020/10/07/rose-zhang-amateur-golf-wagr-mark-mccormack-medal/. Missing or empty
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