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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | (2003-05-24)May 24, 2003 (age 22) Arcadia, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6.5 in (169 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Sporting nationality |  United States | ||||||||||||||
| Residence | Irvine, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Career | |||||||||||||||
| College | Stanford University | ||||||||||||||
| Turned professional | 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| Current tour | LPGA Tour (joined2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Professional wins | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||||||||||||
| LPGA Tour | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||||||||||||||
| Chevron Championship | T11: 2020 | ||||||||||||||
| Women's PGA C'ship | T8:2023 | ||||||||||||||
| U.S. Women's Open | T9:2023 | ||||||||||||||
| Women's British Open | T28: 2022 | ||||||||||||||
| Evian Championship | T9:2023 | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Rose Zhang (Chinese:张斯洋;pinyin:Zhāng Sī Yáng born May 24, 2003)[1] is an Americanprofessional golfer. She won the 2020U.S. Women's Amateur, and both the 2022 and2023 NCAA Division I Championships, becoming the first woman to win the individual title twice. She competed in the2019 U.S. Women's Open and was on the gold medal team at the2019 Pan American Games. Less than two weeks after turning pro, she became the first player to win in her professional debut on theLPGA Tour since 1951.[2]
Zhang was born inArcadia, California, and resides inIrvine, California.[1] Her parents are Haibin Zhang (father) and Li Cai, and her brother is Bill Sida Zhang, who is 10 years older.[3][4]
She began playing golf at the age of 9.[3] For high school, Zhang attended Pacific Academy where she was ranked twice as the world's top amateur female golfer.[3][4] She enrolled atStanford University in 2021, and has not declared anacademic major.[3][4]
Zhang has had the same golf swing coach, George Pinnell, since age 11.[3] At the 2022 Carmel Cup, she established the women's course record of 9 under par at thePebble Beach Golf Links,[3][4] site of the2023 U.S. Women's Open.
In 2019 at age 16, Zhang was one of the youngest competitors in the inauguralAugusta National Women's Amateur, finishing in a tie for 17th place.[5] She was named by theAmerican Junior Golf Association as the 2019 Girls Rolex Junior Player of the Year.[3] She competed in the2019 U.S. Women's Open at age 16, finishing in a tie for 55th place at 7 over par.[6] At the2019 Pan American Games, she was on the winning U.S.mixed-gender team and placed eighth in theindividual competition.[7][8]
Zhang won theU.S. Women's Amateur in August 2020 after defeatingGabriela Ruffels in the final on the 38th hole.[9] In September 2020, Zhang became the top-ranked women's golfer in theWorld Amateur Golf Ranking after a tie for 11th place and finishing as low amateur at the2020 ANA Inspiration, anLPGA major championship.[3][10] In 2021, she won theU.S. Girls' Junior.[4] She was awarded theMark H. McCormack Medal as the top-ranked women's amateur golfer in the world for three consecutive years (2020–22).[3]
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In May 2022, Zhang won the individualNCAA Championship by 3 shots. On her 19th birthday, she was presented with the Annika Award as the top female college golfer of the year.[3] She finished the2022 Women's British Open in a tie for 28th, earning the Smyth Salver Award as the low amateur.[11]
On April 1, 2023, Zhang won the Augusta National Women's Amateur on the second playoff hole over Jenny Bae.[12][13] Also in April, she became the female golfer ranked number one in theWorld Amateur Golf Ranking for 141 weeks, the most of any player in history.[10][14] In May 2023, Zhang won the individual NCAA Championship for the second consecutive year, becoming the first woman in NCAA women's golf history to win the individual national championship twice.[15] Her 68.80 scoring average over 31 rounds in the 2022–23 season is the lowest in NCAA women's golf history, bettering the record her Stanford teammate Rachel Heck had set the previous year.[16]
In June 2022,Adidas announced its firstname, image, and likeness (NIL) deal with Zhang for her apparel, golf shoes and accessories, making her the company's first sponsored student athlete.[17][18] The multi-year deal was announced on the morning of Zhang entering the U.S. Women's Open.[17]
Other sponsorships established before her professional debut were withCallaway for her golf clubs, ball, and bag,Delta Air Lines,East West Bank, and USwing Eyewear.[18] Other NIL deals exist withRolex for herwatch andBeats by Dre forheadphones.[18] In July at the U.S. Women's Open, Zhang began a multiyear sponsorship deal withAT&T.[19]
Zhang announced her intention to play professionally on May 26, 2023.[20] In June 2023, at her first tournament as a professional, Zhang won theMizuho Americas Open by defeatingJennifer Kupcho on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff atLiberty National Golf Club. Zhang became the first player to win in her professional debut on the LPGA Tour sinceBeverly Hanson in 1951[21] and the most recent non-member to win in her first LPGA event sinceHinako Shibuno in2019.[10] In May 2024, she won theCognizant Founders Cup, snappingNelly Korda's record-tying LPGA Tour winning streak.[22]
| Legend |
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| Major championships (0) |
| Other LPGA Tour (2) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up | Winner's share ($) |
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| 1 | Jun 4,2023 | Mizuho Americas Open | 70-69-66-74=279 | −9 | Playoff |  Jennifer Kupcho | 412,500 |
| 2 | May 12,2024 | Cognizant Founders Cup | 63-68-67-66=264 | −24 | 2 strokes |  Madelene Sagstrom | 450,000 |
LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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| 1 | 2023 | Mizuho Americas Open | Jennifer Kupcho | Won with par on second extra hole |
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Chevron Championship | T60 | T11LA | CUT | |||||
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | T40 | T9 | CUT | CUT | |||
| Women's PGA Championship | T8 | T35 | 73 | |||||
| The Evian Championship | NT | T58 | T65 | T9 | T39 | T35 | ||
| Women's British Open | CUT | T28LA | T44 | T29 | CUT |
LA = low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Women's PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| The Evian Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Women's British Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 |
| Year | Tournaments played | Cuts made* | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best finish | Earnings ($) | Money list rank | Scoring average | Scoring rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T60 | 0 | n/a | 74.88 | n/a |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T55 | 0 | n/a | 73.25 | n/a |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T11 | 0 | n/a | 71.00 | n/a |
| 2021 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T33 | 0 | n/a | 71.83 | n/a |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T28 | 0 | n/a | 71.83 | n/a |
| 2023 | 13** | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1,389,794 | 21 | 70.35 | 18 |
| 2024 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1,137,159 | 25 | 70.88 | 25 |
| Totals | 34(2023) | 27(2023) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1,997,891 | 199 |
Official as of 2024 season[24][25][26]
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.
**13 Tournaments entered in 2023, not credited forMizuho Americas Open Tournament or for that Top 10, as not an LPGA member until after.
Position inWomen's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
| Year | Ranking | Source |
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| 2018 | 788 | [27] |
| 2019 | 669 | [28] |
| 2020 | 288 | [29] |
| 2021 | 283 | [30] |
| 2022 | 349 | [31] |
| 2023 | 26 | [32] |
| 2024 | 14 | [33] |
Amateur
Professional
| Year | Total matches | Total W–L–H | Singles W–L–H | Foursomes W–L–H | Fourballs W–L–H | Points won | Points % |
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| Career | 7 | 4–2–1 | 1–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–1–1 | 4.5 | 64.3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0–2–1 | 0–1–0 lost toL. Maguire 4&3 | 0–0–0 | 0–1–1 halved w/M. Khang lost w/A. Lee 2&1 | 0.5 | 16.7 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4–0–0 | 1–0–0 def.C. Ciganda 6&4 | 1–0–0 won w/L. Coughlin 3&2 | 2–0–0 won w/ An. Lee 5&4 won w/ An. Lee 6&4 | 4.0 | 100.0 |
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