Rose Zhang

Rose Zhang ( born May 24, 2003) is an American professional golfer. She won the 2020 U.S. Women's Amateur, and both the 2022 and 2023 NCAA Division I Championships, becoming the first woman to win the individual title twice. She competed in the 2019 U.S. Women's Open and was on the gold medal team at the 2019 Pan American Games. Less than two weeks after turning pro, she became the first player to win in her professional debut on the LPGA Tour since 1951.

Early and personal life Zhang was born in Arcadia, California, and resides in Irvine, California.

She began playing golf at the age of 9. She was named by the American Junior Golf Association as the 2019 Girls Rolex Junior Player of the Year. At the 2019 Pan American Games, she was on the winning U.S. mixed-gender team and placed eighth in the individual competition.

Zhang won the U.S. Women's Amateur in August 2020 after defeating Gabriela Ruffels in the final on the 38th hole. In September 2020, Zhang became the top-ranked women's golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking after a tie for 11th place and finishing as low amateur at the 2020 ANA Inspiration, an LPGA major championship.

On April 1, 2023, Zhang won the Augusta National Women's Amateur on the second playoff hole over Jenny Bae. Also in April, she became the female golfer ranked number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for 141 weeks, the most of any player in history. 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. 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.

Sponsorships In June 2022, Adidas announced its first name, image, and likeness (NIL) deal with Zhang for her apparel, golf shoes and accessories, making her the company's first sponsored student athlete. Other NIL deals exist with Rolex for her watch and Beats by Dre for headphones.

Professional career Zhang announced her intention to play professionally on May 26, 2023. In June 2023, at her first tournament as a professional, Zhang won the Mizuho Americas Open by defeating Jennifer Kupcho on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff at Liberty National Golf Club. Zhang became the first player to win in her professional debut on the LPGA Tour since Beverly Hanson in 1951 and the most recent non-member to win in her first LPGA event since Hinako Shibuno in 2019. In May 2024, she won the Cognizant Founders Cup, snapping Nelly Korda's record-tying LPGA Tour winning streak.

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, Molly Collegiate Invitational, Windy City Collegiate Classic, Stanford Intercollegiate, Spirit International Amateur Championship (individual) 2022 NCAA Championship, Carmel Cup, Stanford Intercollegiate, Nanea Pac-12 Preview 2023 T. Hession Regional Challenge, Juli Inkster Meadow Club Collegiate, Augusta National Women's Amateur, Pac-12 Conference Championship (individual), NCAA Pullman Regional, NCAA Championship

Sources: Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut. 13 tournaments entered in 2023, not credited for Mizuho Americas Open Tournament or for that top 10, as not an LPGA member until after.

World ranking Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year Ranking Source 2018 788 2019 669 2020 288 2021 283 2022 349 2023 26 2024 14 2025 62

U.S. national team appearances Amateur Junior Solheim Cup: 2017 (winners), 2019 (winners) Junior Ryder Cup: 2018 (winners) Curtis Cup: 2021 (winners), 2022 (winners) Spirit International Amateur: 2021 (winners) Arnold Palmer Cup: 2022 Espirito Santo Trophy: 2022

Professional Solheim Cup: 2023 (tied, Europe retained cup), 2024 (winners)

Solheim Cup record Year Totalmatches TotalW–L–H SinglesW–L–H FoursomesW–L–H FourballsW–L–H Pointswon Points%Career74–2–11–1–01–0–02–1–14.564.3202330–2–10–1–0 lost to L. Maguire 4&30–0–00–1–1 halved w/ M. Khanglost w/ A. Lee 2&10.516.7202444–0–01–0–0 def. C. Ciganda 6&41–0–0 won w/ L. Coughlin 3&22–0–0 won w/ An. Lee 5&4won w/ An. Lee 6&44.0100.0

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