Player Bio: Rose Zhang2021 U.S. Women's Open

Age: 18
Country: United States of America
College: Stanford (signed to attend in 2021)
Road to Olympic: 2020 U.S. Women's Amateur champion; 2020 McCormack Medal winner

Zhang catapulted to No. 1 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking® late in the summer when she defeated defending champion Gabriela Ruffels in the 36-hole championship match of the 120th U.S. Women’s Amateur, and then outdueled the Australian for low-amateur honors a month later in the ANA Inspiration. Zhang made a brilliant up-and-down par on the 36th hole to force extra holes and then won the match on the 38th hole. By being No. 1 in the WAGR, Zhang was awarded the McCormack Medal for 2020. In 2019, Zhang advanced to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Girls’ Junior and helped the USA win a mixed team gold medal in the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. The Irvine, Calif., resident has signed to play for Stanford University in the fall of 2021. This will be Zhang’s third U.S. Women’s Open start.

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