Rose Zhang’s LPGA debut victory sends shockwaves throughout golf

Rose Zhang did the inconceivable and received in her first LPGA Tour occasion in a two-hole playoff over Jennifer Kupcho. She confirmed the gusto it takes to win knowledgeable golf event, and it solely took her 4 days on the job.

Zhang took house $415,500 for her first examine as a professional, and that’s a powerful begin. She took the world by storm together with her bend, don’t break model all through the week. Zhang didn’t make one birdie the whole remaining spherical however discovered a approach to make historical past.

What Zhang achieved isn’t simply ladies’s golf historical past however skilled golf as an entire. Tiger Woods completed T60 in his first begin on the PGA Tour. Michelle Wie West took 4 years earlier than she received on the LPGA Tour. Zhang is transcending into turning into one of many greatest names in golf, and he or she nonetheless has finals at Stanford to take this week.

Golf followers in every single place appreciated what Zhang achieved on Sunday, and he or she even acquired a tweet from Woods himself. She wakened on Monday to 500-plus texts, per Golfweek’s Beth Ann Nichols.

The golf world is aware of what sort of historical past they noticed occur at Liberty Nationwide Golf Membership. She grew to become the primary lady to win of their LPGA Tour debut since 1951.

Zhang has had her “Hey World” second, and what a debut it was. She hung in with a veteran LPGA winner and had the stones to take down Kupcho. Her strategy shot on the second playoff gap was veteran-level as she hit a hybrid to seven toes from profitable.

Most would have cracked beneath the stress Zhang felt all week, however it didn’t trouble her. In some way Zhang managed to maintain her cool and do the inconceivable.

Now she is a good greater star, who might be probably the most talked about male or feminine participant this summer season. She modified golf in a single day.