The aforementioned event, the inaugural Mizuho Americas Open, was hosted by Michelle Wie-West and featured 120 LPGA players competing alongside 24 top-ranking junior golfers on the American Junior Golf Association Tour. There’s no ceiling for Zhang, and her NCAA career proved that. She has already done incredible things and now gets to continue to do so at the professional level. She already made history at Augusta National. No other Stanford golfer (male or female) won as many times as Zhang did. I don’t think she’s “close” to becoming a top player in the women’s game, I think she already is. But she kept at it and made really steady pars until she could make her move on the second playoff hole. The birdies were not flowing for Zhang on Sunday - she didn’t make a single one all day. To think she has all that at just 20 years old? Wow. It was striking how unbothered she seemed by the whole spectacle, particularly while I was clinging to the edge of my seat. Rose’s game has all the pieces of greatness (her final six holes on Sunday more than proved that), but it’ll be her even keel that carries her there. Hello world, huh? /LS元nrd5ut- Zephyr Melton June 5, 2023Ĭolgan: As with most of the great ones, it was composure that won her the tournament on Sunday. There’s a difference between playing really good golf and then actually winning, but it’s clear Rose Zhang knows how to win. It was the same line as the one she missed in regulation, but to remember how it broke is also to remember that you missed it, which is not the greatest thought process. Not only did her second shot on the second playoff hole prove she knew how to win, but I was more impressed by her par putt on the first playoff hole. She did the same thing, albeit with a slimmer lead to start. Hirsh: She won in a fairly similar fashion to how she won three months ago at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur when she let a big lead slip away but came up clutch in a playoff. What is it about Zhang’s game that allowed her to win on the top women’s tour so soon? And how close is she to becoming the top player in the women’s game? What’s her ceiling? This was the most fun I’ve had watching a golf tournament in a long time. But to win in her professional debut after a long college season? Incredible. Maybe finish top-25 if she had a great week. She had a lot of media to do, and she handled it all with grace. The junior golfers wanted to hang with her, but so did the pros. What an epic week.Ĭlaire Rogers, Social Media Manager ( ): Rose Zhang didn’t look like the new kid on the block when I spent a few days at Liberty National earlier this week. Now, seven days later, she’s one of the most hyped talents to enter golf in a long time. Rose entered the week as one of the most hyped young talents to enter the women’s golf scene in a long time. James Colgan, News and Features Editor ( ): Man, I certainly didn’t. On a side note, have we ever seen someone become mononymous faster? I certainly didn’t expect this, but at the same time, we shouldn’t have been surprised. Now it’s always difficult and borderline unfair to be compared to Tiger Woods, but Rose has already broken his Stanford wins record and now she won much faster at the pro level than he did. But even Tiger took a couple of events (exactly two) before he started contending and winning in his fifth. Neither one of them played all that well in pro events before turning pro. On the broadcast, her amateur career was compared to Tiger Woods. Rose Zhang clearly proved she’s just different. Jack Hirsh, Assistant Editor ( Gosh, it’s hard to balance the hype she had coming in with the realization that players don’t typically play this well in their pro debuts. Some staff are bilingual for Asian golfers.News What makes this Rose Zhang story so magnetic? These 3 letters By: Happy hour after 5:00 pm.The staff inside and out are super friendly and helpful. The new bar cafe area inside is beautiful. Vistas of the Throggs Neck Bridge and LI sound from many holes makes this a beautiful cmunicipal course adjacent to the bridge. Seniors should join their 55+ club and you will get that rate anytime you play plus early res. Rangers are present and help to call up hitters on the #4 par 3 hole. Better reserve an online time or you may be denied entrance after 11:00 that day. Their $34.50 + ($3 parking fee) Tuesday all day tee time specials or daily times before 7:00 am are crowded, slow and make for a 5+ hour round on Tuedays. Course was lush and well maintained this summer thanks to a mild season and attentive care from the grounds crew. This flat course is a good one for walkers. There are only two par 5 holes and two water holes. Those greens make up for the straight, wide easy par 4 fairways. Clearview golf offers flat, wide forgiving fairways and thick, tricky greens that are difficult to two putt.
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