World No 1 newbie Rose Zhang turns skilled, given exemption for AIG Ladies’s Open | Golf Information
Rose Zhang not too long ago grew to become the primary girl to win back-to-back NCAA particular person nationwide titles, efficiently defending her trophy in Arizona; 20-old, who now has extra victories as a Stanford golfer than Tiger Woods, turns professional and awarded particular exemption for AIG Ladies’s Open
Final Up to date: 26/05/23 1:41pm
World No 1 newbie Rose Zhang, who defended her NCAA particular person nationwide title earlier this month, has turned professional and been given an exemption for August’s AIG Ladies’s Open
Main newbie Rose Zhang has turned skilled and been given a particular exemption for the AIG Ladies’s Open at Walton Heath.
Zhang, who not too long ago turned 20, will compete on the main for the third time when it’s held from August 9-13, having performed as an newbie for the earlier two years.
The American missed the minimize by one stroke at Carnoustie in 2021 however completed in a tie for twenty eighth place at Muirfield final 12 months to win the Smyth Salver because the main newbie.
Zhang received the Augusta Nationwide Ladies’s Novice this 12 months
Earlier this month, Zhang grew to become the primary girl to win back-to-back NCAA particular person nationwide titles, efficiently defending her trophy in Arizona as she eclipsed the variety of victories Tiger Woods achieved as a Stanford College golfer.
Her achievements within the newbie recreation embrace spending 141 weeks on the high of the rankings, successful the Augusta Nationwide Ladies’s Novice this 12 months and the US Ladies’s Novice in 2020, and serving to America’s Curtis Cup workforce to victories overs Nice Britain and Eire in 2021 and 2022.
Zhang stated of being awarded a spot on the Ladies’s Open: “I’m honoured to have acquired a particular exemption. I want to thank The R&A for offering me with this unimaginable alternative on the very starting of my skilled profession and I hope to benefit from it.
Zhang has extra wins as a Stanford College golfer than Tiger Woods
“I’ve nice reminiscences of successful the Smyth Salver at Muirfield final 12 months and was proud to see my identify alongside so many nice names on that trophy. The AIG Ladies’s Open is a championship I’d like to win someday and if that had been to be at Walton Heath it will be very particular.”
Martin Slumbers, CEO of The R&A stated: “Rose Zhang is an extremely gifted golfer who has already written her identify into the historical past books as an newbie golfer.
“It is rather uncommon that we grant a particular exemption for the AIG Ladies’s Open however we consider that Rose’s distinctive achievements to this point warrant her inclusion.”
