Rose Zhang just lately grew to become the primary lady 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 Girls’s Open

15:40, UK, Friday 26 Might 2023

Main novice Rose Zhang has turned skilled and been given a particular exemption for the AIG Girls’s Open at Walton Heath.

Zhang, who just lately turned 20, will compete on the main for the third time when it’s held from August 9-13, having performed as an novice 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 yr to win the Smyth Salver because the main novice.

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Zhang received the Augusta Nationwide Girls’s Newbie this yr

Earlier this month, Zhang grew to become the primary lady 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 novice sport embrace spending 141 weeks on the prime of the rankings, profitable the Augusta Nationwide Girls’s Newbie this yr and the US Girls’s Newbie in 2020, and serving to America’s Curtis Cup group to victories overs Nice Britain and Eire in 2021 and 2022.

Zhang stated of being awarded a spot on the Girls’s Open: “I’m honoured to have obtained a particular exemption. I want to thank The R&A for offering me with this unbelievable alternative on the very starting of my skilled profession and I hope to profit from it.

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Zhang has extra wins as a Stanford College golfer than Tiger Woods

“I’ve nice reminiscences of profitable the Smyth Salver at Muirfield final yr and was proud to see my title alongside so many nice names on that trophy. The AIG Girls’s Open is a championship I’d like to win sooner or later and if that have been to be at Walton Heath it might be very particular.”

Martin Slumbers, CEO of The R&A stated: “Rose Zhang is an extremely proficient golfer who has already written her title into the historical past books as an novice golfer.

“It is extremely uncommon that we grant a particular exemption for the AIG Girls’s Open however we consider that Rose’s distinctive achievements up to now warrant her inclusion.”