Four months ago, Rose Zhang was a student at Stanford and the No. 1-ranked amateur.
Today she’s a member of the 12-woman United States Solheim Cup team, despite just nine tour starts.
As the story goes: Zhang was given a sponsors exemption into the Mizuho Americas Open in June. She went on to become the first player since 1951 to win a LPGA title in her debut.
“A hundred percent not,” Zhang said Wednesday when asked if she thought making this year’s team was possible. “I think when I played Mizuho, it was only with the intentions of starting off my career and playing the best I could, trying to make the cut.
“Obviously the results turned out differently and I’ve been super grateful for all the experiences that I’ve gained thus far on tour.
“Being in the Solheim Cup this year was certainly not one of the goals in mind, but the fact that it happened, I’m just super blessed to be alongside players that I’ve grown up watching and playing alongside them representing the red, white, and blue.”
Source: Reuters
