Rose Zhang finding themselves in women’s PGA after ‘iododik’ year

Frisco, Texas – Rose Zhang saw all this going different.

After playing on the champions tour in January, the 22-year-old star, chose to take two months rest in order to return to school in Stanford for a quarter. During the winter trimester, Zhang sat through long lectures on politics, communications, dreams and Jewish literature. But she did not play golf. It was all part of a plan Zhang worked with her team. She wanted to “bring balance” to her life, so she housed the clubs and was just a Stanford student. As for her world -class golf, Zhang and her team drafted the events she wanted to play when she had to be at its peak, and put a plan in place to get there as they prioritized her Education Stanford.

But the best placed plans often go to loss. Zhang, in this rare case, is no exception.

Next came a neck injury that forced her to lose the Chevron Championship, the first first of the year and limited her practice time on the course. When she turned into a competitive action in Mizuho American Open, Zhang had been able to swing a club for a few days. Zhang lost the cut in Liberty National and then arrived at Open Women Open in Erin Hills who had played only two competitive rounds since the end of March.

And yet, Zhang saw the time away from her clubs as a bonus. Her meteoric growth by Stanford Phenom in the LPGA – Zhang was the first player to win in her pro -debut since Beverly Hanson in 1951 – was both rewarding and prevalent.

“I think the holiday was a blessing in masking,” Zhang said Golf Channel is “Live From” in Erin Hills. “I’ve been able to slow down a little. Everything happened so quickly, and then my offseason didn’t feel like offseasons as I was getting the full course of the course when I was again at school. In general, I think my mental state is very good. I’m very mentally (strong). I feel grateful for the process I made and the efforts I made.”

She shot 76-72 during the first two rounds in Erin Hills to lose cut from one, but finally Zhang felt like it was again on the right track she had designed to start the year. It was behind, but on the way back.

“I feel like that week was pretty important to me,” Zhang said on Thursday PGA Championship for KPMG women From her two rounds in Erin Hills. “Just because that kind of second round turned me to figure out how to play competitively. The first day I was there and I just didn’t feel like I was in a place where I want to be in terms of my game. I could hardly get the ball in.”

The work continued after the lost cut in Erin Hills, and Zhang went out on Thursday at the Fields Ranch East in PGA Frisco and gained a stroke in three of the four main categories, with just she decided to stop her to post a better result. In total, Zhang gained 4,735 tee-to-green blows to post an equal precursor 72. She sat down four shots behind Jeeno Thiticul after the morning wave, but felt her world beating game was finally starting to reassess.

“Honestly, this year has been very unortodox,” Zhang said after her round. “I felt like I was in a good habit last year, also a year ago, but this year he had his moments, where he was undoubtedly a neck injury.

“I feel like I’m finally getting back to competitive golf. I played back-back diplomas, but I always thought that just getting ready and playing the game as best.”

Zhang’s game plan for the rest of a hot, wet Thursday in Northern Texas? Go to the green setting to fix the club that kept it down in round 1.

If she can do it, Rose Zhang could simply put herself in quarrel over her first big title.

that It was part of the plan.