Rose Zhang has some serious skills.
The rising star on the LPGA Tour was at Pebble Beach Golf Links preparing for the upcoming US Women’s Open, the first time the major will be on the historic course. Zhang was hitting balls on the par-3 seventh hole Monday when she inadvertently hit an incredible trick shot.
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Rose Zhang greets fans during the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club on June 25, 2023 in Springfield, New Jersey. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Zhang teeed off downhill to the green in what appeared to be a single shot. However, Callaway Golf’s camera captured Zhang’s tee flying and landing in his right back pocket as he rotated his hips.
The 20-year-old broke through as an amateur at Stanford by winning two NCAA championships with Cardinal, as well as the 2020 US Women’s Amateur and US Girls’ Junior Championship.
In her first professional tournament last month, Zhang won the Mizuho Americas Open in a tiebreaker. She became the first player to win her professional debut on the LPGA Tour since 1951. She followed it up with an eighth-place finish at the Women’s PGA Championship.
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Rose Zhang tees off on the 18th hole during the final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship on June 25, 2023 in New Jersey. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
“In the last month it has been very crazy, hectic, but I have been enjoying every moment,” Zhang said on Tuesday. “There’s a lot more attention, a lot more media, but it’s expected when you’re doing well and when you’re the rookie trying to go out there and play the best you can. So I’ve been taking everything in my stride.”
Zhang already has experience playing at Pebble Beach through the Carmel Cup, a college event last September. She shot a 63 in the second round to break the field record for women. She helped Zhang and the cardinal win the match.
Zhang recalled that he had hit all 18 greens in regulation time.
“Now that I think back, I didn’t pull a wedge,” he said.
Golfers walk down the 18th fairway during a practice round for the US Women’s Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links, Tuesday, July 4, 2023, in Pebble Beach, California. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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There is tough competition against Zhang. Jin Young Ko and Lydia Ko are among the favorites in the field, as are Nelly Korda, Michelle Wie West and Lexi Thompson.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
