“She’s the absolute GOAT. She is the best amateur of all time,” said Stanford coach Anne Walker.
The 19-year-old Californian defended her NCAA National Championship crown in Arizona on Monday to become the firstHaving begun the final round four shots off the lead, Zhang tore round Scottsdale’s Grayhawk Golf Club with a bogey-free, four-under 68 to equal the NCAA record of eight single season wins held by Renee Heiken and Lorena Ochoa.
Victory at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur in April saw Zhang break the record for most weeks spent at the summit of the women’s amateur world rankings, a position she has held for over two-and-a-half years. “I don’t really read about them, but it is very cool when someone sends me an article and they go, ‘You broke this record, that’s amazing.’ I’m like, ‘Wow, I can’t believe I did that, too.’ And then you move on with life.”
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