LPGA: Rose Zhang captures Mizuho Americas Open title in two-hole playoff
Two-time NCAA champion Rose Zhang became the first LPGA Tour winner in her pro debut in 72 years, capturing the Mizuho Americas Open with a par on the second hole in a playoff against Jennifer Kupcho on Sunday.
“What is happening? I just can’t believe it,” Zhang told NBC Sports after the round. “It was just last week when I won NCAA with some of my teammates and to turn pro and come out here, It’s just been amazing.” The much-heralded 20-year-old from Stanford made a nearly identical 8-footer on No. 18 at Liberty National on the first playoff hole. Kupcho, who won an NCAA title at Wake Forest in 2018 and had a final round 69, also made a par.
Zhang held her face in disbelief after the winning putt fell and was then mobbed and presented with bouquets of roses.
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