U.S. Ladies’s Open: LPGA, Rose Zang excited for large highlight

The perfect feminine gamers on the planet have descended upon Lancaster Nation Membership for the U.S. Ladies’s Open because the LPGA gears as much as crown one other main winner.

Coined the hardest check in ladies’s golf, these women are excited, together with younger phenom Rose Zhang.

“I like it right here,” Zhang stated on Wednesday.

“The course is taking part in troublesome. There’s excessive demand in hitting fairways, greens, and across the tough—it’s fairly penalizing. The greens themselves are very undulating… It’s difficult and really deserving to be a U.S. Open course.”

The final time she accomplished a full occasion, Zhang received the Cognizant Founders Cup, her second LPGA victory in lower than a 12 months on Tour. She defeated Madelene Sagström, a veteran participant from Sweden.

Zhang made 4 birdies in her ultimate 5 holes to finish the insane comeback victory.

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“Plenty of issues clicked for me,” Zhang stated.

“I used to be very dedicated to my recreation, and I had the feels in me to have the ability to assault pins after I wanted to and make putts after I wanted to.”

Nonetheless, she couldn’t defend her title the next week as she withdrew from the Mizuho Americas Open on account of an sickness.

That point away from the golf course doesn’t deter her from accepting the problem forward of her at Lancaster. She nonetheless feels assured in the place her recreation is as she eyes her first main title.

“I really feel like the sport is trending in the suitable route,” Zhang stated.

“Whatever the outcomes, I believe there’s lots of enchancment from the place my recreation stood earlier than the final two weeks.”

This week, the LPGA may have much more eyes on their gamers. NBC Sports activities will air 26 hours of reside protection, together with on community tv late on Saturday and Sunday for the third and ultimate rounds.

“These are issues I believe we’ve slowly change into extra accustomed to, particularly once we’re on the market and making an attempt to organize and do our work,” Zhang stated.

“It’s nearly higher as a result of there’s extra consideration to the ladies’s recreation, and everybody feels inspired and obligated to come back out right here and play their finest— do their finest. I believe there’s a optimistic aspect to that.”

Zhang is among the many many names to look at this week, together with Nelly Korda, Brooke Henderson, and Lexi Thompson. She may have some heavy hitters to compete towards, however the teen has the sport to win.

Korda is seeking to win her second straight main and seventh victory in her final eight begins. Will followers see the world primary truck via one other discipline, or will somebody like Zhang take dwelling the U.S. Ladies’s Open?

Savannah Leigh Richardson is a golf employees author for SB Nation’s Taking part in By means of. For extra golf protection, you should definitely observe us @_PlayingThrough on all main social platforms. It’s also possible to observe her on Twitter @SportsGirlSL and Instagram @savannah_leigh_sports.