Evian Championship: Rose Zhang’s hot finish has her in contention

Rose Zhang needed to battle onerous in her first spherical on the Amundi Evian Championship on the Evian Resort Golf Membership in Évian-les-Bains, France. It’s the fourth of 5 majors in the course of the 2023 season.

Heading into the match, her group was the one to observe. She is enjoying alongside world class gamers Minjee Lee and Nelly Korda.

Regardless of some points, she closed out her spherical robust, carding a 2-under 69. Zhang sits T19 after day one. Paula Reto of South Africa leads after posting a 7-under 64.

Zhang birdied 4 of her final 5 holes to provide herself some confidence transferring into the second spherical.

She began her day on the par-3 tenth and made birdie. Zhang made one other birdie on the par-4 twelfth however then made back-to-back bogeys on the par-4 thirteenth and par-3 14th.

These two bogeys put the previous Stanford golfer again at even par. The 20-year-old stayed at even par till she made the flip.

She coughed up two extra pictures earlier than getting again on observe. Zhang made a bogey on the par-3 2nd and par-4 4th. Earlier than she knew it, the back-to-back NCAA champion was +2 and 9 pictures again with 5 holes left.

Zhang confirmed her metallic although. She made three straight birdies to shut out her day, placing herself firmly in competition.

This season has been one for Zhang.

She received her LPGA debut and adopted that up with a robust efficiency on the KPMG Ladies’s PGA Championship with a T8. On the U.S. Ladies’s Open, she completed T9. She needed to battle by means of some rising pains on the Dana Open, the place she missed her first minimize.

That is the 20-year-old’s third main of the yr. She is already going for an additional top-10 end in a serious or possibly higher.