Rose Zhang passes Tiger Woods, wins NCAA Championship back to back

Rose Zhang made historical past once more on Monday by profitable back-to-back NCAA particular person titles. Nobody in NCAA ladies’s golf historical past has ever achieved that earlier than, solidifying the argument that she has had one of the best collegiate profession ever — she’s solely a sophomore too.

Zhang has achieved a lot at Stanford and continues to show she would be the subsequent nice participant to hit the LPGA. This win marks her twelfth in 20 begins, marking essentially the most profession wins in Stanford historical past, no matter gender. Sure, she has extra collegiate wins than Tiger Woods himself.

The Stanford sophomore shot a bogey-free 4-under 68 to assert her second straight NCAA Championship. She hasn’t even turned 20 but, and has already received the U.S. Girls’s Newbie in 2020, the U.S. Lady’s Junior in 2021 and took dwelling the Augusta Nationwide Girls’s Newbie earlier this yr.

Her center title would possibly as nicely be historical past as a result of that’s all Zhang does; make historical past. She will be able to accomplish nothing else at this degree as a result of Zhang has already achieved it. Not even Lorena Ochoa was this achieved.

Ochoa held the file with eight wins in a season, and Zhang tied that in 10 begins. Amongst these wins embody the PAC-12 Championship and NCAA Pullman Regional this yr. So she has received three straight occasions at this level. Her 12 profession wins breaks the file that Woods and three others held.

“She’s absolutely the GOAT,” Stanford coach Anne Walker stated, per Golf Digest. “She is one of the best novice of all time.”

She needed to overcome a four-shot deficit to win her second-straight title. Zhang turns 20 later this month, however to have achieved all this as a youngster is really mind-blowing. Whereas she has two years of eligibility, Zhang will doubtless transfer on to skilled golf after the NCAA match ends.