NEW YORK: Rose Zhang, making her professional debut after a dominant amateur career, fired a six-under par 66 on Saturday to take a two-shot lead heading into the final round of the LPGA Mizuho Americas Open. The 20-year-old Californian, whose amateur victories included back-to-back NCAA collegiate titles,
NEW YORK: Rose Zhang, making her professional debut after a dominant amateur career, fired a six-under par 66 on Saturday to take a two-shot lead heading into the final round of the LPGA Mizuho Americas Open.
"It's been great," Zhang said of her week so far on the course that overlooks the Manhattan skyline and Statue of Liberty. Zhang started the day two shots off the lead and opened with a birdie at the first. She added birdies at the fourth, sixth and eighth and seized a share of the lead with a birdie at 14.
"I had 253 from the tee and the wind was right to left a little bit," she said."I have a natural draw to my driver ... I was in the mindset of I can go for it."
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