The 19-year-old Californian defended her NCAA National Championship crown in Arizona on Monday to become the first women’s golfer in history to win back-to-back individual national titles. On the eve of her 20th birthday on Wednesday, Zhang similarly boasts an eye-watering list of early accolades. Victory at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur in April saw Zhang break the record for most weeks spent at the summit of the women’s amateur world rankings, a position she has held for over two-and-a-half years. That followed wins at the US Women’s Amateur in 2020 and at the US Girls’ Junior in 2021, headlines to a string of amateur titles. “I would describe her as the Mozart of golf, the Van Gogh of golf,” Walker told the NCAA.

Source: CNN May 23, 2023 12:59 UTC