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Rose Zhang watches as she walks off the 18th green during the Augusta National Women s Amateur Tournament at Augusta National in Augusta, Georgia on Saturday, April 3, 2021. PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxHUNxONLY AUG20210403326 KEVINxDIETSCH| Credits: Imago

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Rose Zhang watches as she walks off the 18th green during the Augusta National Women s Amateur Tournament at Augusta National in Augusta, Georgia on Saturday, April 3, 2021. PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxHUNxONLY AUG20210403326 KEVINxDIETSCH| Credits: Imago
The ongoing Mizuho Americas Open has witnessed a dramatic turn of events through which the rising prodigy, Rose Zhang, shifted gears to soar up the leaderboards. Zhang, who is playing her debut professional event, is currently under immense spotlight. She has been a dominating force in the collegiate circles, which garnered her quite the fame; which has in turn let people expect glorious things from the young star.
She even broke a Tiger Woods record, which furthermore, pushed her picture into the mainstream circle. Now as the third round came to an end, Zhang is displaying the expected potential with utmost confidence.
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Rose Zhang is confident with her leaderboard rise
The Mizuho Americas Open is witnessing tremendous changes as each round passes. The LPGA Tour event has become an engaging watch due to the rapidly shifting leaderboards. Currently, Rose Zhang, the 20-year-old golfing prodigy, is showing tremendous prowess and this has made her jump up to the #1 position on the leaderboard. In the initial rounds she was lagging behind, but her current performance is rewriting all those.
In the post-session interview, Rose was seen pumped with confidence about her remarkable performance.

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LPGA, Golf Damen ANA Inspiration, Sep 10, 2020 Rancho Mirage, California, USA Rose Zhang hits her tee shot on the 16th hole during the 2020 ANA Inspiration golf tournament at Mission Hills Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports, 10.09.2020 09:10:51, 14901236, NPStrans, LPGA PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxONLY Copyright: xKelvinxKuox 14901236
Zhang dominated round 3 with a string of birdies, without bogeys. When asked about how she was able to pivot the gameplay and change factors to her favor, Zhang stated that the results of round 3 are what she expected. “The golf course was playing a little more difficult, especially with the winds gusting up a little more and it’s in a different direction, So there was nothing that I didn’t anticipate when I went out here,” stated Rose Zhang.
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The LPGA Tour pro debutant was fearless with each action she made
Rose stated that each step that she made in the recent session was well calculated, “I was just committed to every single golf shot that I hit today.” She was determined to churn out the best results for the day. Committed determination and giving heed to each shot helped Rose Zhang to gain the impressive scorecard that we witnessed in the round.
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She would be going into the next rounds oozing with the needed confidence that she garnered from her recent performance. Fans at the moment are hoping that she would etch another record with a remarkable win at the Mizuho Americas Open. But for that, we would have to wait a while.
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