Rose Zhang parents: Meet Haibin Zhang and Li Cai

After Rose Zhang made history by defeating her opponent in a play-off to win the title, a lot of readers have been searching for her parents.

Rose Zhang is currently trending on blog headlines after she became the first player since 1951 to win the title on her LPGA debut.

Zhang, who only joined the paid ranks nine days ago, defeated Jennifer Kupcho on the second hole of a play-off after the pair had finished tied on nine under par at Liberty National Golf Club. The 20-year-old American is the first player to win on the LPGA Tour in their professional debut since Beverly Hanson in 1951.

Zhang was born in Arcadia, California, and resides in Irvine, California. She began golfing at the age of 9. Zhang attended Pacific Academy and enrolled at Stanford University in 2021.

In 2019, Zhang was one of the youngest competitors in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. She was named by American Junior Golf Association as the 2019 Girls Rolex Junior Player of the Year. She competed in the 2019 U.S. Women’s Open at 16 years of age. At the 2019 Pan American Games, she was on the winning U.S. mixed-gender team and placed eighth in the individual competition.

Zhang won the U.S. Women’s Amateur in August 2020 after defeating Gabriela Ruffels in the final on the 38th hole. Following the win, Zhang rose to number 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking in September 2020 after finishing T-11 at the 2020 ANA Inspiration, an LPGA major, and finishing as a low amateur. She has won the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the top-ranked amateur three times, at the end of the 2020, 2021, and 2022 seasons.

In 2021, she won the U.S. Girls’ Junior.

In May 2022, Zhang won the individual NCAA Championship by 3 shots. On her 19th birthday, she was presented with the Annika Award for best female college golfer of the year. She then clinched Stanford’s second NCAA team title by winning the final match, 3 and 1.

In June 2022, Adidas announced its first name, image, and likeness deal with Zhang, making her the company’s first student-athlete. The multi-year deal was announced on the morning of Zhang entering the U.S. Women’s Open.

She then entered the 2022 Women’s British Open and finished in a tie for 28th and earned the Smyth Salver Award for low amateur.

On April 1, 2023, Zhang won the Augusta National Women’s Amateur in a playoff over Jenny Bae. The playoff ended on the second playoff hole where Zhang made par. She had a 5 stroke lead going into Saturday and shot 76. Later in April, she passed Leona Maguire as the female golfer ranked number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for the most weeks.

In May 2023, Zhang won the individual NCAA Championship for the second year in a row by one stroke. She became the first woman in NCAA women’s golf history to win the individual national championship for a second time, doing so in consecutive years.

Who are the parents of Rose Zhang?

Rose Zhang parents are Haibin Zhang and Li Cai from California.  Haibin and Li relocated to the well-urbanized city of Irvine in California when Rose was just a little girl. Thus, despite being born in Arcadia, the amateur golfer spent most of her formative years in Irvine. Haibin inspired her to play golf when she was nine years old. Her mother and father accompanied her to Stanford in November 2020 as Rose agreed to sign with Stanford University. 

Source: www.ghbase.com

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