Rose Zhang - LPGA Tour pro on golf success, humility and identity in Christ
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4.9 • 684 Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Rose Zhang is a golfer on the LPGA Tour and represented the United States in 2024 at the Olympics. She was a highly decorated college golfer and had one of the greatest amateur careers ever at Stanford, where she won the NCAA championship in 2022 and 2023.
In May of 2023, Zhang won her first professional tournament, the Mizuho Americas Open and became the first player to win her professional debut on the LPGA tour since 1951.
Today on the podcast, Rose Zhang discusses her journey as a professional golfer and the role of faith in her success. She discusses the peace and chaos of turning pro, the importance of prayer and guidance from God, and the impact of her faith in Jesus has had on her career. She emphasizes the significance of glorifying God in her victories and the role of faith in guiding her decisions.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, coming up today on Sports Spectrum, one of the most decorated women's golfers around, Rose Zhang, just 21 years old LPGA Tour Pro, Stanford University Stud. |
| 0:13.5 | She was the top ranked women's amateur golfer in the world for three consecutive years. |
| 0:19.9 | She won NCAA championships in 22 and |
| 0:23.0 | 2003 with Stanford and then her first professional tournament. Just a few weeks later, |
| 0:30.2 | she won. Can you believe that? The Mizuno America's Open. She also won the Cognosant Founders |
| 0:36.5 | Cup this year in May by two strokes. And oh, by the way, |
| 0:40.6 | just a couple days ago, she was participating in the Olympics in Paris, representing the United |
| 0:47.2 | States and actually finished tied for eighth. She shot minus five over her four rounds and did a really good job. |
| 0:54.8 | She didn't meddle, but she had a great representation, I think. |
| 0:58.4 | And for 21 years old, she's probably going to be on that United States golf team again in the future. |
| 1:05.6 | Rose Zang is also a follower of Jesus. |
| 1:08.0 | And she kind of talks us through what this journey with God has been like, |
| 1:12.4 | what this journey of succeeding in golf at the highest levels in college and then in the pro |
| 1:19.0 | and certainly with the Olympics in the United States team. And how do you maintain faith in Jesus |
| 1:24.7 | in the midst of all that identity and approval and all of those things as an |
| 1:30.3 | athlete. This is great stuff here, a great conversation with Rose Dang coming up in just a moment |
| 1:35.9 | here on Sports Spectrum. First, I want to remind you about our Sports Spectrum magazine. We got some |
| 1:40.8 | great things happening here over the next few weeks and months at Sports Spectre. |
| 1:46.0 | And our magazine is something we're really excited about, especially the new fall 2024 edition of the magazine. |
| 1:54.4 | It's got C.J. Stroud from the Houston Texans on the cover. |
| 1:58.3 | He was just on the podcast a couple weeks ago. |
| 2:00.8 | And so the magazine is coming out in a |
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