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NBC Sports
08-05-2025
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- NBC Sports
Korda, Zhang look to answer questions in Jersey
Paige Mackenzie offers her thoughts on Rose Zhang's recovery from a lingering neck injury and Nelly Korda's attempt to defend her title at the Mizuho Americas Open.
USA Today
07-05-2025
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- USA Today
Rose Zhang returns to LPGA after rehabbing from neck injury alongside UFC fighters
Rose Zhang returns to LPGA after rehabbing from neck injury alongside UFC fighters Rose Zhang returns to the LPGA after a month-long break at this week's Mizuho Americas Open, site of her extraordinary win two years ago in her professional debut. Zhang, 21, missed the first major of the season due to recurring neck spasms and has been back home in Las Vegas rehabbing at the UFC Performance Institute. Doing chin-ups next to a bunch of trained fighters proved to be intimidating, the two-time LPGA winner said with a smile. When asked to expand on any interactions she might have had with UFC fighters or tips that may have been exchanged, Zhang relayed a rather gruesome tale. "I was doing PT on the table and my PT that was working, Heather, looked at a photo from someone that came in and wanted her to see an athlete's injury," said Zhang. "She just simply looked at it and said, amputation. "I was like, how bad is it to have your whatever be amputated? She was like, oh, do you want to see it, so casually, no change in demeanor." When pressed about the body part in question, Zhang said it was a middle toe. "I was just like, this is the type of place where they've seen everything," she said. "In my head I'm like, whatever I have is really nothing compared to what they're doing out there." While Zhang said she's now pain-free, she admitted that the recovery process hasn't been the smoothest. She started hitting balls only three days ago. "Obviously it goes unsaid, but the neck is very important for anything that you do," she said. "I just remember being in the car and any sort of movement obviously caused a lot of pain. "To be able to do like very simple tasks and sleep really well, I think it's definitely a blessing. So I'm taking all the positives out of it. Now going back into the golf game, the fact that I see the ball fly, the fact that I can rotate and not feel too much pain, that's honestly all that I can ask for." An upbeat Zhang said she feels good about her mindset and considers the forced break – even though painful – a blessing in disguise.
Newsweek
22-04-2025
- Sport
- Newsweek
LPGA Phenom Rose Zhang Out of Season's First Major, Chevron Championship
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Two-time LPGA Tour winner Rose Zhang has officially withdrawn from the Chevron Championship, the first major of the season, to be played this week at Carlton Woods, Texas. According to a report from Golfweek, the two-time LPGA Tour winner has been dealing with a neck injury for several weeks. Zhang herself had informed her fans of her ailment in an Instagram post in early April: "I found myself struggling to compete in high spirits due to an injury," Zhang wrote. "Just remember, this isn't a sob story. While this period is unique and frustrating, I find great optimism in getting better and working hard to compete at the highest level." She suffered the injury during the first round of the T-Mobile Match Play on April 3. Zhang was unable to recover and was forced to withdraw from her second-round match against Albane Valenzuela. The injury persisted and Zhang was also forced to withdraw from the JM Eagle LA Championship. Zhang has played in the Chevron Championship three times, twice in her illustrious amateur career. She finished tied for 60th in 2018, tied for 11th and won the low amateur award in 2020, and missed the cut in 2024. The 21-year-old began her professional career in June 2023 and did so in style. She became the first woman to win her debut on the LPGA Tour since 1954 when Beverly Hanson accomplished the feat. Since then, she has added to her resume another victory and nine top 10s, three of them in major championships. Rose Zhang of the United States lines up a putt on the fifth green during the third round of the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions 2025 at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club on... Rose Zhang of the United States lines up a putt on the fifth green during the third round of the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions 2025 at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club on February 01, 2025 in Orlando, Florida. MoreHowever, Rose Zhang has juggled her professional golf career with her studies at Stanford University, where she already broke many of Tiger Woods' records. This has forced her to miss numerous tournaments, especially early in the season. In fact, she has played in only three tournaments in 2025. She tied for 10th at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions in January and then did not return to the LPGA Tour for the next eight weeks. Her next start was the Ford Championship, where she missed the cut, and then the T-Mobile Match Play with the aforementioned result. Zhang, who was once ranked in the world's top 10, is currently ranked 22nd in the world. Just wait until her college studies are behind her. The golf world will be her oyster. More Golf: Justin Thomas Reveals How Wife, Jill, Newborn Almost Cost him RBC Heritage
USA Today
21-04-2025
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- USA Today
Rose Zhang will miss LPGA's first major of 2025, the Chevron Championship, due to injury
Rose Zhang will miss LPGA's first major of 2025, the Chevron Championship, due to injury Rose Zhang will miss the LPGA's first major of the year, the 2025 Chevron Championship, due to a neck injury that kept her out of last week's JM Eagle LA Championship. The 21-year-old opened the season at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions in January in the midst of Stanford's winter quarter. She skipped the LPGA's spring Asian swing to continue her studies and returned to action in late March at the Ford Championship, where she missed the cut with rounds of 73-70. At the T-Mobile Match Play in early April, Zhang conceded her second-round match against Albane Valenzuela due to injury. "I had a problem last week and then it like just extended to this week," said Zhang after she halved a match against Nataliya Guseva at Shadow Creek, "and my neck problems kind of get pretty bad." Later on Instagram, Zhang kept it light as she said she'd be taking time off to recover, telling fans to remember, "this isn't a sob story." The two-time LPGA winner is currently ranked 20th in the world.
USA Today
07-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
LPGA star Rose Zhang pulls out of JM Eagle Championship with nagging neck injury
LPGA star Rose Zhang pulls out of JM Eagle Championship with nagging neck injury Rose Zhang has pulled out of this week's JM Eagle LA Championship with a nagging neck injury. The LPGA star announced the news on Instagram but, in typical Rose fashion, kept it in perspective. "Safe to say things haven't been too hot for me in the golf realm and I found myself struggling to compete in high spirits due to an injury," Zhang wrote. "Just remember, this isn't a sob story. While this period is unique and frustrating, I find great optimism in getting better and working hard to compete at the highest level. Thank you so much to my team, sponsors, family and friends for supporting me in this process. It's going to be a long and patient ride, but it's always a blessing to do what I do and have what I have." Zhang opened the season at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions in January in the midst of Stanford's winter quarter. She skipped the LPGA's spring Asian swing to continue her studies and returned to action in late March at the Ford Championship, where she missed the cut with rounds of 73-70. At last week's T-Mobile Match Play, Zhang conceded her second-round match against Albane Valenzuela due to injury. "I had a problem last week and then it like just extended to this week," said Zhang after she halved a match against Nataliya Guseva at Shadow Creek, "and my neck problems kind of get pretty bad." The LPGA's first major of the season, the Chevron Championship, is in two weeks.
