American Rose Zhang shot an immaculate nine under-par 63 to hold a two-stroke lead -- and a six shot advantage over record-chasing Nelly Korda -- after the first round of the LPGA's Founders Cup on Thursday.
American Rose Zhang shot an immaculate nine under-par 63 to hold a two-stroke lead -- and a six shot advantage over record-chasing Nelly Korda -- after the first round of the LPGA's Founders Cup on Thursday.
The 25-year-old American equalled Annika Sorenstam and Nancy Lopez for the all-time record win streak of five in five starts by taking last month's Chevron Championship, beating Sweden's Maja Stark by two strokes in the year's first women's major championship. "There is still three more days. You still have a lot of things....I know the weather is not supposed to be great and there is just different factors that go into the rest of the tournament," she said.
"So definitely got bailed out with my short game a couple times. Overall, it was a solid day," she added. "It was almost just auto-command kind of golf. I feel like in the last couple weeks it's been a little bit difficult. I've been struggling a little bit with the golf swing and gaining confidence in my preparation," she said.
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