Stanford’s Rose Zhang clinches 2nd straight DI women’s golf individual title

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Rose Zhang may have started the 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship slow by her standards, but by the end of the final round of stroke play, she was once again alone at the top of the individual leaderboard.
 
The Stanford sophomore made history at Grayhawk Golf Club (6,386 yards/par 72), becoming the first Division I women’s golfer to win multiple individual national championships following a final round 4-under par 68. Zhang entered the day in a three-way tie for third, four strokes behind USC’s Catherine Park, but quickly began her ascent up the leaderboard with three birdies in a four-hole stretch on holes 4, 6 and 7.
 
Zhang, who concluded the first round tied for 36th at even-par 72, played the front nine to 3-under and wrapped up her afternoon with seven consecutive pars to successfully defend her national championship at Grayhawk last spring as a freshman. Overall, Zhang played a bogey-free round with four birdies and 14 pars.
 
“I feel like the gameplan today was to be in position,” Zhang said. “Especially at…