Rose Zhang WITB: NCAA Women's Championship
23 May 2023
by Todd Mrowice of AmateurGolf.com
see also: Equipment Reviews, Rose Zhang Rankings
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Rose Zhang continued to re-write history in women’s golf when she claimed her second consecutive NCAA Women’s Golf Championship on May 23, 2023. Zhang’s bogey-free 4-under 68 on the final day at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., put her one shot better than USC’s Catherine Park and San Jose State’s Lucia Lopez-Ortega.
Zhang, a Callaway staff player, carried a full bag of Callaway clubs en route to her victory which was her eighth of the year. Here’s what was in the bag for the Stanford Cardinal.
Driver: Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond (9 degrees, Fujikura Ventus Red 5S shaft)
3 Wood: Callaway: Rogue ST LS (15 degrees, Fujikura Ventus Red 6R shaft)
5 Wood: Callaway Rogue ST LS (18 degrees, Fujikura Ventus Red 6R Shaft)
Hybrid: Callaway Paradym (21 degrees, KBS Tour Hybrid Shaft)
Irons: Callaway Apex (5-AW, Nippon 850R shafts)
Wedges: Callaway Jaws Raw (54 and 58 degrees, True Temper XP 95 shafts)
Putter: Odyssey Tri-Hot 5K Double Wide
Ball: Callaway Chrome Soft X Golf Ball
Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond driver for low spin
* Zhang joined Callaway in 2022 on a NIL agreement.
* She switched to the Paradym Triple Diamond driver at the very beginning of 2023.
* Still a sophomore, Zhang is the first woman to ever win back-to-back NCAA Individual Championships.
* Zhang has now won 12 of her 20 collegiate events.
* She has spent the most weeks ever as the #1 Women's Amateur in the World
* Zhang also won the 2023 Augusta National Women's Amateur.