{"id":669327,"date":"2026-03-20T14:32:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/669327\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T14:32:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:32:25","slug":"rose-zhang-finishes-final-stanford-paper-on-beer-shoots-1-under-at-fortinet-founders-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/669327\/","title":{"rendered":"Rose Zhang finishes final Stanford paper on beer, shoots 1 under at Fortinet Founders Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday was a momentous day for Rose Zhang at the Fortinet Founders Cup. The 22-year-old finished her final paper at Stanford University and will graduate in June. <\/p>\n

\u201cTo see the end of the finish line coming very close,\u201d she said earlier this week, \u201cmeans the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

And it wasn\u2019t a bad day at the office after polishing off her 15-page paper to graduate. Zhang shot 1-under 71 and sits eight off the lead after the first round on Thursday. \u201cI felt like it took a little bit of time for me to get adjusted and acclimated to playing golf again. But overall, I\u2019m actually very satisfied, even though score may not show as much,\u201d Zhang said.<\/p>\n

Zhang, like Nelly Korda, hasn\u2019t played on the LPGA Tour since the end of January at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions. She skipped the last three tournaments in Asia to focus on her final semester of college. \u201cI tried to go out of my way and find as many classes that did not require a final. Beer brewing happened to be one of them,\u201d Zhang added.<\/p>\n

Certainly not a bad way to get college credit, but this wasn\u2019t exactly a mixology course, it was actually an archeology class. \u201cWhat I was looking into is after I did my own beer brewing, so with the mashing, the grinding of materials … apparently alcohol has been long dated back into pre-historic times and early civilizations, so we were diving into that,\u201d Zhang said.<\/p>\n

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Hyo Joo Kim capped off a flawless round at Sharon Heights by holing out for eagle on the par-5 18th hole for a 9-under 63 that gave her a two-shot lead in the Fortinet Founders Cup.<\/p>\n

But it hasn\u2019t been all brews for the communications major, who says she\u2019s also taken classes in international relations and political science. Not to mention, the compounded pressure of her coursework on top of competing at the game\u2019s highest level. \u201cYou\u2019re situated with 60 hours a week of class and work, on top of sponsor days and traveling and still trying to practice for tournaments, I think the balance is very difficult,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Zhang joined the LPGA in 2023 and has received mixed reviews over the years about continuing to pursue her degree while playing, though she said she never gave it a second thought. \u201cWhen I turned pro end of sophomore year, I\u2019ve always envisioned wanting to finish, regardless of how difficult it would be, regardless of how much my body would break down or feasibility-wise how that would work,\u201d Zhang said.<\/p>\n

Now, the soon-to-be college grad will be able to be two feet into her golf career for the first time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese last two, three weeks was when I had to come with the fact and sit with the fact that I will be Rose the golfer,\u201d she said. \u201cIf it\u2019s something that I\u2019m still extremely passionate about, I\u2019m 100% going to dive all in.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the California native won the Fortinet Founders Cup two years ago (in New Jersey), she said she\u2019s viewing this season as the true beginning of her professional career. \u201cThis whole year really in my opinion will be my first official rookie year,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is where I\u2019m going to take this game on and see how best I can do in the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zhang tees off on Friday at 10:47 a.m. ET, watch live on Golf Channel from 6-9 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday was a momentous day for Rose Zhang at the Fortinet Founders Cup. The 22-year-old finished her final…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":669328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[1430,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-669327","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116261994248807634","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}