She added five more birdies over the final 17 holes, adding it was nice to play well after struggling in her last four events. Starting on par-5 10th, Hartlage ignited her career-best round by hitting her second shot to within a foot and making eagle. Zhang will need to be better if Hartlage continues playing as well as she did on Thursday. But on the overall level, I think I have people that just want me to do the best I can and they push me to be better.” “Like I said before, I think of it as a compliment that they think I’m capable of more. “I don’t really have to think about other people’s expectations,” Zhang said. Her eight wins this season tied Tiger Woods for the most by a Stanford player in school history, and her 12 wins in 20 college starts are a school record.
It was what they expected from the player who has won has won back-to-back Annika Awards as the best college player, and who won the Augusta National Women’s Amateur in April. On the par-5 13th, she chipped in from 29 yards, coming from below the hole and having the ball cross the length of the green before falling in the hole. There were also some shots that were great.
“I felt like I left a couple shots out there, and I think there is a lot of room for improvement.” “This was definitely a round that could have been better, and that kind of gets me excited to work on more and to develop my game even further,” said Zhang, who was among 14 players at 2 under. She hit fairways and greens in a round on a course that features a par 3 played with the Statue of Liberty staring golfers in the face. Zhang didn’t dominate in her first round as a pro but she showed enough, making five birdies and three bogeys on a day her putter didn’t help her. Maddie Szeryk (1-over, tied for 55th) and Maude-Aimee Leblanc (2-over, tied for 67th) round out the rest of the Canadians. Henderson, a product of Smiths Falls, Ont., was the leading Canadian at 3-under.
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