Q&A: Rose Zhang on her TGL investment, the LPGA’s future and slow play

There are many things to be admired about Rose Chang. Before she turned into professionals two years ago, it could have been said that she was the most winning amateurs in the history of women’s golf. She is now competing for LPGA and has already a pair of professional victories at the age of 21. Chang is ready as it is and her youth – along with a swing that can make the robot inconsistent – allowed to become one of the faces of the Gen -Z movement of the game.

Zhang does everything while Stanford University attends as a communications pioneer, where she got 22 credit hours this winter (completing one quarter of 10 weeks each year to budget the school with the LPGA table). When Zhang finishes from the third quarter to the last of the semesters on its way to the date of graduation 2027, it caught with it Athlete To talk about the LPGA case, its modified Presseason game plan and its new tank in the Simulator Golf experience. Zhang is now a minority investor at Bay Golf Club, TGL team in San Francisco. According to TGL, active discussions are taking place with LPGA to devise competitions that can integrate the best female players. Through virtual holes, all players can reach a mixed event of the same starting boxes with technology control for the appropriate distances. The probability of this arrangement is definitely tempting, and Chang, for one, fascinated by it.

This conversation was edited for clarity and length.

You are the latest investor in TGL. How did that happen?

I heard about it on social media, but I never thought about becoming an investor. I brought my agency the opportunity. It’s low risk for me because I am not the person I play there. It is great to be on the investment side of things, as this is one of the first things that I invested in, in the world of golf at least. The Gulf region played a big role in my life and my professional life. I am a sports student in Stanford, I play a lot of golf game in SF and be able to be part of it in a more feasible way that was my first idea. To see other athletes such as Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Andre Iguodala Conssrts make it more amazing. It will be great to watch the team on TV and say: “Oh, I have a small role in it!” Not really … but I do. I am emotionally invested in it.

Have you seen a lot of TGL?

I have, with great technology and internal facility, it gives energy that non -players can enjoy. I think it is a really good platform to expose different parts of the game, show people’s characters, and have little fun. Some of my non -golf friends like, “Oh, this thing is like a complete stadium and you play the golf inside? It is a good source of entertainment for those who are not exposed to it. You can’t see golf players because we are not talking. The entertainment aspect of all this is that the players have reached interaction with fans and each other. People love to see competition and intimate friendship, but a kind of glow for each character.

Should LPGA players be part of TGL?

I think this is a topic of discussion. This will definitely be interesting. It brings a lot of diversity with coordination that is – internal golf, one against one or a team against a team. The presence of diversity brings this type of platform to life. I can definitely see LPGA on board, as specific players participate in the TGL event. The “match” played with Rorre McLeroi, Lexi Thompson and Max Huma. It is similar to that, but it is inside and at home, so it is a fair game for everyone. I think many people do not understand, there are many characters on the LPGA tour. You have a lot of people who have very suitable characters for this type of format.

Who should TGL recruit from LPGA?

We are talking about popular characters here. To start, in my opinion, I would like to see Megan Khang Hop there. She knows how to speak, this is definitely. Charlie Hall is a world -famous name, it will be really comfortable seeing what you are doing. If you really want two good players, you have Lydia Ko, you have Nelly Korda.

It appeared for the first time in the season in the HGV Championship and published in T10 Finish, but we know it was just a break from your winter studies in Stanford. How did he treat you outside the season?

It was more academic than the actual golf. I am excited, I am doing a lot of great projects. I host the Ajga event. I have been focusing on school, hanging with friends, and being with people I could not hold with them in the past two years. It is really good to have some time to interconnected and enjoy the season a little more. It is grinding, given that I am still in the budget of academics and golf. But grinding, frankly, challenges me.

What are the classrooms that you take in this semester?

I take a policy of algorithms, deliberative democracy and its critics, the category of the Hebrew Jewish short stories, the science and society technology category and a separation called Sleep and Dreams. It is a scientific class. You get bonus points if you sleep in a lecture. I woke up from a spray gun.

Have you intentionally decided to back down from the golf and throw yourself at school this year?

definitely. Especially last year, I managed to balance the golf and school, but my social life was a little deterrent. I had a great difficulty in balanced myself and my health, physically. It was somewhat difficult to move in this sense. This year I was deliberately more. I take 22 units of the seasons. This is a great burden for any student. I basically decided to finish my academics and give priority to that, then when I can rest and restore it when I can spend time with people. Just be a little less than maintenance, so when I start playing at the end of March, I am not completely tired and wiped out of the past three months. It was much better. Personally, I want to prepare the best way I can start in March. With a long, long -standing season, my priority is a little more comfort.

What are some of those hiccups in your health?

Everything is stacked on its own. I did a lot of intense training in school, and I also had a lot of class. I also went only at the maximum speed of the season. I spread myself a little in practice and the way I was doing things. By the end of the year, I had this repeated thing with my wrist who started in 2020, and he just returned. I don’t want to remain chronic, so this is a priority. I started to download my wrist again to make sure it’s strong. You can go to physical therapy and solve inflammation, but to strengthen it or at least restore it to its natural performance, you will need circles that involve resistance and weight. This will get me where I want to be.

Do you have any mental changes or goals that you hope to achieve in 2025?

The first thing that I am astonished – and I was talking to my entire team on this topic – is that I just want to make sure that I am intended for the things that I was doing and the schedule that I am doing with them. I want to stay responsible for the balance of everything and do everything, for example. Ensure that I am facing training with my coaches, resting my body and relaxing it, while giving myself times in which I can work with my coaches and do it efficiently. I have created myself for myself, and I would like to go with that. So when things happen on a tour and there is a lot of what happens, I have a plan to refer to. Last year, I made a mistake in directing the way I was preparing for events. This is the main priority this year. I am not very worried about the results as much. If you are able to plan the process and go to it, this is when the results come.

Do you find comfort in adhering to a process?

I find freedom in it. Once you know that you are in a care, this is when you have a little more agency to think at least if you need to deviate the plans. I was doing a lot to go here, and go there – I don’t achieve my priorities.

I started using AimPoint this fall. Was it helping you and what is the process like learning it?

I started using it in Annika, in fact, and this week was my best week on a tour so far. I feel very encouraged. Obviously, I still have to do some practices. I think it helped me a lot, especially with my confidence. And something slow play – if you do it properly, this does not slow down. As long as you are polite, this is the biggest thing.

Zhang changed its routine in late last year, and turning into the AIMPOINT strategy. (Julio Aguilar / Getty Images)

Talking about slow play, LPGA released a new slow playing policy. Do you think the tour has a slow playing problem?

Certainly it was expressed by many players. We take a lot of time to wait, especially on the 5S and PAR 3S. It slows down your day, and it slows down things for those who are watching. At the end of the day, I think it’s up to players to create their routine to allow them not to be the slow player there. There are players who are struggling with that, which I understand. I am just happy that LPGA has this list for everyone to follow. I am not really a player, but I feel crazy about being slow. I grew up while playing the junior golf game on Ajga, and you will get these red cards when you are slow.

LPGA in searching for a new commissioner. What should their top priorities be?

There is a difficult balance in the commercial side in the golf game and the actual competitive world of golf, so I understand how difficult it is. The biggest thing I would like to do is at least the new commissioner to communicate or communicate at least what he intends to do, and what you want to transfer to the players. You have to grow LPGA by sharing, through deals, through care. This requires a lot of EQ and requires a lot of intelligence in this sense. I would like to say, however, the new commissioner really needs to embody those basic things that can really raise LPGA. It is not easy. They should also have the interests of the players, which is a thin line that must be addressed. For this reason I say that communication is the super key. If the players understand where the work mind comes from, they may want to criticize things, but they will also be well with things if they have at least a sound that can tell them what is going on. This is the biggest thing.

Do you think LPGA is doing enough to promote its stars?

I can’t believe it. I am talking about many players who believe in it as well. The reason is, I think it takes personalities to show what is going on around the tour – to give people a story or something to interact with it. LPGA was trying. I don’t think it does not happen. They are in the process of creating more participation for LPGA players to be exposed to the audience. There are already characters on a tour ready to fill these shoes. Frankly, it is just the strategic aspect of things now. Exposing them to platforms, media and other people. Many players are already ready to do this. You need both ends of the stick. The player who wants to put himself there, is ready to push you there. There are many initiatives behind the scenes. I do not encourage them not to do anything, this is more than that, so they haven’t done much yet.

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