CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - The 2020 Rolex Girls Junior Championship was the second all-girls invitational of the AJGA season. Highlights included returning to Dalhousie Golf Club, a new amateur course record and strong field in the Rolex AJGA Rankings.
Rolex Girls Junior Championship returns to Dalhousie
The last time Dalhousie Golf Club hosted the Rolex Girls Junior Championship was in 2013. Alison Lee won the event with a score of 7-under-par 281. Dalhousie Golf Club was established in 2002 and has hosted 10 Missouri Golf Association Championships, the 2012 Missouri State Amateur Championship and 2015 USGA Women's Team Championship. The course is a Nicklaus Design that features 7,389 yards of old growth forests, with unique and spectacular water views of natural wildlife.
No. 18 green @DalhousieGC is a beast. #RolexGirls pic.twitter.com/nQZEmMqURL
— AJGA (@AJGAGolf) August 20, 2020
Bit of a throwback but love seeing #RolexGirls being held back out at @DalhousieGC this week! 7 years later and it’s still one of my favorite courses! Good luck to all the girls in the field this week! pic.twitter.com/7TPx07ziW5
— Abbey Carlson (@AbbeyCarlson54) August 18, 2020
Field Information
With 11 of the top 20 players in the Rolex AJGA Rankings in the field, it featured 41 players with at least one AJGA title. There were 15 players already with one win this season heading into the event. In addition to rankings, there were 13 Rolex Junior All-Americans and 20 players committed to play college golf.
15 players at #RolexGirls have one win this season. The field is stacked.
— AJGA (@AJGAGolf) August 17, 2020
7 wins and counting. The reigning @rolex Junior Player of the Year is back in the field at #RolexGirls pic.twitter.com/zTgjNdg7yq
— AJGA (@AJGAGolf) August 17, 2020
A surprise message for the #USWomensAm champ.#RolexGirls pic.twitter.com/V4bM9iBt3l
— AJGA (@AJGAGolf) August 19, 2020
Your daily dose of satisfying content from Lynn Lim.#RolexGirls pic.twitter.com/ktiOdongWh
— AJGA (@AJGAGolf) August 19, 2020
Vibe check at your first appearance of #RolexGirls pic.twitter.com/jgc8lANIUm
— AJGA (@AJGAGolf) August 18, 2020
Zhang earned eighth AJGA title
Zhang was the wire-to-wire leader with a four-day tournament total of 15-under-par 273. She started off strong as the 18-hole leader with a five-stroke advantage, shooting a new amateur course record
of 8-under-par 64. She birdied her last four holes of the tournament to finish with a six-stroke victory. Zhang now holds all three Rolex honors with her victory at the 2019 Rolex Tournament of Champions, 2019 Rolex Junior Player of the Year and 2020 Rolex Girls Junior Championship.
Rose Zhang does it again. #RolexGirls pic.twitter.com/cMm3FTXA1j
— AJGA (@AJGAGolf) August 22, 2020
It’s Rose Zhang’s world and we’re just living in it! 🌹 🌎
— ANNIKA Foundation (@ANNIKA_Fdn) August 22, 2020
After her win at the #USWomensAm just two weeks ago, the #ANNIKA player took home another win yesterday at the @AJGAGolf #RolexGirls. 👏 pic.twitter.com/D4AOZGV3Aw
Rose Zhang continues to impress the golf world, even @ANNIKA59, with her dominant play at #RolexGirls pic.twitter.com/5ETceIcBXo
— AJGA (@AJGAGolf) August 25, 2020
Rose Zhang is on a tear. Backs up #USWomensAm title with the @AJGAGolf Rolex Girls' title. She now owns the Rolex trifecta!
— Julie Williams (@Golfweek_Jules) August 22, 2020
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It was a great week at Dalhousie Golf Club as the club hosted the @AJGAGolf's Rolex Girls Junior Championship!
— OB Sports Golf Mgmt (@OBSportsGolf) August 24, 2020
Congratulations to Rose Zhang of Irvine, CA, who came away the winner!
RECAP via the AJGA >> https://t.co/1f6QvgjcMN#TeamOBSports #ExperienceTroon pic.twitter.com/en4H1nOKLo
Nothing new here #RolexGirls pic.twitter.com/P5ABJuOOGT
— AJGA (@AJGAGolf) August 21, 2020
Rose keeps it rolling. #RolexGirls pic.twitter.com/jOTcMVLnBz
— AJGA (@AJGAGolf) August 20, 2020
Rose's momentum continues with a course record and first-round lead. (-8)#RolexGirls pic.twitter.com/8cDlaIH9D6
— AJGA (@AJGAGolf) August 18, 2020