“It’s pretty necessary to have that” - Rose Zhang on having her father as a caddie at Augusta National Women's Amateur

Rose Zhang opened up about replacing her father as the caddie at the Augusta National Women's Amateur.

She was thinking of swiping her father with the club caddie. During the first round of the Women's Amateur Championship, Zhang said:

“Hopefully, it all works well. I believe that those caddies are the best of the best and know every single part of Augusta National. So those details and advice will greatly help.”

However, the amateur golfer changed her mind during the practice round of the Augusta National Women's Amateur Championship on Friday. She said:

"Ultimately, I feel like what we have is going pretty well thus far, and I feel very comfortable with him (Her father) on the bag. He’s very predictable. We know our games in and out. I think especially when you’re at the biggest stage at Augusta, it’s pretty necessary to have that comfort to be able to be yourself and do what you need to do.”

Rose Zhang took the lead after the second round of the Augusta National Women's Amateur Championship with a score deficit of 13. The Stanford sophomore played a first round of 66 and a second of 65 to finish at 131. She will start the third round on Saturday, five strokes ahead of Andrea Lignell.

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2023 Augusta National Women's Amateur: Round 3 tee times

Augusta National Women's Amateur final on April 1 with Latanna Stone and Hinano Muguruma taking their first shots of the day on the tenth hole at 7:40 am ET. Zhang will take on the tenth hole at 8:50 am ET alongside Andrea Lignell.

Here's the complete list of tee times for the third round of the Augusta National Women's Amateur:

Tee 10th

Group 1- 7:40 am ET

• Latanna Stone, Hinano Muguruma

Group 2- 7:40 am ET

• Charlotte Heath, Saki Baba

Group 3- 7:50 am ET

• Maria Jose Marin, Crystal Wang

Group 4- 7:50 am ET

• Yuna Araki, Jennie Park

Group 5- 8:00 am ET

• Bohyun Park, Megha Ganne

Group 6- 8:00 am ET

• Erica Shepherd, Emilia Migliaccio

Group 7- 8:10 am ET

• Gianna Clemente, Antonia Malate

Group 8- 8:10 am ET

• Briana Chacon, Amanda Sambach

Group 9- 8:20 am ET

• Jiyoo Lim, Monet Chun

Group 10- 8:20 am ET

• Caley McGinty, Ting-Hsuan Huang

Group 11- 8:30 am ET

• Hsin-Yu Lu, Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio

Group 12- 8:30 am ET

• Yana Wilson, Jensen Castle

Group 13- 8:40 am ET

• Jenny Bae, Caitlyn Macnab

Group 14- 8:40 am ET

• Amari Avery, Megan Schofill

Group 15- 8:50 am ET

• Rose Zhang, Andrea Lignell

Group 16: 8:50 am ET

• Lottie Woad

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2023 Augusta National Women's Amateur: Round 2 leaderboard

• 1. Rose Zhang
• 2. Andrea Lignell
• 3. Jenny Bae
• T4. Caitlyn Macnab
• T4. Hsin Yu Lu
• T6. Monet Chun
• T6. Cayetana Fernandes Garcia-Poggio
• T6. Jiyoo LimT9. Gianna Clemente
• T9. Megha GanneT9. Maria Jose Marin
• T9. Antonia MalateT9. Bohyun Park
• T14. Yuna ArakiT14. Saki Baba
• T14. Charlotte Heath
• T14. Hinano Muguruma
• T14. Jennie Park
• T14. Latanna Stone
• T14. Crystal Wang
• T21. Briana Chacon
• T21. Ting-Hsuan Huang
• T21. Caley McGinty
• T21. Emilia Migliaccio
• T21. Amanda Sambach
• T21. Erica Shepherd
• T21. Yana Wilson
• T28. Amari Avery
• T28. Jensen Castle
• T28. Megan Schofill
• T28. Lottie Woad