AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rose Zhang had the same caddie on her bag Friday at Augusta National Golf Club who Jennifer Kupcho used in 2019 when she won the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur. Kupcho, of course, made a game-time decision to swap our her dad for Brian McKinley for that historic final round, which proved especially clutch when a migraine impaired her vision at the midway point.
While Zhang, 19, soaked up every word that McKinley told her, not only about the course but Kupcho’s closing 67, she ultimately decided to keep her father, Haibin, on the bag for a second consecutive year. The Stanford sophomore had indicated on Thursday afternoon that she intended to use an Augusta caddie for the final round but changed her mind later that evening.
