T-MOBILE MATCH PLAY PRESENTED BY MGM REWARDS

April 2, 2025

Rose Zhang

Shadow Creek

TV

Q. All right, well, Rose, and Nataliya halved or tied this match so each with a half a point. My sense is you're a bit disappointed. Talk about the flavor of this match today and how it ended up all square at the end?

ROSE ZHANG: Yeah, today was quite difficult. I feel like I had some good shots and then some bad bounces, some decisions that weren't great and then the putter wasn't doing very hot.

But then at the same time, I felt like I wasn't in the best condition either. You know, it was just a lot of tightness in my neck.

So I'm pretty proud of how I fought.

Q. What, did you wake up this morning and have an unusual situation with your neck?

ROSE ZHANG: I mean, I had a problem last week and then it like just extended to this week, and my neck problems kind of get pretty bad.

I'm more looking forward to some PT and hopefully tomorrow -- I think the cold definitely didn't help earlier, so I'm not beating myself too much on this.

Q. Well you fake it had pretty well. You did hit a lot of good shots. Last week at the Ford Championship you said you were unprepared because you've been focusing on schoolwork, finals. How would you compare your game minus the neck this week so far?

ROSE ZHANG: I feel like I put a lot of prep work into just overall my shots, so I feel like I went into this event at least saying, okay, well, this is what I have and I worked really hard to at least get myself in somewhat of a position.

So I feel like I'm still very much progressing, but I'm excited for more improvement rather than being more discouraged about it.