Nichols Rose Zhangs dominant amateur career may change the way American prodigies view college golf

AUGUSTA, Georgia ­- People told Rose Zhang that college golf would ruin her. She hated that. “I wanted to push myself to the limit,” she said on the eve of the final round of the 2023 Augusta National Women’s Amateur. Those limits were laid out for the world to see on Saturday at the Augusta National Golf Club, where Zhang clawed her way to victory in a two-hole playoff over Georgia’s own Jenny Bae, clinching the only big title that had eluded her in amateur golf. Zhang has dominated at every level, and her decision to spend the past two…