Who is Rose Zhang’s coach?

American phenom Rose Zhang has only ever had one coach.

Since breaking onto the LPGA Tour with a debut win in 2023, Zhang has already finished top ten in three majors.

The California-born golfer also made her Solheim Cup debut in a draw with Team Europe at Finca Cortesin in Spain.

And with such a promising future ahead of her, she will have her trusted swing coach George Pinnell by her side.

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Rose Zhang coach

Zhang began playing golf when she was nine years old and two years later, she teamed up with long-term coach Pinnell.

Her incredible talent was evident early on, as she turned up at his range, possessing a fluid motion that Pinnell recognised as special.

He told Golf.com: “From the day I met her, there was a maturity about her that you don’t often see at that age.”

A vastly experienced coach who has helped the likes of Anthony Kim and Kevin Na on their way to success, Pinnell’s instruction has accounted for over 350 tournament wins at professional, college and junior level.

Working with Trackman since 2008, Pinnell has become one of the most experienced and well-respected coaches in golf.

As a member of the PGA, he studied the golf swing under the direct tutoring of noted instructors like Butch Harmon, Randy Smith and Hank Haney.

Born in 1945, he graduated with a degree in physical education, while his first job after college was in driver’s education.

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Pinell then worked as a police officer in Colorado, and then as a salesman of communication devices for a company that transferred him to Southern California.

Before turning 40, Pinnell got an offer to apprentice for a golf pro at a club in California and soon became a certified PGA pro.

Emerging talents have turned to Pinnell over the years, as his early students were Jay Choi and David Oh, future collegiate All-Americans.

As his name got out, Mi Hyun Kim asked him for lessons, as did the emerging amateur star, Kristen Park.

Now Zhang is his latest prodigy, he has been there for the defining moments in her career so far.

In 2023, she was the number one ranked female golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for 141 weeks, the most of any player in history.