Meet Zhang Weiwei: Lifestyle, Career & Other Details About Chinese LPGA Sensation Revealed

Zhang Weiwei has been a pro golfer for 2 years now. Since making her debut in 2022, WeiWei has featured in 40 LPGA events and made 12 cuts. The 27-year-old has already shown glimpses of brilliance during the 2022 AmazingCre Portland Classic where the scored -14 to finish in the top 10 of the table. She has had 6 top-25 career finishes and is slowly finding her place in the LPGA Tour.

While the world has yet to see what Weiwei can offer, she has achieved a lot more success in the local circuit. Let’s learn more about Zhang Weiwei to understand her journey into LPGA.

Zhang Weiwei’s life beyond the LPGA Tour

Zhang Weiwei was born in Hubei, China on March 15, 1997. She was only 9 when her dad introduced her to golf. After years of training, she moved to Hainan to play in the CLPGA Tour in 2010. She was only 13 when she played in her first CLPGA tournament, the SBR Grand Hill Challenge. She finished at T30 in the event with 8 birdies throughout the 3 rounds. Weiwei won her first CLPGA event in 2017. In the Zhuhai Hengqin Phoenix Tree Building Challenge with the lowest score of 3-under par 72. She also shot one of her favorite strokes in her career during one of these tournaments. She hit a hole-in-one in June 2017 and shared a video of the same on her Instagram. She also turned pro in 2017 at the age of 20.

By 2020, Zhang Weiwei had won 5 CLPGA tournaments. She also participated in the Final Qualifying game of the Crail Golfing Society. Weiwei topped the leaderboard in the event to book her a place in the AIG Women’s Open. It’s a prestigious tournament that has previously been won by LPGA pros like Rose Zhang and Atthaya Thitikul.

Weiwei also joined the Epson Tour in 2020. From 2020-25, she made 28 cuts and finished in the top 10 8 times. Her best performance came at the Prasco Charity Championship where she finished at T2 in 2021.

That’s all we have about her professional career so far. But there is a lot more to Zhang Weiwei than just golf. Let’s explore the life of Weiwei off the course.

Life away from the clubs

As per all the information available about Zhang Weiwei, she enjoys singing, watching movies, and playing video games. One of her Instagram posts features the late Christina Grimmie with the caption, “Once my favorite cover sister, I can’t even hear your song now… May there be no shooting in heaven…” It seems that the singer was one of Weiwei’s favorites when she was young.

There are also a few pictures of beautiful landscapes shared by the pro. It seems that she also has an eye for photography. Besides that, her social media is filled with her golf exploits which include her holding scoreboards, posing beside other golfers, and hitting beautiful strokes on courses. This is all that we could find about Zhang Weiwei’s life.