A golf phenom is favoured to win the U.S. Women's Open

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The third women's golf major of the year tees off Thursday at Pebble Beach, one of the most famous (and scenic) courses in the world. Along with the iconic venue, there are some interesting storylines to keep an eye on during the U.S. Women's Open. Such as:

Everybody's watching Rose Zhang.

The 20-year-old American sensation has made a Tiger Woods-like entrance to professional golf. After capturing back-to-back NCAA titles at Stanford (Tiger's alma mater) along with the prestigious U.S. Women's Amateur and Augusta National Women's Amateur, Zhang turned pro in late May and promptly won her debut tournament — the first LPGA Tour player in 72 years to do so. She then tied for eighth at last month's major, the Women's PGA Championship.

Now, playing in just her third event as a pro, Zhang is the betting favourite to win the U.S. Open at hallowed Pebble Beach. Sounds like a case of runaway hype, until you consider that Zhang shot a women's course-record 63 at Pebble just 10 months ago while playing for Stanford. If she wins this week, it'll surely draw comparisons to the historic victory by a 21-year-old Woods at the 1997 Masters.

Brooke Henderson will be part of the Zhang show.

Talk about a featured group: Henderson, a two-time major winner ranked 11th in the world, will play with Zhang and world No. 3 Lydia Ko of New Zealand (also a two-time major champ) on Thursday and Friday.

Henderson, 25, captured her first major at the Women's PGA Championship in 2016, when as a teenager she upset Ko (then the world No. 1) in a playoff. The Smiths Falls, Ont., native then added the