However, he did not expect the young woman would become world No 1 so quickly and now, at 22, be the youngest golfer - male or female - to win four major championships when on Sunday she ran away with the LPGA Championship.
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Zhang is amazed and thrilled by her achievements. Moreover, he has become more confident and motivated as he believes some of the girls from the Chinese mainland are now playing as good as when he partnered Tseng.
"To be honest, when I played with her a few years ago she was playing well, but was not showing her great potential or a big advantage over other girls at her age," said Zhang on Tuesday during the launch of a new golf tournament - the Fangshan Changyang China Amateur Golf Championship, which will be held from Oct 12-16 at the Beijing California County Golf Club.
"Now, some of our amateurs are playing as good as her when she was an amateur. I believe women players from Chinese mainland have the potential to emulate her success in major tournaments."
Tseng turned professional in 2007, when she was 18 years old, and has continued to improve and impress ever since; winning 16 pro titles so far.
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She joined LPGA Tour in 2008 and has eight of those titles under her belt.
Zhang said hard work, mental strength and high-level coaches were needed if any of the Chinese amateurs wanted to play on the LPGA circuit after turning pro.
He said golf's inclusion at the 2016 Olympic gave his ambitions a huge boost.
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