In 1994, Zhang turned professional. Early in his career, Zhang won a number of smaller tournaments around Asia, in China, Malaysia and Thailand. He has competed predominantly on the
Asian Tour since 1997 but has also played extensively on the
Japan Golf Tour. He has also played outside Asia with limited success. However he did win a tournament in Canada in 2000. Zhang came to global attention at the 2003
Caltex Singapore Masters, where he edged out
Ernie Els with a
birdie on the final hole to become the first Chinese golfer to win on the European Tour. In February 2010 Zhang and Stéphane opened a golf training center in Haigeng, Kunming in the province of Yunnan, (the Olympic training ground of China). In April 2010, Zhang regained his title at the PGA of China and in 2011 he finishing -13 and best Chinese at the China Open co-sanctioned with European Tour, OneAsia tour and Asian Tour. In 2014, Zhang hit the very first tee shot in the history of the newly established
PGA Tour China. In 2015 he was a rookie on the
European Senior Tour. In 2016, he won his first senior title, the
SSE Enterprise Wales Senior Open. ==Amateur wins==