Sophia Schubert

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Sophia Schubert
Personal information
Born (1996-01-31) January 31, 1996 (age 28)
Knoxville, Tennessee
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Oak Ridge, Tennessee [1]
Career
College Auburn University
University of Texas [2]
Turned professional2018
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour
Former tour(s) Symetra Tour
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
Epson Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship CUT: 2018, 2023
Women's PGA C'ship T65: 2022
U.S. Women's Open CUT: 2018
Women's British Open CUT: 2022
Evian Championship 2nd: 2022

Sophia Marie Schubert (born January 31, 1996) is an American professional golfer.

Contents

Personal life and education

Schubert is from Oak Ridge, Tennessee. [3] She began playing golf at the age of four when her mother registered her and her sister for golf lessons. She majored in Sports management at the University of Texas. [2]

In 2022 she began taking flying lessons at the McGhee Tyson Airport, her goal being to obtain her pilot's license in order to fly herself to tournaments, similarly to Arnold Palmer and Peggy Kirk Bell. [4] [1]

Amateur career

She competed for the Christian Academy of Knoxville and Auburn during her freshman year in college before transferring to the University of Texas. [5] While at Texas she competed for the Texas Longhorns and became the first Longhorn to win the U.S. Women's Amateur since Kelli Kuehne in 1996. [6] Schubert was caddied by her coach, Ryan Murphy. [7]

Schubert won the 2017 U.S. Women's Amateur, defeating the number-3 ranked amateur player in the world and former Olympian, Albane Valenzuela, in the final. [8] [9]

Professional career

Schubert turned professional in 2018 and made her pro debut at the 2018 Indy Women in Tech Championship on the LPGA Tour. [10] She began playing on the Symetra Tour in 2019. She won her first professional event at the Carolina Golf Classic on the 2021 Symetra Tour. [11]

Amateur wins

Source: [12]

Professional wins (1)

Symetra Tour wins (1)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament2017201820192020202120222023
Chevron Championship CUTCUT
Women's PGA Championship T65CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUT
The Evian Championship T58NT2WD
Women's British Open CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship 00000020
Women's PGA Championship 00000021
U.S. Women's Open 00000010
The Evian Championship 01011132
Women's British Open 00000010
Totals01011193

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played		Cuts
made*		Wins2nd3rdTop
10s		Best
finish		Earnings
($)		Money
list rank		Scoring
average		Scoring
rank
2017 110000T58n/an/a72.33n/a
2018 300000CUTn/an/a76.33n/a
2019 100000CUTn/an/a71.00n/a
2020 Did not play
2021 Did not play
2022 231601012771,0543771.99105
2023 2190001959,33915073.84161
Totals^44 (2022)2501022830,393345

^ Official as of 2023 season [13] [14] [15]
* Includes match play and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Schubert's positions in the Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year have been:

YearWorld
ranking		Source
2017684 [16]
2018897 [17]
2019865 [18]
2020801 [19]
2021379 [20]
202276 [21]
2023192 [22]

Team appearances

Amateur

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