Sophia Schubert

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Sophia Schubert
Personal information
Born (1996-01-31) January 31, 1996 (age 29)
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.

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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
2024 1140000T1966,97315071.9391
Totals^55 (2022)2901022897,366348

^ Official as of 2024 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]
2024530 [23]

Team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. 1 2 Nichols, Beth Ann (November 17, 2022). "How would Sophia Schubert spend CME's $2 million payday? She'd steal a move from Arnold Palmer's playbook". Golfweek.
  2. 1 2 "Sophia Schubert". texassports. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  3. "Sophia Schubert". auburntigers.com. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  4. Higuchi, Kikue (November 17, 2022). "Sophia Schubert is Soaring On the LPGA Tour and Beyond". LPGA.
  5. Lesar, Al (August 14, 2017). "Former CAK star Sophia Schubert wins U.S. Women's Amateur golf championship". Knoxville News Sentinel.
  6. "Schubert, 21, wins U.S. Women's Amateur". ESPN. Associated Press. August 13, 2017.
  7. Strege, John (August 13, 2017). "Sophia Schubert wins U.S. Women's Amateur by a smile, 6 & 5, over Albane Valenzuela". Golf Digest.
  8. Nichols, Beth Ann (August 13, 2017). "U.S. Women's Amateur title picture perfect moment for Sophia Schubert". Golfweek.
  9. Nichols, Beth Ann (August 12, 2017). "Sophia Schubert, Albane Valenzuela set for all-college final at U.S. Women's Amateur". Golfweek.
  10. Bethel, Elizabeth (August 3, 2018). "Sophia Schubert making pro debut at LPGA Indy Women in Tech". ForeGals.
  11. "Schubert Clinches Spot in Top-10 With Her Win". Symetra Tour. October 3, 2021.
  12. "Sophia Schubert". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  13. "Sophia Schubert stats". LPGA. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  14. "Sophia Schubert results". LPGA. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  15. "Career Money". LPGA. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  16. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2017.
  17. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 31, 2018.
  18. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2019.
  19. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2020.
  20. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 27, 2021.
  21. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2022.
  22. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2023.
  23. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2024.