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

Education

Schubert majored in

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at the

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Amateur career

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. Schubert competed for the

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and became the first Longhorn to win the U.S. Women's Amateur since Kelli Kuehne in 1996. Schubert was caddied by her coach at Texas, Ryan Murphy. She previously competed for the Christian Academy of Knoxville and at Auburn during her freshman year in college before transferring to Texas. Schubert turned professional in 2018 and made her pro debut at the 2018 Indy Women in Tech Championship on the

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. She began playing on the Symetra Tour in 2019. Schubert won her first professional event at the 2021 Carolina Golf Classic on the Symetra Tour.

Personal life

In her early childhood, Schubert began playing golf at the age of four when her mother registered her and her sister for golf lessons. Later in life, she sought a new hobby aside from golf and began taking flying lessons at the

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, which was only 20 minutes away from her home in Oak Ridge. As of November 2022, she had been flying for five months with the goal of obtaining her

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within the next year. After she obtains her pilot's license, she wants to get her own plane. Her ultimate aspiration is to fly herself to tournaments, like

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and Peggy Kirk Bell once did.

Amateur wins

*2012 AJGA Music City Junior Girls *2013 PNC Bank Junior Championship *2014 Under Armour - Scott Stallings Championship, The Alamo Invitational *2017 Lady Buckeye Invitational, U.S. Women's Amateur, Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invite Source

Professional wins (1)

Symetra Tour wins (1)

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Carolina Golf Classic The Carolina Golf Classic is a tournament on the Epson Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. It has been a part of the tour's schedule since 2020. It is held at Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro (; formerly ...

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

LPGA Tour career summary

^ Official as of July 22, 2023
* Includes match play and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Position in

Women's World Golf Rankings The Women's World Golf Rankings, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Rolex Rankings, were introduced in February 2006. They are sanctioned by eight women's golf tours and the organisations behind them: Ladies Professional Golf Association ( ...

at the end of each calendar year. ^ as of July 17, 2023

Team appearances

Amateur *

Curtis Cup The Curtis Cup is the best known team trophy for women amateur golfers, awarded in the biennial Curtis Cup Match. It is co-organised by the United States Golf Association and The R&A and is contested by teams representing the United States and ...

(representing the United States):

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(winners) *

Arnold Palmer Cup The Arnold Palmer Cup is an annual team golf competition for college/university golfers. From 2018 it has been contested between a United States team and an International team representing the rest of the world. The teams consist of 12 men and 12 ...

(representing the United States):

(winners)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schubert, Sophia American female golfers LPGA Tour golfers Auburn Tigers women's golfers Texas Longhorns women's golfers Golfers from Knoxville, Tennessee People from Oak Ridge, Tennessee Sportspeople from the Knoxville metropolitan area 1996 births Living people 21st-century American women 21st-century American people