Sophia Schubert

Sophia Schubert
Personal information
Born (1996-01-31) January 31, 1996 (age 28)
Knoxville, Tennessee
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceOak Ridge, Tennessee[1]
Career
CollegeAuburn 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 ChampionshipCUT: 2018, 2023
Women's PGA C'shipT65: 2022
U.S. Women's OpenCUT: 2018
Women's British OpenCUT: 2022
Evian Championship2nd: 2022

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

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

  • 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:[12]

Professional wins (1)

Symetra Tour wins (1)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

! Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Chevron Championship CUT CUT
Women's PGA Championship T65 CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUT
The Evian Championship T58 NT 2 WD
Women's British Open CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
The Evian Championship 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 2
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 0 1 0 1 1 1 9 3

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made*		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top
10s		 Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2017 1 1 0 0 0 0 T58 n/a n/a 72.33 n/a
2018 3 0 0 0 0 0 CUT n/a n/a 76.33 n/a
2019 1 0 0 0 0 0 CUT n/a n/a 71.00 n/a
2020 Did not play
2021 Did not play
2022 23 16 0 1 0 1 2 771,054 37 71.99 105
2023 21 9 0 0 0 1 9 59,339 150 73.84 161
2024 11 4 0 0 0 0 T19 66,973 150 71.93 91
Totals^ 55 (2022) 29 0 1 0 2 2 897,366 348

^ 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:

Year World
ranking		 Source
2017 684 [16]
2018 897 [17]
2019 865 [18]
2020 801 [19]
2021 379 [20]
2022 76 [21]
2023 192 [22]

Team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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.