Sarah Schober (born 15 April 1992) is an Austrian

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and

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player. She was runner-up at the 2022 Big Green Egg Open and won the 2016 LETAS Order of Merit.

Amateur career

Schober was born in

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, Austria and began playing golf at the age of eight. At twelve, she joined the National Team. She appeared three times at the

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, and multiple times at the

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, earning a silver medal in

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as Austria lost the final to Spain 5 to 2. Schober finished her finals singles match against Camilla Hedberg all square. Schober attended

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in Oklahoma for four semesters, and won the NJCAA Championship back to back in 2012 and 2013. She then played with the Florida Gators women's golf team while attending the

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in Gainesville for two semesters, majoring in telecommunications.

Professional career

Schober turned professional in 2015 and joined the

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. In

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, she was runner-up in five tournaments, the Norrporten Ladies Open, EVLI Ladies Finnish Open, Elisefarm Ladies Open, WPGA International Challenge and Santander Golf Tour Zaragoza, securing the LETAS Order of Merit title and earning promotion the

. She qualified for her first

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, the 2018 U.S. Women's Open, at the European sectional qualifier at

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. Schober finished bogey and double bogey and tied for 4th place with Sophie Walker, Heather Macrae,

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, and Christine Wolf. However, she won the playoff on the second hole. She ultimately missed the cut at Shoal Creek Club. Schober teamed up with Christine Wolf to represent Austria at the

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, but the pair did not advance beyond the group stage. In 2019, she won the Terre Blanche Ladies Open, the LET Access Series season opener in France, in a playoff against Hayley Davis. She finished tied fifth at the 2021 Investec South African Women's Open, four strokes behind winner Lee-Anne Pace. In 2022, Schober played in the penultimate flight on the final day of the KPMG Women's Irish Open, and finished tied 11th, 4 strokes behind winner

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. She made her first cut in an

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event at the Trust Golf Women's Scottish Open. She was runner-up at the Big Green Egg Open, a stroke behind

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. In 2023, she finished tied 7th at the

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, the season opener. Schober was offered a spot in the

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after South African Paula Reto tested positive for COVID-19 and withdrew. However, the

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declined to make a reallocation for Schober and the 60th and last spot in the field went to India's

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. Having improved her world ranking, Schober sat in 57th spot in the

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for the

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in April 2023.

Amateur wins

*2011 Austrian Stroke Play Championship *2012 NJCAA Championship *2013 NJCAA Championship Source:

Professional wins (1)

LET Access Series wins (1)

LET Access Series playoff record (1–0)

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Austria):

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2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

(representing Austria):

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

Professional *

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(representing Austria):

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

References

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schober, Sarah Austrian female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Florida Gators women's golfers Olympic golfers for Austria Golfers at the 2024 Summer Olympics People from Leibnitz District Sportspeople from Styria 1992 births Living people 21st-century Austrian sportswomen