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

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Personal life and education

Schubert is from

Oak Ridge, Tennessee Oak Ridge is a city in Anderson County, Tennessee, Anderson and Roane County, Tennessee, Roane counties in the East Tennessee, eastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee, about west of downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, Knoxville. Oak Ridge's po ...

. She began playing golf at the age of four when her mother registered her and her sister for golf lessons. She majored in

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at the

University of Texas The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 students as of fall 2 ...

. In 2022 she began taking flying lessons at the

McGhee Tyson Airport McGhee Tyson Airport is a public/military airport south of Knoxville, Tennessee, Knoxville,. Federal Aviation Administration. effective April 17, 2025. in Alcoa, Tennessee. It is named for United States Navy pilot Charles McGhee Tyson, who wa ...

, her goal being to obtain her

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in order to fly herself to tournaments, similarly to

Arnold Palmer Arnold Daniel Palmer (September 10, 1929 – September 25, 2016) was an American professional golfer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's history. Since embarking on a professional career in ...

and Peggy Kirk Bell.

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. While at Texas she 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, Ryan Murphy. Schubert won the 2017

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, defeating the number-3 ranked amateur player in the world and former Olympian, Albane Valenzuela, in the final.

Professional career

Schubert turned professional in 2018 and made her pro debut at the 2018

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on the

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. She began playing on the

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in 2019. She won her first professional event at the Carolina Golf Classic on the

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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,

, Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invite Source:

Professional wins (1)

Symetra Tour wins (1)

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

Carolina Golf Classic

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 2024 season
* Includes match play and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Schubert's positions in the

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at the end of each calendar year have been:

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(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. It is named for Arnold Palmer. From 2018 it has been contested between a United States team and an International team representing the rest of the world. The ...

(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 Sportspeople from Oak Ridge, Tennessee 1996 births Living people 21st-century American sportswomen