{{short description|American professional golfer (born 1996)}} {{use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Sophia Schubert | image = | image_size = <!-- Optional, default is 200px --> | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|1|31}} | birth_place = Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1996|1|31}} --> | death_place = | height = 5 ft 6 in | weight = | nationality = {{USA}} | residence = Oak Ridge, Tennessee<ref name=residence>{{cite web |url=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/11/17/lpga-cme-group-tour-championship-sophia-schubert-arnold-palmer-flying-lessons |title=How would Sophia Schubert spend CME's $2 million payday? She'd steal a move from Arnold Palmer's playbook |first=Beth Ann |last=Nichols |magazine=Golfweek |date=November 17, 2022}}</ref> | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = Auburn University<br>University of Texas<ref name=UnivTexas>{{cite web |url=https://texassports.com/sports/womens-golf/roster/sophia-schubert/7414 |title=Sophia Schubert |publisher=texassports |accessdate=November 18, 2022}}</ref> | yearpro = 2018 | tour = LPGA Tour | extour = Epson Tour | prowins = 1 | lpgawins = <!-- Number of LPGA Tour wins --> | letwins = <!-- Number of Ladies European Tour wins --> | jlpgawins = <!-- LPGA of Japan Tour wins --> | klpgawins = <!-- LPGA of Korea Tour wins --> | lagtwins = <!-- Number of Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins --> | alpgwins = <!-- Number of ALPG Tour wins --> | futwins = 1 | otherwins = <!-- Number of Other wins --> | majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins --> | anainspiration = CUT: 2018, 2023, 2026 | lpga = T65: 2022 | wusopen = CUT: 2018 | wbritopen = CUT: 2022 | evian = 2nd: 2022 | wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID --> | wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted --> | award1 = <!-- Achievement or award details --> | year1 = <!-- Year(s) of achievement or award --> | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> }} '''Sophia Marie Schubert''' (born January 31, 1996) is an American professional golfer.
==Personal life and education== Schubert is from Oak Ridge, Tennessee.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://auburntigers.com/sports/womens-golf/roster/sophia-schubert/1749 |title=Sophia Schubert |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=auburntigers.com|access-date=2023-12-08}}</ref> 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.<ref name="UnivTexas" />
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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Higuchi |first=Kikue |date=November 17, 2022 |title=Sophia Schubert is Soaring On the LPGA Tour and Beyond |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2022/sophia-schubert-is-soaring-on-the-lpga-tour-and-beyond |publisher=LPGA}}</ref><ref name="residence" />
==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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/local/2017/08/13/former-cak-star-sophia-schubert-wins-u-s-womens-amateur-golf-championship/563646001/ |title=Former CAK star Sophia Schubert wins U.S. Women's Amateur golf championship |newspaper=Knoxville News Sentinel |first=Al |last=Lesar |date=August 14, 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/20335355/sophia-schubert-wins-us-women-amateur-championship |title=Schubert, 21, wins U.S. Women's Amateur |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=August 13, 2017}}</ref> Schubert was caddied by her coach, Ryan Murphy.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/sophia-schubert-wins-us-womens-amateur-by-a-smile-6-and-5-over-albane-valenzuela |title=Sophia Schubert wins U.S. Women's Amateur by a smile, 6 & 5, over Albane Valenzuela |magazine=Golf Digest |first=John |last=Strege |date=August 13, 2017}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://golfweek.com/2017/08/13/u-s-womens-amateur-champ-sophia-schubert-never-stopped-believing-in-selfie/ |title=U.S. Women's Amateur title picture perfect moment for Sophia Schubert |date=August 13, 2017 |magazine=Golfweek |first=Beth Ann |last=Nichols}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://golfweek.com/2017/08/12/sophia-schubert-albane-valenzuela-set-for-all-college-final-at-u-s-womens-amateur/ |title=Sophia Schubert, Albane Valenzuela set for all-college final at U.S. Women's Amateur |date=August 12, 2017 |magazine=Golfweek |first=Beth Ann |last=Nichols}}</ref>
==Professional career == Schubert turned professional in 2018 and made her pro debut at the 2018 Indy Women in Tech Championship on the LPGA Tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://foregals.com/2018/08/03/sophia-schubert-pro-debut-lpga-indy-women-tech/ |title=Sophia Schubert making pro debut at LPGA Indy Women in Tech |publisher=ForeGals |first=Elizabeth |last=Bethel |date=August 3, 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.epsontour.com/news/2021/schubert-clinches-spot-in-top-10-with-her-win |title=Schubert Clinches Spot in Top-10 With Her Win |publisher=Symetra Tour |date=October 3, 2021}}</ref>
==Amateur wins== *2012 (1) AJGA Music City Junior Girls *2013 (1) PNC Bank Junior Championship *2014 (2) Under Armour - Scott Stallings Championship, The Alamo Invitational *2017 (3) Lady Buckeye Invitational, U.S. Women's Amateur, Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invite
Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wagr.com/playerprofile/sophia-schubert-19046 |title=Sophia Schubert |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |access-date=March 28, 2019}}</ref>
==Professional wins (1)== ===Symetra Tour wins (1)=== *2021 Carolina Golf Classic
==Results in LPGA majors== ''Results not in chronological order.'' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" ! Tournament !! 2017 !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 !! 2025 !! 2026 |- |align=left|Chevron Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |- |align=left|U.S. Women's Open |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|Women's PGA Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T65 |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| | |- |align=left|The Evian Championship |T58 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:yellow;"|2 |WD |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| | |- |align=left|Women's British Open |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| | |} <!-- {{legend|lime|Win}} --> {{legend|yellow|Top 10}} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the half-way cut<br/> WD = withdrew<br/> NT = no tournament<br/> T = tied
===Summary=== {| class=wikitable style=text-align:center !Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made |- |align=left|Chevron Championship || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 |- |align=left|U.S. Women's Open || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 |- |align=left|Women's PGA Championship || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 |- |align=left|The Evian Championship || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 2 |- |align=left|Women's British Open || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 |- !Totals !! 0 !! 1 !! 0 !! 1 !! 1 !! 1 !! 10 !! 3 |}
==LPGA Tour career summary== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; " ! Year !! Tournaments <br />played !! Cuts <br />made* !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top <br />10s !! Best <br />finish !! Earnings<br>($) !! Money<br />list rank !! Scoring <br /> average !! Scoring<br />rank |- |<small>2017</small> |1 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |T58 |align=right|n/a |n/a |72.33 |n/a |- |<small>2018</small> |3 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |CUT |align=right|n/a |n/a |76.33 |n/a |- |<small>2019</small> |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |CUT |align=right|n/a |n/a |71.00 |n/a |- |<small>2020</small> |colspan=11|''Did not play'' |- |<small>2021</small> |colspan=11|''Did not play'' |- |2022 |23 |16 |0 |1 |0 |1 |2 |align=right|771,054 |37 |71.99 |105 |- |2023 |21 |9 |0 |0 |0 |1 |9 |align=right|59,339 |150 |73.84 |161 |- |2024 |11 |4 |0 |0 |0 |0 |T19 |align=right|66,973 |150 |71.93 |91 |- |2025 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |CUT |align=right|0 |n/a |71.50 |n/a |- !Totals^ !56 <small>(2022)</small> <!-- Tournaments played, 2022 rookie year --> !29 <!-- Cuts made, ditto above --> !0 <!-- Wins --> !1 <!-- 2nd place --> !0 <!-- 3rd place --> !2 <!-- Top 10s, rookie year 2022 --> !2 <!-- Best finish --> !897,366 <!-- $ Earnings --> !359 <!-- Money list rank --> ! ! |} ^ Official as of 2025 season<ref>{{cite web |access-date=December 23, 2025 |title=Sophia Schubert stats |publisher=LPGA |url=https://www.lpga.com/athletes/sophia-schubert/99133/stats}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/athletes/sophia-schubert/99133/results |title=Sophia Schubert results |publisher=LPGA |access-date=December 23, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/stats-and-rankings/money-and-finishes#tab-list |title=Career Money |publisher=LPGA |access-date=December 23, 2025}}</ref><br> <nowiki>*</nowiki> 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:
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;" ! Year !! World<br>ranking !! Source |- | 2017 || 684 || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2017-12-25 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 25, 2017}}</ref> |- | 2018 || 897 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2018-12-31 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 31, 2018}}</ref> |- | 2019 || 865 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2019-12-30 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 30, 2019}}</ref> |- | 2020 || 801 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2020-12-28 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 28, 2020}}</ref> |- | 2021 || 379 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2021-12-27/ |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 27, 2021}}</ref> |- | 2022 || 76 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2022-12-26 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 26, 2022}}</ref> |- | 2023 || 192 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2023-12-25 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 25, 2023}}</ref> |- | 2024 || 530 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2024-12-30 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 30, 2024}}</ref> |- | 2025 || 291 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2025-12-29 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 29, 2025}}</ref> |}
==Team appearances==
'''Amateur''' *Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 2018 (winners) *Arnold Palmer Cup (representing the United States): 2018 (winners)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{LPGA player|sophia-schubert/99133}} *{{WWGR|8578}}
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