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Sophia Schubert
Personal information
Born (1996-01-31) January 31, 1996 (age 28)
Knoxville, Tennessee
Sporting nationality United States
Career
CollegeUniversity of Texas
StatusAmateur
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipCUT: 2018
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenCUT: 2018
Women's British OpenDNP
Evian ChampionshipT58: 2017

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

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.[1][2]

She competes for the Texas Longhorns and became the first Longhorn to win the U.S. Women's Amateur since Kelli Kuehne in 1996.[3] Schubert was caddied by her coach at Texas.[4] She previously competed for the Christian Academy of Knoxville.[5]

Team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. ^ Nichols, Beth Ann (August 13, 2017). "U.S. Women's Amateur title picture perfect moment for Sophia Schubert". Golfweek.
  2. ^ Nichols, Beth Ann (August 12, 2017). "Sophia Schubert, Albane Valenzuela set for all-college final at U.S. Women's Amateur". Golfweek.
  3. ^ "Schubert, 21, wins U.S. Women's Amateur". ESPN. Associated Press. August 13, 2017.
  4. ^ Strege, John (August 13, 2017). "Sophia Schubert wins U.S. Women's Amateur by a smile, 6 & 5, over Albane Valenzuela". Golf Digest.
  5. ^ Lesar, Al (August 14, 2017). "Former CAK star Sophia Schubert wins U.S. Women's Amateur golf championship". Knoxville News Sentinel.