Hometown/Resides: Heidelberg, Germany/Fountain Hills, Ariz.

Birthdate: Oct. 2, 1992; currently 27 years, 10 months and 21 days

LPGA Tour Status: First earned LPGA Tour Membership in 2015, but does not currently hold Membership

Turned Professional: 2014

VICTORIES
LPGA: First career victory

MONEY

With her win, Popov earns $675,000; she has earned $783,051 for her career

PREVIOUS AIG WOMEN’S OPEN RESULT

2011 – 67

OF NOTE

With her win, Popov has accepted LPGA Tour Membership
Popov is the first player from Germany to win a women’s major championship and joins Bernhard Langer and Martin Kaymer, who have won men’s major championships
Born in Massachusetts, but moved to Germany as a child and holds dual citizenship
This is her 34th LPGA Tour appearance since first earning Membership in 2015, but she lost her LPGA Tour Membership for 2020 and is a full-time Member on the Epson Tour
Tied for ninth two weeks ago at the LPGA Tour’s Marathon LPGA Classic in Ohio, but her earnings and statistics were unofficial as she did not hold LPGA Tour Membership
Tied for second last week at the Epson Tour’s Founders Tribute at Longbow Golf Club before flying to Scotland for this week’s AIG Women’s Open
Won three Cactus Tour events during the LPGA and Epson Tour’s coronavirus-related shutdown
Played collegiate golf at the University of Southern California, where she was a three-time All-Pac 12 First Team selection (2011, 2013, 2014) and 2011 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year
While at USC, she was a member of the 2013 NCAA Championship-winning team

In The Winner's Circle With Sophia Popov

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