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
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