Sophia Popov

Golfer

Birthday October 2, 1993

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Age 31 years old

Nationality United States

Height 5 ft 7 in

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1930

Prior to the Women's Open, Popov was ranked 304th in the world.

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Results generally not in chronological order.

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Amateur

Professional

1992

Sophia Popov (born 2 October 1992) is a German professional golfer.

Popov holds dual United States-German citizenship, having been born in the United States, and moved to Germany with her family when she was four years old.

Her paternal grandparents are Bulgarian.

On 11 June 2023, she and husband Max Mehles announced the birth of their daughter.

As an amateur, she played college golf at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

2010

She won the 2010 International European Ladies Amateur Championship and played on the Junior Solheim Cup and Espirito Santo Trophy teams.

2015

In 2015, Popov was part of the German broadcast team for German television during the Solheim Cup.

2016

Popov played on the Symetra Tour between 2016 and 2020, where she had a best of four runner-up finishes: 2016 Chico's Patty Berg Memorial, 2016 Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic, 2017 Tullymore Classic and 2020 Founders Tribute at Longbow.

In 2016, she qualified for the U.S. Women's Open at CordeValle, where she finished last of those making the cut, and in 2018 she played in the Women's PGA Championship at Kemper Lakes, finishing tied for 57th place.

2019

In February 2019, Popov came within a stroke of gaining a place on the LPGA Tour for the 2019 season via the qualifying school.

2020

In 2020, with the LPGA and Symetra tours being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, she won three tournaments on the Cactus Tour, a mini-tour based in Arizona.

She followed that up with victory in the AIG Women's Open at Royal Troon, having qualified by means of a high finish at the Marathon Classic.