The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
11.08.2017 | Women's Golf
Schubert posted a pair of top-10 finishes in October, including winning the Betsy Rawls Invitational.
Senior Texas golfer Sophia Schubert has been named the Big 12 Golfer of the Month for October, the league office in Irving, Texas, announced Wednesday.
Schubert posted a pair of top-10 individual finishes during the month of October, recording a 70.50 stroke average for the month and achieving a 132-6-1 record against collegiate opponents. She becomes the first Texas golfer to be named Big 12 Golfer of the Month since Bertine Strauss in March 2015.
Schubert won the Betsy Rawls Invitational, becoming the first Texas golfer since 2011 to claim the event. She recorded a six-under-par 210 (69-70-71), which tied for the seventh-best 54-hole total in program history. Her 71 in the final round tied for the best score in the round. It was Schubert's third collegiate tournament victory and second at Texas. She tallied 36 pars and 12 birdies over the course of the week and finished with the best average of the field on par-four holes at 3.87.
Schubert tied for fourth place individually at the prestigious ANNIKA Intercollegiate with a three-under-par total of 213 (74-67-72) in her first collegiate event of the season with a three-under-par total of 213 (74-67-72) in her first collegiate event of the season after winning the 2017 U.S. Women's Amateur. At the ANNIKA Intercollegiate, Schubert tallied 14 birdies over the course of the week, which was just behind the tournament-best 15 at the event.
Schubert led Texas to a pair of top-five team finishes in the month of October, including a 15-stroke victory to claim the team title at the Betsy Rawls Invitational.
Schubert had the best stroke average for any Big 12 golfer who played six or more rounds in the month of October. She also was one of only two Big 12 golfers in the month of October to win individual medalist honors in the same tournament in which her team won the team title.
Schubert is the Big 12's highest ranked golfer both nationally and in the world. She ranks fifth in the NCAA, according to Golfweek, and is No. 22 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.
