2020 AIG Women's Open: Sophia Popov wins at Royal Troon Golf Club
Sophia Popov won the 2020 AIG Women's Open at Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland with 277 (−7), by 2 strokes over Jasmine Suwannapura.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the AIG Women's Open winners list.
- Dates
- 20 August 2020 to 23 August 2020
- Course
- Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland
- Edition
- 44th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 71 · 6,632 yards
- Field
- 144
- Made the cut
- 74 (cut at 151)
- Purse
- $4,500,000 · winner's share $675,000
- Champion
- Sophia Popov · age 27 · Germany · born Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 1st major
- World ranking
- No. 304 (Rolex Rankings)
- Winning score
- 70-72-67-68 = 277 (−7) · won by 2 strokes
- Runner-up
- Jasmine Suwannapura (279)
- 54-hole leader
- Sophia Popov
- Caddie
- Maximilian Mehles (her boyfriend)
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sophia Popov | 70 | 72 | 67 | 68 | 277 | −7 |
| 2 | Jasmine Suwannapura | 279 |
What happened at the 2020 AIG Women's Open
Popov's eagle at the par-5 4th was singled out by The R&A as the key moment of her two-stroke win.
Holding a three-shot lead on Sunday, Popov bogeyed the opening hole but made three birdies in the next four holes and later birdied the 15th and 16th.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's AIG Women's Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).