Elizabeth Nicole Szokol (born June 17, 1995) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.
Early life, college and amateur career Szokol grew up in Winnetka, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. An injury-prone athlete, she experienced her first knee surgery at age 12 after playing softball and tennis. The injury downtime helped her discover golf, which she took up at 14. She led her high school team to the 2010 Illinois State Championship. In 2012 she became the Illinois Women's Amateur Champion.
Szokol attended Northwestern University between 2012 and 2014. In her sophomore year she made the Academic All-Big Ten and the Second Team All-Big Ten. At the 2013 Big Ten Championships, she helped the Wildcats tie for first and claim a share of the first Big Ten Conference title in program history. For her junior year she transferred to the University of Virginia and continued excelling, named to the Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Golf All-Academic Team her senior year.
Professional career Szokol turned professional in 2017 and joined the Symetra Tour. In her rookie season she recorded six top-10 finishes including a runner-up result at the Four Winds Invitational. In 2018, she recorded seven top-10 finishes including her first professional victory at the IOA Invitational, where she finished 4 strokes ahead of Pajaree Anannarukarn in second place. She finished fourth on the Symetra Tour Official Money List to earn membership for the LPGA Tour for the 2019 season.
In her rookie year on the LPGA Tour she made 10 cuts in 20 starts. Her best finish was a tie for sixth at the Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open.
In 2021, she recorded three top-10 finishes including a runner-up at the Marathon Classic in Ohio, and 3rd at the Cognizant Founders Cup in New Jersey, after which she rose into the top-100 in the Women's World Golf Rankings for the first time. She finished the season 44th on the LPGA Tour Money List.
Szokol announced her retirement from the LPGA Tour after missing the cut at The Annika tournament in November 2025.
Amateur wins 2012 Illinois Women's Amateur Champion 2016 NCAA Stanford Regional
Professional wins (2) LPGA Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunners-up1Jul 22, 2023Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational (with Cheyenne Knight)69-61-62-65=257−231 stroke Matilda Castren and Kelly Tan
Symetra Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up1May 6, 2018IOA Invitational−4 (71-73-68=212)4 strokes Pajaree Anannarukarn
Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order. Tournament2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025Chevron ChampionshipCUTCUTCUTT30U.S. Women's OpenCUTCUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipCUTT48CUTT54T71T52CUTThe Evian ChampionshipNTT29T54T60Women's British Open T32T26CUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut NT = no tournament T = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeChevron Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 9
LPGA Tour career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made* Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best finish Earnings($) Moneylist rank Scoring average Scoringrank201920100001T6105,81410871.91912020147000011110,8738372.2679202123130113T2530,570 3971.527820221360001T4131,87410871.83952023201310031536,0945571.8190202422120000T30165,35810772.31115202517110001T10230,3379971.7592Totals^129 69 1 1 1 9 1 1,810,920 237 ^ Official as of 2025 season * Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.
World ranking Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
Year Worldranking Source 2017 479 2018 332 2019 270 2020 204 2021 83 2022 149 2023 207 2024 245 2025 254
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