Popov

Sophia Popov has belatedly learned to embrace her status as defending champion of the AIG Women’s Open, even if it risks inadvertently irritating some of her rivals.Popov, who almost quit the game in 2019, was ranked 304th in the world when…

When the hitherto unheralded Sophia Popov won the AIG Women’s Open at Royal Troon last summer, those staffing the air traffic control centre at nearby Prestwick probably started thumping and dunting their computers and contraptions in a…