Sokolov is making his first Championship start in 2026. Earlier this year, he won the Pan Arab Junior Championship in Egypt, reached the quarterfinals of the Boys’ Amateur Championship in Scotland and recorded top-12 performances in both the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation Boys’ Junior Championship in Sri Lanka and Junior World Championships in San Diego. In 2025, he won both the Jordan Open Amateur and Egyptian Open Amateur and finished runner-up in both the Gulf Cooperation Council Championship in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain Open Amateur.