Linn Grant | |
---|---|
Personal information | |
Full name | Linn Maria Grant |
Born | Helsingborg, Sweden | 20 June 1999
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Career | |
College | Arizona State University |
Turned professional | 2021 |
Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 2022) Ladies European Tour (joined 2022) |
Professional wins | 12 |
Number of wins by tour | |
LPGA Tour | 1 |
Ladies European Tour | 6 |
Best results in LPGA major championships | |
Chevron Championship | T17: 2024 |
Women's PGA C'ship | T9: 2024 |
U.S. Women's Open | T23: 2020 |
Women's British Open | T10: 2024 |
Evian Championship | T8: 2022 |
Achievements and awards | |
Linn Maria Grant (born 20 June 1999) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour. She won the 2023 Dana Open on the LPGA Tour. As an amateur, she won the 2017 Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship. [1] [2]
Grant is the granddaughter of James Grant, a Scottish golf professional who emigrated from Inverness in Scotland to Helsingborg in Sweden. [3] The Grant family has had a fair bit of success on Catriona Matthew's home track, North Berwick Golf Club. James won the Scottish Boys Championship on the course, and Linn won the British Amateur Stroke Play Championship there, 49 years later. James died when Linn was 6 years old. [1] Her father John played on the Swedish Golf Tour and has seven wins on the Swedish Senior Tour. [4] [5]
Grant joined the Swedish National Team in 2016 and represented her country at the European Girls' Team Championship, where Sweden was runner-up 2016 and winner in 2017. She was part of the 3rd place team at the World Junior Girls Championship in Canada 2017. She was then part of the Swedish teams that won the European Ladies' Team Championship a record three times in 2018, 2019 and 2020, teamed with Frida Kinhult, Sara Kjellker, Amanda Linnér, Maja Stark and Beatrice Wallin. [6] [7]
She also excelled individually. In 2016 she won the Doral-Publix Junior Classic and the Junior Masters Invitational. In 2017 she won the German Girls Open and recorded a season's Scottish double as she won the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship at Royal Troon by five strokes and the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship at North Berwick Golf Club. [8]
She was runner-up at the 2018 Major Champions Invitational in Florida, finished tied for fifth at the 2019 European Ladies Amateur Championship and was a semifinalist at the 2019 British Ladies Amateur. Her achievements earned her an invitation to play at the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur in 2019. [9]
Grant was a member of the 2017 European Junior Solheim Cup team and represented the Continent of Europe on the winning 2019 Vagliano Trophy team. She was selected to represent the International Team at the 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup. [10]
In 2018, Grant won the qualification for the 2018 Women's British Open at St Annes Old Links Golf Club with a round of 62 (−10), however she missed the cut in the Women's Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club after rounds of 78 and 72. She also won the sectional qualification for the 2018 U.S. Women's Open at Buckinghamshire Golf Club with rounds of 67 and 70, seven strokes ahead of the runner-up Catriona Matthew and nine ahead of the third qualifier Mel Reid. In the U.S. Open at Shoal Creek Club, Grant was tied for fourth and best amateur after opening rounds of 69 and 72, and finished tied for 57th after final rounds of 78 and 81. [11] [12]
Grant was a freshman at Arizona State University in 2019–20, along with compatriot Amanda Linnér. She won her first varsity tournament for the Arizona State Sun Devils at the Dr Donnis Thompson Invitational in Honolulu in March 2020. [8]
Grant was in contention at the 2020 U.S. Women's Open. Over the summer in 2020, she played on the Nordic Golf Tour where she won the GolfUppsala Open. She lost in a playoff to Ingrid Lindblad at the 2020 Skaftö Open, but a few weeks later won the Swedish Matchplay Championship, just like Anna Nordqvist, Caroline Hedwall, Maria Hjorth, Helen Alfredsson and Liselotte Neumann before her. [13] With the win, Grant secured victory in the 2020 Nordic Golf Tour Order of Merit, named the Road to Creekhouse Ladies Open, still an amateur not allowed to receive prize money, and a spot at the Creekhouse Ladies Open at Kristianstad Golf Club on the 2021 Ladies European Tour. She was ranked 5th on the World Amateur Golf Ranking. [14]
Playing with the Arizona State Sun Devils, Grant won three consecutive individual tournament titles in the spring of 2021. [15]
Grant announced her turning professional in August 2021, ranked 4th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. In her first month as a professional, Grant claimed two successive second-place finishes on the Ladies European Tour, at the Skaftö Open and the Creekhouse Ladies Open. [16] In October she won her first tournament as a professional, the Terre Blanche Ladies Open in France. [17]
In December 2021, she earned her LPGA Tour card at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament. [18]
In February 2022, Grant won two titles on the Sunshine Ladies Tour in South Africa. [19] In March, she won her first Ladies European Tour title at the co-sanctioned the Joburg Ladies Open. After a tie for 7th at the season-ending Investec South African Women's Open she captured the Sunshine Ladies Tour's Order of Merit title, ahead of Lee-Anne Pace. [20]
In June 2022, Grant became the first woman to win on the European Tour, at the time named the DP World Tour, by winning the Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed at Halmstad Golf Club in Sweden, a tournament with a field mixed of 78 women and 78 men, playing from different tees for the same title and the same prize money, but divided when counting for the women on the Ladies European Tour and for the men on the European Tour. Grant went into the final round with a two shot lead, and went on to score an 8-under-par 64 in the last round, and to win by nine strokes ahead of the nearest men and 14 strokes ahead of the nearest women. [21]
After finishing runner-up in 2020 and 2021, Grant won the 2022 Skaftö Open by one stroke ahead of Lisa Pettersson.
Grant played only six events in her rookie season on the LPGA Tour in 2022, garnering four top-10 finishes in the process. Although accumulating enough points to qualify for the CME Group Tour Championship, Grant did not participate in the tour's season-ending event due to her COVID vaccination status. Grant said through a statement via her agent, "with travel restrictions to enter the U.S. still remaining, it is still not an option for me to play LPGA events in the U.S. This is the sole reason I am not playing the CME."
In May 2023, travel restrictions to enter the U.S. were released, why Grant started playing LPGA Tour events in the U.S. In her fourth start on U.S. soil since the release, she captured her first LPGA Tour win in July 2023 at the Dana Open. It was the 120th Swedish LPGA Tour win and she became the 14th Swedish LPGA Tour winner. On the same day as her triumph, a Swedish player won on the men's tour, Vincent Norrman at the Barbasol Championship on the PGA Tour. [22]
In June 2024, Grant won on the Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed for a second time, after starting the final day 11 shots behind 54-hole leader Sebastian Söderberg, achieving the biggest comeback ever in a golf tournament. [23]
Legend |
---|
Major championships (0) |
Other LPGA Tour (1) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up | Winner's share ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 16 July 2023 | Dana Open | 64-69-62-68=263 | −21 | 3 strokes | ![]() | 262,500 |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 26 Mar 2022 | Joburg Ladies Open 1 | 72-69-67=208 | −11 | 5 strokes | ![]() |
2 | 29 May 2022 | Mithra Belgian Ladies Open | 66-68-67=201 | −15 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
3 | 12 Jun 2022 | Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed 2 | 66-68-66-64=264 | −24 | 9 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
4 | 28 Aug 2022 | Skaftö Open | 67-62-68=197 | −10 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
5 | 13 May 2023 | Jabra Ladies Open | 68-67-69=204 | −9 | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
6 | 9 Jun 2024 | Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed 2 (2) | 67-68-71-65=271 | −17 | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Ladies Tour
2Mixed event with the European Tour
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 13 Feb 2022 | Dimension Data Ladies Challenge | 72-67-67=206 | −10 | 7 strokes | ![]() |
2 | 25 Feb 2022 | Jabra Ladies Classic | 69-72-65=206 | −10 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
3 | 26 Mar 2022 | Joburg Ladies Open 1 | 72-69-67=208 | −11 | 5 strokes | ![]() |
1Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 9 Oct 2021 | Terre Blanche Ladies Open | 68-66-72=206 | −10 | 4 strokes | ![]() |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 25 Jul 2020 | GolfUppsala Open (as an amateur) | 71-68-71=210 | –9 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
2 | 9 Oct 2020 | Swedish Matchplay Championship (as an amateur) | 3 & 2 | ![]() |
Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chevron Championship | T17 | ||||||
U.S. Women's Open | T57 | T23 | T53 | CUT | |||
Women's PGA Championship | T20 | T9 | |||||
The Evian Championship | NT | T8 | T16 | T26 | |||
Women's British Open | CUT | T19 | T11 | T10 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chevron Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Women's PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
The Evian Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Women's British Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 12 |
Year | Tournaments played | Cuts made* | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best finish | Earnings ($) | Money list rank | Scoring average | Scoring rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T57 | n/a | n/a | 75.00 | n/a |
2019 | Did not play | ||||||||||
2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T23 | n/a | n/a | 72.75 | n/a |
2021 | Did not play | ||||||||||
2022 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 452,828 | 57 | 69.50 | n/a |
2023 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1,026,279 | 25 | 70.02 | 8 |
Totals | 22 (2022) | 20 (2022) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1,479,107 | 237 | ||
Official as of July 16, 2023 [25] [26] [27]
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.
Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
Year | World ranking | Source |
---|---|---|
2018 | 698 | [28] |
2019 | 989 | [29] |
2020 | 491 | [30] |
2021 | 259 | [31] |
2022 | 26 | [32] |
2023 | 18 | [33] |
Amateur
Professional
Year | Total matches | Total W–L–H | Singles W–L–H | Foursomes W–L–H | Fourballs W–L–H | Points won | Points % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Career | 5 | 3–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 3 | 60.0 |
2023 | 5 | 3–2–0 | 0–1–0 lost to M. Khang 1 dn | 1–1–0 lost w/ M. Stark 2&1 won w/ M. Stark 1 up | 2–0–0 won w/ C. Ciganda 4&2 won w/ C. Ciganda 2&1 | 3 | 60.0 |
Liselotte Maria "Lotta" Neumann is a Swedish professional golfer. When she recorded her first LPGA Tour win, by claiming the 1988 U.S. Women's Open title, Neumann also became the first Swedish golfer, male or female, to win a major championship.
Louise Stahle is a professional golf player who has played on both the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. She won the British Ladies Amateur back-to-back in 2004 and 2005
Anna Maria Nordqvist is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. She has won three major championships: the 2009 LPGA Championship, the 2017 Evian Championship, and the 2021 Women's British Open. She is the only non-American woman to have won major championships in three different decades.
Caroline Ingrid Hedwall is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour (LET) and the LPGA Tour. In 2013 she became the first player to win five matches in a single Solheim Cup event. As an amateur she was a dominating player, winning the European Ladies Amateur Championship as well as the individual titles at the Espirito Santo Trophy and the NCAA Championship.
Linnea Ström is a Swedish professional golfer. She joined the U.S.-based LPGA Tour after graduating from the Symetra Tour as 2018 Rookie of the Year. She was solo second at the 2022 Madrid Ladies Open and 2023 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship before winning the 2024 ShopRite LPGA Classic.
Céline Boutier is a French professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. She has multiple wins on both tours including one major, the 2023 Evian Championship.
Frida Mikaela Kinhult is a Swedish professional golfer. She rose to world number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking in June 2019 and won the 2020 Symetra Tour Championship to graduate to the LPGA Tour.
Céline Herbin is a French professional golfer. She has won twice on the Ladies European Tour.
Matilda Maria Castrén is a Finnish professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. In 2021 she won the LPGA Mediheal Championship to become the first player from Finland to win on the LPGA Tour.
Karin Ingrid Andrea Lindblad is a Swedish professional golfer. She won the 2021 European Ladies Amateur. In 2022, she set the amateur 18-hole scoring record at the U.S. Women's Open posting a six-under 65 and was part of the Swedish team winning the World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. She spent 53 weeks as World Amateur Golf Ranking number one between June 2023 and June 2024.
Maja Sofia Stark is a Swedish professional golfer. She has six Ladies European Tour titles and earned LPGA Tour membership through her victory at the 2022 ISPS Handa World Invitational. As an amateur she was in contention at the 2020 and 2021 U.S. Women's Open, and after turning professional in August 2021 she won two tournaments in three starts on the Ladies European Tour.
Pauline Roussin-Bouchard is a French professional golfer. She was number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for 34 weeks in 2020.
Veronika Beatrice Wallin is a Swedish professional golfer. She won the 2016 Annika Invitational Europe and won the European Ladies' Team Championship in 2018, 2019 and 2020.
Virginia Elena Carta is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour. In 2016, she received the Honda Sports Award after winning the NCAA Women's Championship.
Olivia Mehaffey is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who plays on the Ladies European Tour.
Ana Peláez Triviño is a Spanish professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. She won the 2022 Madrid Ladies Open in her debut tournament as a member.
Lisa Pettersson is a Swedish professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. She won the 2023 Helsingborg Open. In 2022, she was runner-up at Skaftö Open and Åland 100 Ladies Open.
Alexandra Försterling is a German professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour. She has won four LET titles including the 2023 VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open and 2024 Amundi German Masters. As an amateur, she won the 2014 European Young Masters and was runner-up at the 2020 European Ladies' Team Championship and the 2021 European Ladies Amateur.
Kiira Riihijärvi is a Finnish professional golfer. In 2022, she won Ann Arbor's Road to the LPGA on the Epson Tour, and finished 4th on the money list to graduate to the LPGA Tour.
Gabriella Cowley is an English professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. She was runner-up at the 2021 Ladies Italian Open and the 2023 ISPS Handa World Invitational, an event co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour.