Hometown hero Lynn Grant took a one-shot victory in a dramatic final day at the 2024 Volvo Cars Scandinavian Mix. The 24-year-old opened the tournament 11 shots behind fellow Swede Sebastian Soderbergh, who had led from the start of the tournament.
Grant shot a bogey-free 65 (-7) on the final day to record a clubhouse lead of 17-under-par at Wassadorbs Golf Club. On an afternoon full of testing conditions, Soderbergh raced to the finish with a one-shot lead, but Grant was again the champion.
„I have very mixed emotions,” said Grant, who was hot on the heels of a playoff. “Like I said before, I feel really terrible for Sebastian at this point.
“I have no words for that. I can’t imagine how he feels. At the same time, I am very surprised to stand as a winner again in my hometown. It’s amazing.
„Honestly, I just went out today and tried to give myself a chance. I wasn’t thinking about a chance to win – 11 shots was a big gap. I just wanted to go out, have fun, make as many birdies as possible and stay home with my brother on the bag.
“The sudden end of the match was different. This is the first time to experience such success. It hasn’t really sunk in yet. I am very speechless. I really couldn’t believe it.
Grant made history by becoming the first woman to win the DP World Tour in 2022 and is now the first woman to win twice. The Solheim Cup star made back-to-back birdies on holes two and three, holes five and six and holes nine and ten. His final birdie of the day came when Grant chipped from the rough to clinch his sixth LED title.
„The shot from the fairway wasn’t great,” Grant continued. „I was standing on top of it thinking it would be great to hole the chip. I played well on the back nine but didn’t have many opportunities to make birdies.
“It was tough out there with the wind on the back nine. I knew it would be difficult to make birdies and hit it close. But I think I did a good job.
„[On 18] Unbelievable. I think I celebrated well on the 18th when I was there, so I didn’t look back that I was in the last group. It turned out to be an incredible day.
„Being so close to an event like playing in Sweden, I always love coming here and playing.”
Scotland’s Calum Hill finished second with a final round 69 (-3) tied with Sweden’s Soderberg at 16-under. English duo Alex Fitzpatrick and Andy Sullivan joined LET winner Johanna Gustavsson in a tie for fourth at 13-under-par.
Five players tied for seventh at 12-under with Denmark’s Nicole Broch Estrup, France’s Nastasia Nadaud, Frenchman Ugo Caussaud, Spain’s Nacho Elvira and Sweden’s Jens Dantorp.
In the LET Order of Merit, Grand has moved from 123rd position to sixth position and scored 785.50 points. Broch Estrup moved up two places from tenth to eighth and rounded out his top 10 with 721.50 points. Gustavsson moved up from 28th in the rankings to 12th with 594.34 points.
Next up on the LET is a trip to Italy for the Ladies Italian Open at Golf Nazionale from June 14-16.
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