| Linn Grant | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Linn Maria Grant | ||
| Born | 20 June 1999 Helsingborg, Sweden | ||
| Nationality |  Sweden | ||
| Residence | Tempe, Arizona | ||
| Career | |||
| College | Arizona State University | ||
| Status | Amateur | ||
| Professional wins | 2 | ||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||
| ANA Inspiration | DNP | ||
| Women's PGA C'ship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | T23: 2020 | ||
| Women's British Open | CUT: 2018 | ||
| Evian Championship | DNP | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
| |||
Linn Maria Grant (born 20 June 1999) is a Swedish amateur golfer. She won the 2017 Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship and was in contention at the 2018 U.S. Women's Open.[1]
Family and early years[edit]
Grant is the grand-daughter of James Grant, a Scottish golf professional that emigrated from Inverness in Scotland to Helsingborg in Sweden.[2] 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,[3] and is the club pro at PGA Sweden National.[4]
Career[edit]
Grant joined the Swedish National Team in 2016 and represented her country at the European Girls' Team Championship, were Sweden was runner-up 2016 and winner in 2017. She was a part of the 3rd place team at the World Junior Girls Team Championships 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.[5][6]
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 Championship 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.[7]
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, and was invited to play at the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur in 2019.[8]
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.[9]
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.[10]
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.[7] 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.[11] With the win, Grant secured victory in the Nordic Golf Tour 2020 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.[12]
Amateur wins[edit]
- 2016 Skandia Tour Elit #5, Junior Masters Invitational, Doral-Publix Junior Classic
- 2017 Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship, German Girls Open, Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship
- 2020 Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational
Source:[7][8][13]
Professional wins (2)[edit]
Nordic Golf Tour (2)[edit]
- 2020 GolfUppsala Open, Swedish Match Play Championship (both as an amateur)
Source:[13]
Results in LPGA majors[edit]
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | |||
| U.S. Women's Open | T57 | T23 | |
| Women's PGA Championship | |||
| Women's British Open | CUT | ||
| The Evian Championship | NT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
Team appearances[edit]
Amateur
- European Girls' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2016, 2017 (winners)
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2018 (winners), 2019 (winners), 2020 (winners)
- Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2017
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Sweden): 2018
- Vagliano Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2019 (winners)
- Arnold Palmer Cup (representing the International Team): 2020 (winners)
Source:[14][15]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "18-year-old amateur Linn Grant in contention at U.S. Women's Open". Golfweek. USA Today. Retrieved 11 October 2020. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ "Sweden's Grant wins in grandfather's homeland". The Courier. Retrieved 11 October 2020. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ "John Grant Results". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 October 2020. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ "Grant wins Ladies Stroke Play Championship". R&A. Retrieved 11 October 2020. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ "Linn Grant Presentation". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 11 October 2020. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ "Grant Leads Sweden to Third Consecutive European Championship". Pac-12. Retrieved 11 October 2020. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ a b c "Linn Grant". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 11 October 2020. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ a b "Roster: Linn Grant". ASU Sundevils. Retrieved 11 October 2020. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ "Linn Grant Selected to Compete in Palmer Cup". ASU Sun Devil Women's Golf. Retrieved 11 October 2020. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ "Amatören Grant vann British Open-kvalet med 62-rond". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 October 2020. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ "Lynn Carlsson och Joakim Rask svenska mästare i matchspel" (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 3 September 2020. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ "Linn Grant i topp på Ekerum" (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 11 October 2020. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ a b "Linn Grant Results". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 October 2020. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ "European Team Championships". European Golf Association.
- ^ "International matches". European Golf Association.
External links[edit]
- Linn Grant at the World Amateur Golf Rankings official site
- Linn Grant at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)
- Linn Grant at the Arizona State University Sun Devils official site
