Sweden’s Linn Grant made history on Sunday by becoming the first woman to win a men’s European Tour tournament, at Scandinavian Mixed in Sweden.
The 22-year-old golfer won this competition which brought together men from the DP World Tour circuit and women from the Ladies European Tour (LET) on the same course. “I just hope that people will recognize women’s golf, that more sponsors will go to the LET and that it will stimulate women’s golf a little moresaid Grant, who won his third tournament of the season in six starts on Sunday.
On the Halmstad Golf Club course, the Swede returned a final card at 24 under par, far ahead of her closest pursuers, Swede Henrik Stenson, winner of the British Open 2016, and Scotsman Marc Warren, tied at -15. This is the largest margin observed this season between the winner of a tournament and his runner-up on the DP World Tour, the new European circuit. “It is enormous. Playing at home and having the crowd here, my family, by my side, my boyfriend on the bag (Pontus is also his caddy, editor’s note)it’s crazy and I’m proud of myself“, commented the Swede, quoted on the site europeantour.com.
When asked if beating the men on this tournament was her main motivation this week, she replied: “Of course, this is the most important thing! It’s a nice feeling. All week, I felt like it was like girls against boys (…)His compatriot, Annika Sorenstam, godmother of the event and legend in the history of her sport with ten Major titles, praised her performance. “I’m so excited and so happy for Linnshe told Sky Sports. “Hopefully we can build on her win and people will see the quality of women’s golf – Linn couldn’t prove it any better.Linn Grant is the granddaughter of James Grant, a Scottish professional golfer who emigrated to Helsingsborg (Sweden).
