From One Swede to Another

After opening acts Caitlin Clark and Kai Trump left the stage, the crowds that hung around at the ANNIKA were treated to one of the best weekends of the year. Major winners and fan favorites peppered the leaderboard, and bubble watch was in full force as players had their last chance to secure a spot in this week's season finale or lock up their card for next year.

As the weekend progressed, it was Sweden’s Linn Grant who emerged as the headliner. Her three-shot victory over Jennifer Kupcho was a ball-striking clinic. Grant was in full control of her game, carding just one bogey all weekend, a three-putt on the 18th when her victory was secure. It was the type of form Grant hasn't shown since she burst onto the scene in 2022 when she took the Scandinavian Mixed by a whopping nine shots and became the first woman to win a DP World Tour title. She won four times that year on the LET, and she expected to be a frequent visitor to the winner’s circle. Instead, she’s spent much of the past two years in the wilderness.

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This year in particular has been the definition of an up-and-down season. She missed four cuts in a row this spring, finished in the top 10 the following weeks in Mexico and at the U.S. Women's Open, then missed another three cuts in a row. In June, she posted on Instagram that "golf is such a vicious game" and she was in "unfamiliar territory."

She's now back in a familiar place where her competitiveness and skill can cut through the parity of the LPGA Tour. As a reminder, she is the 29th different winner this year. That’s a record everyone should hope never gets broken. When Grant has everything working, there's only a handful of players who can keep up. In that same Instagram post, Grant looked to the future, saying, "I'm not sure when the tides will turn. But I'll be ready when they do." Just a few months later, she kept her word.