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Linn Grant made historical past on Sunday as she turned the primary feminine winner on the DP World Tour.
The Swedish golfer romped to a formidable nine-shot victory on the Scandinavian Combined occasion after posting a final-round, eight-under 64 at Halmstad Golf Membership.
Grant, who turned skilled final 12 months, completed on 24-under par, comfortably away from compatriots Henrik Stenson and Scotland’s Marc Warren, and 14 photographs away from the subsequent lady, Gabriella Cowley.
When requested if competing and succeeding in opposition to her male counterparts was a motivation for her, Grant stated: “For positive, that was an important factor!”
“It’s a pleasant feeling and all week I’ve simply felt it was the women in opposition to the fellows and whoever picked up the trophy was representing that aspect of the sphere,” she advised Sky Sports activities.
The Scandinavian Combined occasion is hosted by Swedish greats Stenson and Annika Sorenstam.
It has been on the boys’s European Tour, which has been rebranded to the DP World Tour, since 1991 however was co-sanctioned with the Women European Tour in 2020.
Now, each women and men function within the occasion. Though they play off totally different tees, one winner is topped, with Jonathan Caldwell profitable the primary version final 12 months.
In 2022, 78 males and 78 girls featured, and it was 22-year-old Grant who made historical past on the finish of an extended 4 days of play.
Enjoying along with her boyfriend, Pontus, as her caddie, Grint – who got here in as the ladies’s world No. 156 – carded 26 birdies and an eagle to ease to an admirable victory.
“I simply hope that individuals acknowledge girls’s golf extra, sponsors go to the Women European Tour and, hopefully, this pumps up the ladies’s sport a bit of bit extra,” Grant advised Sky Sports activities after.
“I didn’t see it (the lead) till the thirteenth inexperienced, the place the display was, and it was a bit of bit (of a shock). I believed possibly three or 4 forward, however then after I noticed eight, I used to be like I can truly breathe out a bit of bit and go on and do my factor.”
