HELSINGBORG, Sweden — Linn Grant of Sweden chipped in for birdie on the ultimate gap Sunday to repeat her landmark feat by profitable the Scandinavian Blended, her second time profitable an official European tour occasion.
It was a shocking hometown win for Grant, who began the ultimate spherical 11 pictures behind and closed with a 7-under 65 for a 1-shot victory over Sebastian Söderberg and Calum Hill.
Soderberg missed a 15-inch putt that might have pressured a playoff.
Grant additionally received the combined match two years in the past. It’s co-sanctioned by the European tour and the Girls European Tour, with women and men enjoying the identical course for a similar trophy and similar purse. The ladies performed a shorter set of tees.
Soderberg had a shocker of a remaining spherical, closing with a 77. He had a 1-shot lead enjoying the par-4 18th at Vasatorps Golfklubb when he went right into a bunker. He blasted out to 25 toes, missed the par putt after which his bogey putt from 15 inches spun all the best way round and out of the cup.
His double bogey gave Grant the title.
“Actually, I simply tried to exit at this time and provides myself a possibility,” Grant stated. “I did not even assume that I had the prospect of profitable — 11 pictures is a big hole. So, I simply wished to exit, have enjoyable and make as many birdies as potential, and luxuriate in it with my brother on the bag and being at dwelling.
“It turned out to be an unimaginable day.”
Hill birdied three of his final six holes for a 69 to tie for second.
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