Professional golfer Linn Grant has a total of 12 professional wins, including six on the Ladies European Tour. Her amateur career lasted between 2016 and 2021, during which she won 10 titles, including the 2017 Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship. She turned professional in 2021 and joined the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour, both in 2022.
Grant created history at the 2022 Scandinavian Mixed Open in Halmstad by becoming the first female winner of a DP World Tour (European Tour) tournament. She finished nine shots clear of Scottish Marc Warren and Swedish Henrik Stenson. She won the same event in June 2024 as well, for the second time, marking her 12th professional win.
What is Linn Grant’s nationality?
Linn Grant’s nationality is Swedish. She is set to make her Olympic debut at the 2024 Paris Olympics, representing Sweden.
Grant's grandfather was a professional golfer from Scotland named James Grant, who moved to Helsingborg, Sweden, from Inverness. North Berwick Golf Club, the home course of Scottish professional Catriona Matthew, has seen the Grant family have considerable success.
On that same course, James Grant won the 1968 Scottish Boys Championship, and nearly 50 years later, Linn Grant won the British Amateur Stroke Play Championship in 2017. Grant was six years old when James passed away.
John Grant, her father, won seven victories on the Swedish Senior Tour and competed on the Swedish Golf Tour. However, he decided to give up his professional golf career because of his family. Instead, he raised two daughters, Amanda and Linn, and a son, Jonathan, while building an insurance and independent financial planning consultancy.
Linn Grant’s Hometown
Linn Grant’s hometown is Helsingborg, in Sweden.
In 2016, Grant became a member of the Swedish National Team and competed for her nation in the European Girls' Team Championship, where Sweden placed second in 2016 and first in 2017. She competed in the 2017 World Junior Girls Championship in Canada, where her team finished in third place.
Along with Beatrice Wallin, Maja Stark, Amanda Linnér, Sara Kjellker, and Frida Kinhult, she was a member of the Swedish teams that set a record three times in the European Ladies' Team Championship in 2018, 2019, and 2020.
FAQ's On Linn Grant’s Nationality
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A. Linn Grant changed her caddie in March 2023, from her boyfriend Pontus Samuelsson to Michael Curry, as of July 2024.
A. Linn Grant has a total of 12 professional wins, including six on the Ladies European Tour, as of July 2024.
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A. Linn Grant stands 5 feet 7 inches, or 171 cm., tall.
A. Linn Grant is a female golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. She has also qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
