Maja Stark turned around a nightmare start at the US Open
Defending champion Maja Stark had a shaky start to the US Open, but recovered and finished the first day at par, five strokes off the lead.
SportsLinn Grant, born on June 20, 1999, in Helsingborg, Sweden, is a professional golfer on the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour. She turned professional in 2021 after a successful amateur career, including winning the 2017 Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship.
Grant's grandfather was a Scottish golf professional, and her father played on the Swedish Golf Tour. She performed well in amateur golf, winning multiple team and individual events, and attended Arizona State University.
Since turning pro, Grant has won several titles, including the 2023 Dana Open on the LPGA Tour and the Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed in both 2022 and 2024. She was the 2022 Ladies European Tour's Rookie of the Year, Player of the Year, and Order of Merit winner, and was named Swedish Golfer of the Year in 2022.
Defending champion Maja Stark had a shaky start to the US Open, but recovered and finished the first day at par, five strokes off the lead.
SportsLinn Grant is chasing her first major title at the US Open. At the same time, she suffers from the chronic disease endometriosis. "It affects my mood, it definitely affects my patience, and it's clear that it affects my game," she says.
SportsGolfer Johanna Sjursen will play her first major a month from now. The 22-year-old hidden gem from Gothenburg won the U.S. Open qualifier at Piedmont Driving Club in Atlanta, Georgia.
SportsSwedish golfer Linn Grant was eliminated in the second round of the first major of the year, the Chevron Championship in Houston, USA. After six bogeys and a double bogey, she plummeted down the leaderboard and missed the cut.
SportsThe women's golf major season has begun. Sweden's Maja Stark, Linn Grant and Linnea Ström started strongly but dropped several places after the first round of the Chevron Championship.
SportsLinn Grant did not receive any further training ahead of the first golf major of the year. She was forced to withdraw from the most recent tournament due to stomach pains, Helsingborgs Dagblad reports.
SportsMany Swedes are getting excited as the women's major golf season begins at the Chevron Championship. But the question is whether any of them is in form to contend for a new blue-and-yellow major title.
SportsLinn Grant played excellent golf at the prestigious LPGA event in Singapore, finishing tied for tenth, her best result of the season.
SportsGolfer Linn Grant had a brilliant start to the year. The Swede is tied for second after the first round of the LPGA Tour event in Florida, where only winners from the past two seasons are eligible to play.
SportsThe first major in women's golf of the year is getting a new home - again. The Chevron Championship will now be played at Memorial Park in Houston, Texas.
SportsSwedish golf stars like Maja Stark and Linn Grant may get the chance to compete indoors.
SportsGolf star Madelene Sagström got off to a good start at the LPGA Tour's final event, where the winner takes home 38 million kronor. The Swede finished the first round in Naples, Florida, at four under par and is tied for seventh.
SportsA frustrating season and a slide to 53rd place in the world rankings. But now Linn Grant can celebrate. She won the LPGA Tour competition The Annika – her first tour victory since 2023.
SportsIt's Swedish at the top in The Annika, the golf competition named after Annika Sörenstam. Linn Grant leads by one stroke before the final round of the LPGA competition in Bellair, Florida.
SportsLinn Grant is playing great and shares the lead in the LPGA Tour competition The Annika after two rounds. At the other end of the results list is Kai Trump, clearly the worst of everyone in the starting field.
SportsThere's been an unusual amount of buzz about the LPGA Tour this week – thanks to Kai Trump. But once she started playing golf, things didn't go well. Trump was clearly the worst of the 108 players in the first round.
SportsThe Swedes did not manage to qualify for the finals in the team golf tournament in South Korea.
SportsA win and a loss. The Swedish golfers shared the points with Japan in the team competition International Crown, but Sweden still has the chance to advance to the final.
SportsThe Swedish golf star Linn Grant delivered a brilliant second round of the LPGA tour event in South Korea. With 63 strokes – after an eagle, seven birdies and the rest par – she rushes through the leaderboard.
SportsMadelene Sagström had a good day between the rain showers on the golf course outside Boston on the LPGA tour. The Swede went six under par for the day and is now fourth after the second round.
SportsMadelene Sagström had a good day on the golf course outside Boston on the LPGA tour. The Swede went six under par for the day, and is now second with a total of nine under par after two rounds.
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