AFP – Sweden’s Linn Grant shrugged off a near four-hour weather delay to torch Highland Meadows for a nine-under par 62 that gave her a six-shot lead in the United States Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Dana Open on Saturday.
Grant had an “amazing” hole out for eagle and eight birdies, but her hopes of joining compatriot Annika Sorenstam as the only players in LPGA history to shoot 59 evaporated with a bogey at the 16th hole.
Nevertheless, the 24-year-old was more than impressive on a long and demanding day in Sylvania, Ohio, where she said the weather delay actually helped her.
“I played really well those first seven holes, but at the same time I felt like I didn’t really have control over my swing,” she said.
“So coming in and then getting to go to the range again and warm-up and sort of get focused again, that really helped,” added the Swede, whose 18-under par total of 195 put her six ahead of a group of five players on 201.
Grant, who started the day two off the lead held by Annie Park, was unfazed by steady rainfall as she birdied four straight holes from the second through the fifth.
