\n Josh Schrock <\/a><\/p>\nFor a week that is all about growing the women\u2019s game, Grant might have been the perfect winner for Sorenstam\u2019s buzz-building event: a young, charismatic player with world-class talent who has the potential to ascend.<\/p>\n
\u201cGolf is such a vicious game,\u201d Grant, who posted a winning score of 19 under, said on Sunday. \u201cOne day, you can win everything, and the next, you don\u2019t believe in yourself at all. I think today was just a win for me, and with Annika and her event, I think it was maybe a win for little me. Very fun to be sitting here with [Annika] and all the history we sort of have, and with all the events I\u2019ve played \u2014 I think I\u2019ve played in all the [Annika] events on every level. It\u2019s a true full circle moment, both personally and sitting here with Annika.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s all about Linn and what she did this week, and it\u2019s so exciting to sit here with her and happy for her,\u201d Sorenstam said. \u201cI think everybody who has watched Linn growing up knows there is a lot of potential in there and she has already won. \u2026 It\u2019s hard out here, so you got to cherish every win.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grant is the first Swedish winner of the event that began in 2020. She grew up idolizing Sorenstam and remembers going to chipping clinics the legend held when she was a young golfer. The win had a deeper meaning for Grant, who had struggled this season and battled golf doubt. <\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like golf and this lifestyle is always a rollercoaster of trying to figure out how to get better,\u201d Grant said. \u201cSometimes it\u2019s just about taking a step back and maybe look at yourself and be like, am I happy? Am I making the decisions that make me happy? Sometimes that is what makes golf easier. You have to be kind of strong and confident in those decisions to be able to say, maybe I\u2019m not playing this week because I\u2019m not feeling it, because it doesn\u2019t make me happy, or changing just your plans or how you do things more for yourself to be true to yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grant\u2019s victory was the cherry on top of a winning week for the LPGA. However, it also came with hard-to-answer questions for the tournament host and the tour. Sorenstam was pleased with how her event broke through to a larger audience, which saw Grant put on a brilliant display of golf. She said she\u2019d rest her head easy on Sunday after a week that can only be described as a success. From the social media impressions to Grant\u2019s dominant win, the Annika won the week and the LPGA season. <\/p>\n
But Sorenstam also knows that replicating this week, building on it and elevating players like Grant is the next step. <\/p>\n
\u201cHow do we capitalize on this and how do we grow on this?\u201d Sorenstam said. \u201cI think what we have seen is when somebody like Caitlin Clark comes here, there is an extra buzz. She brings more people into this event, more people watch.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I think that the key for us is, like, how do we do this more often? How do we carry it from Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, into Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday? The players can only do so much. The interest is there. Those are questions that are on the table for sure. We don\u2019t necessarily have the answers, but we would love to continue that.\u201d<\/p>\n
As the LPGA and new commissioner Craig Kessler search for ways to clear the obstacles in front of them, Sunday\u2019s champion offered a clue to finding the path forward: The surest way to a desired destination in golf, business or life is not by doing the easy things or the traditional things, but by stepping outside the box and carving your own path.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike I\u2019ve had to change a lot of things in my routines, things that I thought were just things that were good to do because other people were doing them instead of thinking like, what do I actually believe in?\u201d Grant said about what led her back to the LPGA winner\u2019s circle. \u201cWhat do I think makes me a better person and a better player?\u201d<\/p>\n
Grant\u2019s honest answers led her to where she wanted to go. The LPGA now has to find its own solutions to the big questions it faces.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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