Linn Grant roars to 2nd Sunshine Ladies Tour title with Glendower win

Linn Grant of Sweden turned it all on at Glendower Golf Club on Friday as she carded a superb seven-under-par 65 to pull clear for a two-stroke victory in the R1-million Jabra Ladies Classic.

Grant is certainly taking the Sunshine Ladies Tour tagline "Level Up" to heart, as this marked her second visit to the winner's circle in her debut season after she celebrated a maiden pro win in the Dimension Data Ladies Challenge at Fancourt a fortnight ago.

In the end, it was a bit of a race against time as the leaders cranked up the pace of play - as well as the quality - to beat in incoming highveld thunderstorm. It took a buggy ride to their tees shots to play their approaches as quickly as possible.

Grant made two birdies in the final four holes in response to Paul Reto's three birdies in three from the 13th to the 15th, and, when Reto bogeyed the 16th, the Swede took the gap and stretched out for the win

"We rushed on the 18th because we knew there was a storm coming in and we had been told we had 15 minutes or half an hour to make it in," said Grant. "That was a little stressful."

In fact, she felt things were stressful for most of the closing stretch as she did battle with Reto, who had won so handily last week at Sun City.

"I was very nervous, like for the last five holes," said Grant. "I knew that we were tied for the lead for much of the time, and Paula holed a very long putt on 13, which tied it up again, so I was nervous, but it was fun too."

It was a bogey-free effort for Grant, who turned in three-under 33 to move to six-under for the tournament, level with overnight leader Reto who turned in one-under 35.

Just before the turn, Grant had begun to apply the pressure with two of her birdies on that front nine coming on seven