Euro professional blows eight-shot result in lose in gut-wrenching vogue

Sunday’s closing spherical of the DP World Tour’s Scandinavian Combined, a event that’s co-sanctioned with the Women European Tour and options female and male professionals enjoying side-by-side, a coronation of types for Sebastian Soderberg, who, after firing rounds of 63-66-66, held a commanding eight-shot lead heading into the ultimate spherical.

The primary three rounds had been a continuation of a run of excellent type for the 33-year-old Swede, who has posted three top-3 finishes in his final 4 begins.

However a disastrous closing spherical capped by a dramatic and gut-wrenching closing second at host course Vasatorps Golfklubb ended Soderberg’s possibilities of including a second DP World Tour win to his resume.

Soderberg posted a gap 9 of one-over 37 on Sunday, after which carded two bogeys and a double on his again 9 to signal for a closing spherical of five-over 77.

Regardless of his prolonged collapse, the event title was nonetheless inside his attain till the ultimate gap, the par-4 18th. Soderberg’s 267-yard drive discovered the golf green, leaving him with 162 yards to the pin. A par would seal his victory.

Soderberg’s method discovered the fitting greenside bunker. He managed to efficiently extricate his ball, however left himself 25 toes for par — a putt he wanted to make to assert the event title. Soderberg missed, however had 1 foot, 3 inches remaining to pressure a playoff.

Then, Soderberg missed the brief putt in excruciating vogue, with the ball performing a virtually 360-degree lip-out. Soderberg tapped in for a shocking double-bogey, and fellow Swede Linn Grant obtained the information of her clubhouse win as she ready for a possible playoff on the vary.

Grant had chipped in on the 18th for a spherical of 65, which lower Soderberg’s result in two pictures on the time, although she completed her spherical nicely earlier than him. Soderberg performed his closing 11 holes in 5 over par. For Grant, the comeback was 11 pictures — the most important ever on the DP World Tour.

“Very combined feelings,” Grant mentioned after receiving the information of her win. “I really feel truthfully horrible for Sebastian in the meanwhile. I don’t even have phrases for it. I can’t even think about how he feels. On the similar time, I’m shocked, like so shocked, standing right here as a winner once more in my hometown.”

With her first Scandinavian Combined win in 2022, Linn Grant turned the primary girl to win on the DP World Tour. With Sunday’s victory, she’s the primary girl to win twice.

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