Following rounds of 63, 66 and 66, Sebastian Soderberg had a commanding eight-shot lead heading into Sunday at the DP World Tour’s Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed in his home country of Sweden. It seemed like it was not a matter of if he’d win for the second time on the European circuit, but by how many.
After an early birdie at the par-5 third, a potential double-digit victory was in Soderberg’s sights. Things took an ugly turn from there, though, when he went bogey-bogey and wound up playing the front nine in one over par. His lead began to shrink, and two bogeys and six pars over his next eight holes saw his lead shrink to one shot on the 72nd tee box.
Just one back at 17 under was fellow Swede Linn Grant, who became the first female to win on the DP World Tour in 2022 when she …