Linn Grant might be eligible to compete in next week’s LPGA finale, but the 23-year-old Swede will be unable to tee it up at the CME Group Tour Championship because of U.S. travel restrictions related to her COVID-19 vaccination status.
Golfweek’s Beth Ann Nichols was first to report that Grant, who currently ranks inside the top 60 in the LPGA’s Race to the CME Globe, at No. 51, is not vaccinated and therefore is prohibited from entering the country to compete for the $2 million first-place prize at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida.
Grant commented on the matter through a statement released via her agent, saying the restrictions were the “sole reason” why she would not be playing.