DOW CHAMPIONSHIP

June 12, 2026

Linn Grant

Maja Stark

Midland Country Club

Quick Quotes

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Q. Joining us after the second round of the Dow Championship are Linn Grant and Maja Stark. Really, really strong round out there. What was going well and can you name a few clutch shots that one of you had?

LINN GRANT: You go.

MAJA STARK: Feel like -- I mean, I feel like I started kind of hot and then I got very cold and then Linn took over.

So felt like it was good timing. Didn't have any bogeys today, so, yeah. I don't know, any clutch shots? Your putt on eight was very clutch.

LINN GRANT: This morning I hit it close on 12, like up to pretty much dead, and Maja holed a putt from not off the green, but it was a long putt, and I was like come on. This is my hole.

MAJA STARK: My hole.

LINN GRANT: But it was fun. We were trying to keep to the plan that we said yesterday, to have two balls in play, two balls on the green. I feel like today we played more like when I was off Maja was there and when Maja was off I was there. It worked out.

Q. Growing up in Europe you guys play a lot team competition. How do you feel like that prepped you to perform well in a team event like this?

LINN GRANT: I feel like we've had so much practice together. Like we obviously could have played with different partners growing up, but for some reason we still ended up together all the time.

So I think we just played so many rounds together, so like we said yesterday, we know how to coach or not coach each other. We are just -- I feel very comfortable. Like I know Maja's game. I pretty much know what she will do if she misses, I know that she can she can get up and down from anywhere. So just feels very comfortable.

MAJA STARK: Yeah, you just know that you're not playing with someone that might say something wrong or inappropriate or -- and I know we're just here to have fun, too, so it feels like one of us will hit a bad shot and we can immediately joke about it.

So it's just really nice and relaxed.

Q. Two more rounds of competition. Anything you're changing or adjusting or just going to keep going out there and playing your game?

LINN GRANT: I think we're just going to keep going. I feel like we played for some reason better yesterday.

MAJA STARK: Yeah.

LINN GRANT: And I really like foursome. I think it's a fun format. I think it suits us very well. So I think tomorrow just go out and do what we did yesterday and then have a really good Sunday.

MAJA STARK: Yeah, it'll be nice to have some pressure. I don't know if got too relaxed there. Like Linn has got this; I can do whatever. Which we're not -- we didn't play that much four-ball growing up, so I think foursome fits us better probably.