Henrik Stenson

Henrik Stenson
Stenson in 2014
Personal information
Full nameHenrik Olof Stenson
NicknameThe Iceman
Born (1976-04-05) 5 April 1976 (age 48)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight190 lb (86 kg; 14 st)
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceOrlando, Florida, U.S.
Spouse
Emma Löfgren
(m. 2007)
Children3
Career
Turned professional1998
Current tour(s)LIV Golf
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins22
Highest ranking2 (25 May 2014)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour6
European Tour11
Asian Tour1
Sunshine Tour2
Challenge Tour3
LIV Golf1
Other2
Best results in major championships
(wins: 1)
Masters TournamentT5: 2018
PGA Championship3rd/T3: 2013, 2014
U.S. OpenT4: 2014
The Open ChampionshipWon: 2016
Achievements and awards
Challenge Tour
Rankings winner
2000
Swedish Golfer of the Year2006, 2007, 2013,
2014, 2016
PGA Tour
FedEx Cup winner
2013
European Tour
Race to Dubai winner
2013, 2016
European Tour
Golfer of the Year
2013, 2016
European Tour
Players' Player of the Year
2013, 2016
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual

Henrik Olof Stenson[2] (pronounced [ˈhɛ̌nːrɪk ˈstěːnsɔn]; born 5 April 1976) is a Swedish professional golfer.

He is the first male Swedish and Nordic major championship winner, having won the 2016 Open Championship with a major championship record score. His list of wins also includes some of the other most prestigious tournaments around the world; The Players Championship, WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, the World Cup, the Tour Championship, the DP World Tour Championship Dubai, the South African Open and the Nedbank Golf Challenge. A two-time European Tour Golfer of the Year, he has spent over 300 weeks ranked in the top ten of the Official World Golf Ranking[3] with a career high ranking of second.

In 2013, Stenson won the U.S. PGA Tour FedEx Cup rankings as well as the European Tour Race to Dubai rankings by winning the season finales of both tours.[4][5][6][7][8]

Stenson was named the 2023 European Ryder Cup captain, but his captaincy was later terminated.[9]

  1. ^ "Week 21 2014 Ending 25 May 2014" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Historisk vinst av golfaren Henrik Olof Stenson". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 18 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Henrik Stenson". Official World Golf Ranking. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  4. ^ "With this Win: Henrik Stenson – DP World Tour Champion". PGA European Tour. 17 November 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2013. (Stenson) becomes the first player to win the FedEx Cup Series on the US PGA Tour and The Race to Dubai and in the same season.
  5. ^ Hammond, Ashley (17 November 2013). "Donald and McIlroy praise Stenson's efforts – Pair impressed with Swede's success on both sides of the Atlantic". GulfNews.com. Retrieved 17 November 2013. Although Stenson has not quite replicated the same feat as Donald and McIlroy, who achieved respective money list double acts in 2011 and 2012, Stenson is still the first golfer to win both play-off finales on the two tours. On the European Tour, the Race to Dubai is the money list, but in America the money list and season-ending FedExCup are separate, with Tiger Woods winning the PGA Tour money list this year. Donald said: "He has not won the money list in the US but he did win the Race to Dubai and the FedExCup, which neither Rory or myself did. Obviously that's very, very impressive. ..."
  6. ^ "Red-hot Stenson resets goals". PGA European Tour. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013. ...after securing an historic double ... Stenson became the first man to win The European Tour's Race to Dubai and FedEx Cup on the US PGA Tour in the same year.
  7. ^ "Week 46 – Wins For World No 2 And 3". Official World Golf Ranking. 18 November 2013. Archived from the original on 21 November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013. Henrik Stenson hailed a "dream season" as he claimed a historic double
  8. ^ Elling, Steve (17 November 2013). "Henrik Stenson overpowers Earth Course and field to double his pleasure". The National. Retrieved 19 November 2013. A month after winning the FedEx Cup points title in Atlanta, Stenson breezed to the European Tour's Race to Dubai points title, too, pocketing a combined US$11 million in bonus money and becoming the first member of both circuits to win the seasonal points crowns in the same year. He won the season finales on both tours in the process. "The double-double," Stenson said. "That's going to take some beating in the future."
  9. ^ "Statement from Ryder Cup Europe". Ryder Cup. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

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