Henrik Stenson

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Henrik Stenson
Personal information
Born (1976-04-05) 5 April 1976 (age 37)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 198 lb (90 kg; 14.1 st)
Nationality  Sweden
Residence Orlando, Florida
Spouse Emma Löfgren
Children Lisa (b.2007)
Career
Turned professional 1998
Current tour(s) PGA Tour (joined 2007)
European Tour (joined 2001)
Professional wins 13
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 2
European Tour 7
Challenge Tour 3
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament T17: 2007, 2008
U.S. Open 9th: 2009
The Open Championship T3: 2008, 2010
PGA Championship T4: 2008
Achievements and awards
Challenge Tour
Rankings winner		 2000

Henrik Stenson (born 5 April 1976) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays both on the PGA and European Tours. He has spent over 100 weeks ranked in the World top ten and his career high ranking of fourth is the best by any Swedish golfer.

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Career [edit]

Stenson was born in Gothenburg. He turned professional in 1999 and the following year topped the money rankings on the second tier golf tour in Europe, the Challenge Tour. He joined the main European Tour in 2001 and has won seven European Tour events. From 2005 to 2008 he finished each year in the top 10 of the European Order of Merit.

Stenson reached the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings in 2006 and the top 10 in 2007.[1] In February 2007, he reached number eight in the rankings following his victory at the Dubai Desert Classic and became the highest ranked European golfer for the first time.[2]

The following week, Stenson then became the first Swede to win one of the World Golf Championships when beating Geoff Ogilvy 2&1 in the final of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. This victory took Stenson to the top of the European Order of Merit and also to a high of 5th in the world rankings, which is also the highest a Swedish player has ever been ranked, surpassing Jesper Parnevik's previous record of reaching seventh place in May 2000.[3] In all, he spent over 90 weeks in the top 10 of the rankings since 2007.[4][5]

These two victories put Stenson in the lead of the 2007 European Tour Order of Merit, but he failed to add to his success over the rest of the season and finished in fourth place.

Stenson made his Ryder Cup debut in 2006, and after getting a half point in the foursomes against Stewart Cink and David Toms on the Friday, he had the honour of holing the winning putt and ensuring Europe won the Ryder Cup for a third consecutive time when beating Vaughn Taylor 4 & 3 in the Sunday singles. He played again in 2008 at Valhalla, tallying a win, a loss and a draw in the foursomes. However he was not as fortunate as two years before, losing the singles on Sunday 3 & 2 to an inspired Kenny Perry.

Stenson married fellow Swede Emma Löfgren in Dubai ten years after meeting her on a golf course in Sweden.[6] On 2 July 2007, his wife gave birth to the couple's daughter, Lisa.[7]

His name was famously mispronounced during the Friday foursomes during the 2008 Ryder Cup. The announcer stuttered, calling him Henrik Stevenson and then Henrik Stevens. He corrected his mistake later on.

In March 2009 Stenson created a storm in the media after stripping to his underwear and golf glove in order to play a recovery shot from a muddy water hazard at the first round of the WGC-CA Championship.[8]

On 10 May 2009, Stenson won The Players Championship with a dominating final round score of 66 to finish four ahead of Ian Poulter. The win was his first American stroke play victory. This win again brought him to fifth in the Official World Golf Rankings.[9] The following week he moved up to fourth without playing.

On 5 April 2012, Stenson led during the first round of the Masters Tournament with two eagles on the front nine to lead at 6-under-par until the 18th hole. He scored a quadruple-bogey on the par-4 18th hole, tying the Masters' record for the highest score ever on that hole.[10]

Professional wins (12) [edit]

European Tour wins (7) [edit]

Legend
World Golf Championships (1)
Other European Tour (6)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s) up
1 13 May 2001 Benson & Hedges International Open –13 (66-68-71-70=275) 3 strokes Argentina Ángel Cabrera, Republic of Ireland Paul McGinley
2 26 Sep 2004 The Heritage –19 (69-67-67-66=269) 4 strokes Spain Carlos Rodiles
3 29 Jan 2006 Commercialbank Qatar Masters1 –15 (66-68-71-68=273) 3 strokes England Paul Broadhurst
4 3 Sep 2006 BMW International Open –15 (71-68-66-68=273) Playoff South Africa Retief Goosen, Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
5 4 Feb 2007 Dubai Desert Classic –19 (68-64-69-68=269) 1 stroke South Africa Ernie Els
6 25 Feb 2007 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship 2&1 Australia Geoff Ogilvy
7 18 Nov 2012 South African Open Championship2 –17 (66-65-69-71=271) 3 strokes South Africa George Coetzee

1 Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour 2 Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour

European Tour playoff record (1–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2005 Scandinavian Masters Australia Mark Hensby Lost to par at second extra hole
2 2006 BMW Asian Open Spain Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño Lost to birdie on first extra hole
3 2006 BMW International Open South Africa Retief Goosen, Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington Won with eagle on first extra hole

PGA Tour wins (2) [edit]

Legend
World Golf Championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 25 Feb 2007 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship 2&1 Australia Geoff Ogilvy
2 10 May 2009 The Players Championship –12 (68-69-73-66=276) 4 strokes England Ian Poulter

Challenge Tour wins (3) [edit]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 25 Jun 2000 DEXIA-BIL Luxembourg Open –18 (63-68-69-70=270) Playoff Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts (am), Denmark Nils Roerbaek-Petersen
2 17 Sep 2000 Gula Sidorna Grand Prix –7 (66-69-71-71=277) 3 strokes Netherlands Robert-Jan Derksen, England Kenneth Ferrie
3 5 Nov 2000 Challenge Tour Grand Final –18 (69-67-65-69=270) 5 strokes Sweden Mikael Lundberg, England Andrew Raitt,
Italy Michele Reale

Other wins (2) [edit]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 30 Nov 2008 Omega Mission Hills World Cup
(with Robert Karlsson)		 –27 (65-67-66-63=261) 3 strokes Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez
and Pablo Larrazábal
2 7 Dec 2008 Nedbank Golf Challenge –21 (63-71-65-68=267) 9 strokes United States Kenny Perry

Results in major championships [edit]

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT T17 T17 T38
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T26 CUT CUT 9
The Open Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP T34 T48 CUT T3 T13
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T47 T14 CUT T4 T6
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013
The Masters CUT CUT T40 T18
U.S. Open T29 T23 DNP
The Open Championship T3 68 DNP
PGA Championship CUT DNP DNP

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary [edit]

  • Starts – 28
  • Wins – 0
  • 2nd place finishes – 0
  • 3rd place finishes – 2
  • Top 3 finishes – 2
  • Top 5 finishes – 3
  • Top 10 finishes – 5
  • Top 25 finishes – 11
  • Missed cuts – 9
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 6
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2

World Golf Championships [edit]

Wins (1) [edit]

Year Championship 54 Holes Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner(s)-up
2007 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship n/a 2 & 1 n/a Australia Geoff Ogilvy

Results timeline [edit]

Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008
Accenture Match Play Championship DNP R32 1 3
Cadillac Championship T3 T13 T19 T57
Bridgestone Invitational T13 T31 T41 T16
Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Accenture Match Play Championship R64 R64 R64 DNP R64
Cadillac Championship T77 T37 DNP DNP DNP
Bridgestone Invitational T29 80 DNP DNP
HSBC Champions T40 T13 DNP DNP

DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances [edit]

Amateur

Professional

References [edit]

  1. ^ Official World Golf Ranking site, Week 5 2007 news release
  2. ^ Clarke faces Garcia in Match Play, bbc.co.uk, 19 February 2007
  3. ^ Henrik Stenson Wins the WGC-Accenture Math Play and Reaches World Number 5, Official World Golf Ranking site, 26 February 2007.
  4. ^ 69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking
  5. ^ "Players who have reached the Top Ten in the Official World Golf Ranking since 1986" (PDF). European Tour Official Guide 09 (38th ed.). PGA European Tour. 2009. p. 558. Retrieved 2009-01-16. 
  6. ^ Just-married Stenson Eyes Dubai Desert Classic Title, dubaidesertclassic.com, undated but late 2006 or very early 2007.
  7. ^ Casey Joins Dropouts
  8. ^ A revealing shot seen round the world
  9. ^ Week 19 - Henrik Stenson Wins The Players Championship and Climbs to World Number Five - Official World Golf Ranking site, 10 May 2009
  10. ^ Masters 2012: Henrik Stenson Squanders Lead At Augusta With Quadruple Bogey

External links [edit]

European Ryder Cup team – 2006
Europe
Won: 18.5 – 9.5
European Ryder Cup team – 2008
Europe
Lost: 11.5 – 16.5
† indicates the event was won in a playoff
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