| Henrik Stenson | ||||||||||||
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| Personal information | ||||||||||||
| Full name | Henrik Olof Stenson | |||||||||||
| Nickname | The Iceman | |||||||||||
| Born | 5 April 1976 Gothenburg, Sweden | |||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 14 st) | |||||||||||
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden | |||||||||||
| Residence | Orlando, Florida, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Spouse |
Emma Löfgren (m. 2007) | |||||||||||
| Children | 3 | |||||||||||
| Career | ||||||||||||
| Turned professional | 1998 | |||||||||||
| Current tour(s) | LIV Golf | |||||||||||
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour Challenge Tour | |||||||||||
| Professional wins | 22 | |||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 2 (25 May 2014)[1] | |||||||||||
| Number of wins by tour | ||||||||||||
| PGA Tour | 6 | |||||||||||
| European Tour | 11 | |||||||||||
| Asian Tour | 1 | |||||||||||
| Sunshine Tour | 2 | |||||||||||
| Challenge Tour | 3 | |||||||||||
| LIV Golf | 1 | |||||||||||
| Other | 2 | |||||||||||
| Best results in major championships (wins: 1) | ||||||||||||
| Masters Tournament | T5: 2018 | |||||||||||
| PGA Championship | 3rd/T3: 2013, 2014 | |||||||||||
| U.S. Open | T4: 2014 | |||||||||||
| The Open Championship | Won: 2016 | |||||||||||
| Achievements and awards | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Henrik Olof Stenson[2] (pronounced [ˈhɛ̌nːrɪk ˈstěːnsɔn]; born 5 April 1976) is a Swedish professional golfer.
He is the first male Swedish and first male Nordic major champion, having won the 2016 Open Championship at Royal Troon with a major championship record score of 264. His list of wins also includes some of the other 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 (2013 and 2016), he has spent over 300 weeks ranked in the top ten of the Official World Golf Ranking[3] and his career high world ranking of second is the best by any male Swedish golfer.
In 2013, Stenson won the U.S. PGA Tour's FedEx Cup and the European Tour's Race to Dubai, thus becoming the first player to win both and to win 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]
- ^ "Week 21 2014 Ending 25 May 2014" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ "Historisk vinst av golfaren Henrik Olof Stenson". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 18 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ "Henrik Stenson". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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. ..."
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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
- ^ 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."
- ^ "Statement from Ryder Cup Europe". Ryder Cup. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.