Henrik Stenson

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Henrik Stenson
Personal Information
Birth April 5, 1976 (1976-04-05) (age 32)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.87 m)
Weight 198 lb (90 kg)
Nationality Flag of Sweden Sweden
Wife Emma Lofgren
Children Lisa (b. July 2, 2007)
Residence Dubai, UAE
Career
Turned Pro 1998
Tours European Tour (joined 2001)
PGA Tour (joined 2007)
Professional wins 9 (European Tour: 6, PGA Tour: 1, Other: 3) (WGC-Match Play counts as a European Tour and PGA Tour win)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters T17: 2007, 2008
U.S. Open T26: 2006
British Open T34: 2005
PGA Championship T14: 2006

Henrik Stenson (born 5 April 1976) is a Swedish professional golfer.

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 six European Tour events. Since 2005 he has 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 29 weeks in the top 10 of the rankings in 2007.[4]

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.

Stenson married fellow Swede Emma Lofgren in Dubai ten years after meeting her on a golf course in Sweden.[5] On July 2, 2007, his wife gave birth to the couple's daughter, Lisa.[6]

Contents

[edit] Professional wins (9)

[edit] European Tour wins (6)

[edit] Challenge Tour wins (3)

[edit] PGA Tour wins (1)

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT T17 T17
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T26 CUT
The Open Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP T34 T48 CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T47 T14 CUT

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

[edit] Results in World Golf Championship events

Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008
Accenture Match Play Championship DNP R32 1 3
CA Championship T3 T13 T19 T57
Bridgestone Invitational T13 T31 T41

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.

[edit] Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

[edit] References

  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. ^ Just-married Stenson Eyes Dubai Desert Classic Title, dubaidesertclassic.com, undated but late 2006 or very early 2007.
  6. ^ Casey Joins Dropouts

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