44 Facts About Henrik Stenson

Henrik Stenson 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.

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.

Henrik Stenson had been named the 2023 European Ryder Cup captain, but his captaincy was later terminated.

Henrik Stenson reached a handicap of 5 at age 15, scratch at 18 and played in junior and amateur tournaments in Sweden in his teen years.

At age 18, Henrik Stenson first represented Sweden in an international championship, at the 1994 European Boys' Team Championship, his team losing in a tight final against England.

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Henrik Stenson turned professional in late 1998 and the following year topped the money rankings on the second tier golf tour in Europe, the Challenge Tour.

Henrik Stenson reached the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking in 2006 and the top 10 in 2007.

Henrik Stenson failed to add to his success over the rest of the season and finished in fourth place on the 2007 European Tour Order of Merit.

Henrik Stenson played again in 2008 at Valhalla, tallying a win, a loss and a draw in the foursomes.

In March 2009 Henrik 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.

On 10 May 2009, Henrik Stenson won The Players Championship with a dominating final round score of 66 to finish four ahead of Ian Poulter.

Henrik Stenson struggled during most of the 2011 season, when he made 9 of 15 cuts but had no top-10 finishes.

Henrik Stenson's world ranking fell to 230 at the beginning of 2012.

On 5 April 2012, Henrik 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.

Henrik Stenson scored a quadruple-bogey on the par-4 18th hole, tying the Masters' record for the highest score ever on that hole.

In 2013, a resurgent Henrik Stenson had a watershed season, scoring a number of victories and high-place finishes while cementing a reputation as one of golf's best ball-strikers.

Henrik Stenson shot a final round of 70 and held the lead for brief moments during the round, but was beaten by Mickelson's four birdie finish.

Henrik Stenson moved back inside the world's top 20 with this result.

Henrik Stenson finished runner-up again the following month at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational behind Tiger Woods.

Henrik Stenson moved up to 11th in the world rankings after that result.

Henrik Stenson finished alone in third place, three strokes behind the champion Jason Dufner.

Henrik Stenson moved up one place in the world rankings to move back inside the world's top ten.

Henrik Stenson tied the tournament record of -22 en route to his third career PGA Tour win.

On 22 September 2013, Henrik Stenson won The Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club and the FedEx Cup.

Henrik Stenson then moved up to a career best 3rd in the OWGR ranking on 3 November 2013.

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Henrik Stenson finished the 2013 season ranked first on the PGA Tour in greens in regulation, first in ball striking, second among money leaders, third in total driving, fourth in scoring average, and seventh in driving accuracy percentage.

Henrik Stenson described his feat as a "double-double" because in the process of winning these two seasonal points crowns, he won the season finales of both tours .

In May 2014, Henrik Stenson reached a career high ranking of number two in the world, trailing only Adam Scott.

In 2015, Henrik Stenson did not win any professional tournaments but made the cut in all 16 PGA Tour events he entered.

Henrik Stenson scored four runner-up finishes, including three over the final month of the season.

Henrik Stenson finished as the overall runner-up for the FedEx Cup.

At the 2016 U S Open, on Saturday morning Stenson failed to show up at Oakmont to complete his second round, where he was going to miss the cut.

The USGA said Henrik Stenson did not give a reason for his withdrawal, but he later confirmed on Twitter that he had "minor neck and knee issues".

Henrik Stenson won the 2016 Open Championship at Royal Troon for his first major title.

Henrik Stenson held the 54-hole lead going into the final round with a margin of one stroke over Phil Mickelson.

Henrik Stenson shot a 63 in the final round to tie Johnny Miller for the best ever final round of a major winner.

Henrik Stenson won an automatic selection for the 2016 Ryder Cup at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota.

Henrik Stenson was named 2016 Swedish Golfer of the Year, male and female.

Henrik Stenson did not win any tournaments in an otherwise up-and-down year in which he faced several nagging injuries.

However, Henrik Stenson rebounded with one of the finest performances of his career at the 2018 Ryder Cup.

In December 2019, Henrik Stenson won the Hero World Challenge by one stroke over Jon Rahm.

On 15 March, Henrik Stenson was announced as the 2023 European Ryder Cup captain.

Henrik Stenson married fellow Swede Emma Lofgren in Dubai ten years after meeting her at the University of South Carolina.

In 2014, Henrik Stenson announced that he had invested in PGA Sweden National, his first venture in golf course ownership.