Henrik Stenson

Henrik Stenson has had the highest ranking ever achieved by a Swede in the official World Golf Rankings, reaching second place in 2014. It all started back in the late 80s at Gullbringa Golf Club in Gothenburg. Moved to Southern Sweden 1991 and joined Barsebäck G&CC Henrik turned up for lessons with Anders Jansson. By 1994 he was a member of the Swedish boys’ team before becoming a leading amateur and gaining selection for the Eisenhower Trophy. He turned professional in 1998 and in 2000 he won the Challenge Tour Order of Merit at the finals in Cuba. His first European Tour win was in 2001 at the Benson & Hedges. Over the next decade he recorded a further six wins on tour, including the Accenture World Match Play and the Players Championship at Sawgrass. His winning round at Sawgrass was described by Johnny Miller as “the best round of Sunday golf I have ever watched.” He secured top-ten finishes in the US Open, the Open and the PGA Championship and has, by the end of 2010, recorded 40 more top-10 finishes, apart from his wins, in European Tour events. In 2012 Henrik wins the South African Open after a few years of struggling. That was the start of an unbelievable 2013 season with three individual wins, Deutsche Bank Championship and Tour Championship on the PGA Tour and DP World Championship on the European Tour. He also became the first golfer in history to win the FedEx Cup and the Race to Dubai in the same season. He also made a career high climbing to number 2 in the world rankings. Henrik was picked as Vice Captain by Padraig Harrington for the 2020 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits.