The 10 best golf moments of 2013: No. 7, Henrik Stenson’s incredible season

Over the next 10 days, until we get to the New Year, we will be rolling out the top-10 best golf moments of 2013. After much deliberation and debate, we picked what we thought were the 10 moments you will remember about this season a decade from now. We continue with No. 8 and Jason […]

Henrik Stenson had such a good year that his caddie bought himself a Ferrari

As a professional golfer, you always dream of that day that money isn’t something you’re worried about. Years ago I took on the mini tour golf scene for a summer and the stress that comes with always worrying about money can sure make those four-footers for par a lot tougher to bury. After the year […]

Henrik Stenson makes history with Race to Dubai win

At the beginning of 2012, Henrik Stenson was struggling. The now 37-year-old Swede had fallen to 213 in the world rankings, and it looked like he would go down as the man that once got nearly naked during a professional golf event and not an incredibly talented golfer that would make history just a full […]

Henrik Stenson sounds off on the mobile phone problem at the Turkish Airlines Open

There is nothing worse for a golfer competing at a high level than unnecessary distractions. No matter if you’re Phil Mickelson or Joe Hacker, having a camera go off in your backswing or having a cart drive by when you’re trying to pummel that drive down the middle is a problem in golf, and distractions […]

Henrik Stenson wins Tour Championship, FedEx Cup with steady hand

ATLANTA – It got the tiniest bit hairy there for a second, but Henrik Stenson held on, as he’d done from Day 1 at the Tour Championship, to claim the richest prize in golf in the FedEx Cup. Stenson, who at one point on Saturday had a lead as high as nine strokes, saw his […]

Henrik Stenson leads at the Tour Championship as the rain brings everyone together

ATLANTA – By the end of the day’s play at East Lake Golf Club, which came shortly before 2 p.m. ET, the rain was blowing sideways. The fairways were soggy and the greens were soaked. Indeed, there wasn’t a surface anywhere outdoors at the Tour Championship that was anything close to dry. Even so, Henrik […]

Henrik Stenson’s just gonna take the $10 million FedEx Cup prize now, thank you very much

ATLANTA – Hey, if nobody else wants it, Henrik Stenson would be happy to help himself to the $ 10 million prize that goes to the winner of the FedEx Cup. Stenson continued his roll at East Lake on Friday, shooting a 66 to go with Thursday’s 64 to leave him at -10 for the […]

Henrik Stenson controls Tour Championship with sore wrist; Tiger fails to birdie even once

ATLANTA – You don’t get much better days to play golf than Thursday’s sunny skies at a warm East Lake, and almost everyone took advantage of the favorable conditions to start the Tour Championship off with a sprint. Henrik Stenson, still shaking off the effects of a sore wrist, claimed the first-round lead with a […]

Henrik Stenson breaks driver on his final hole of the BMW Championship

My, what a difference a week can make in golf. Just a few days removed from a win at the Deutsche Bank Championship, Henrik Stenson was really struggling during the final round of the BMW Championship, making a bogey on the par-3 17th and hitting his drive on No. 18 into the hazard. Stenson, who […]