Shoeless Stenson struggles to get ball out of hazard en route to Bay Hill MC

And this is the story all about how, Stenson’s day got flipped, turned upside down. pic.twitter.com/1duHD5fVEU — Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) March 17, 2017 Henrik Stenson has been known to get down and dirty in hazards in his PGA Tour career. And while what he did on Friday at Bay Hill didn’t rise to the level […]

Henrik Stenson takes Abu Dhabi lead on back of no practice

Henrik Stenson took charge on Day 1 in Abu Dhabi. (Getty Images) All play and no work paid dividends for Henrik Stenson in the first round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. The Swede, coming off an off-season break where he rarely touched a club, shot an 8-under 64 at Abu Dhabi Golf Club to […]

Stenson, Reed, Schwartzel all withdraw from Turkish Airlines Open

Henrik Stenson is not competing in Turkey this week. (Getty Images) Several big names have followed Rory McIlroy in withdrawing from this week’s Turkish Airlines Open, the first of the three-event Final Series on the European Tour. Open champion Henrik Stenson, Ryder Cup hero Patrick Reed and 2011 Masters winner Charl Schwartzel have opted out […]

Henrik Stenson to skip the BMW Championship to rest injured knee

Henrik Stenson is nursing a tear in his right meniscus. (Getty Images) Henrik Stenson is going to skip next week’s BMW Championship, the third leg of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs, so he can rest his injured right knee. “There’s a slight tear,” Stenson said of the meniscus. “It’s fine to hit golf shots, […]

Henrik Stenson wins British Open by 3 with record-tying 63

Henrik Stenson won his first major championship on Sunday, shooting an 8-under 63 at Royal Troon to win the British Open by three shots over Phil Mickelson. The 40-year-old, who became the first male Swede to win a major title, finished at a record-setting 72-hole total of 264, eclipsing Greg Norman’s prior record of 267, […]

Henrik Stenson in good shape to win FedEx Cup without a single season title

In each of the last five seasons, the winner of the FedEx Cup has won the Tour Championship to do it, and  in all eight prior seasons of the FedEx Cup, the winner has won at least one tournament in that season. Henrik Stenson could be the player to end both of those streaks this […]

Henrik Stenson out of Houston Open, battling illness

Henrik Stenson’s final Masters prep suffered a blow on Monday when the Swede pulled out of the Shell Houston Open with the flu. [DraftKings: Win $ 1 Million playing Fantasy Golf during the Masters – Sign up for free!] Stenson announced his withdrawal via Twitter, also sharing that he won’t play a previously scheduled practice round […]

Henrik Stenson unhappy to go on clock at Bay Hill as putter lets him down

For the first three rounds of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Henrik Stenson ranked second in the field in strokes gained putting.  [DraftKings: Win $ 1 Million playing Fantasy Golf during the Masters – Sign up for free!] In the final round at Bay Hill, Stenson was last in the field.  That pretty well explains why […]

Stenson: Viagra is the only PED for golfers

Consider Henrik Stenson in the camp of professional golfers who think there’s no drug that can truly enhance their performance — except for maybe one. [DraftKings: Win $ 1 Million playing Fantasy Golf during the Masters – Sign up for free!] Stenson was asked ahead of this week’s Valspar Championship about the PGA Tour’s anti-doping […]

Henrik Stenson wins at Volvo Match Play with walk-off eagle

In match play, you’re always supposed to assume your opponent will make the putt, or the chip or the sand shot. But from the fairway? No.  It’s reasonable, then, if Thongchai Jaidee was rather shocked when he lost his Friday match at the Volvo World Match Play Championship. He lost to Henrik Stenson on a […]