Henrik Stenson
| Henrik Stenson | |
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| — Golfer — | |
Stenson at Svenska idrottsgalan 2014
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Henrik Olof Stenson |
| Born |
5 April 1976 Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 14 st) |
| Nationality |
 Sweden
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| Residence | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| Spouse | Emma Löfgren (m. 2007) |
| Children | Lisa, Karl, Alice |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1998 |
| Current tour(s) |
PGA Tour (joined 2007) European Tour (joined 2001) |
| Professional wins | 19 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 5 |
| European Tour | 11 |
| Asian Tour | 1 |
| Sunshine Tour | 1 |
| Challenge Tour | 3 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in major championships (wins: 1) |
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| Masters Tournament | T14: 2014 |
| U.S. Open | T4: 2014 |
| The Open Championship | Won: 2016 |
| PGA Championship | 3rd/T3: 2013, 2014 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Challenge Tour Rankings winner |
2000 |
| FedEx Cup Champion | 2013 |
| Race to Dubai Champion | 2013, 2016 |
| European Tour Golfer of the Year |
2013 |
| Medal record | ||
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| Representing Sweden
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2016 Rio de Janeiro | Golf |
Henrik Olof Stenson (born 5 April 1976) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays both on the PGA and European Tours. He is the first male Swedish major champion, having won the 2016 Open Championship at Royal Troon with a major championship record score of 264. A two-time European Tour Golfer of the Year (2013 and 2016), he has spent over 250 weeks ranked in the World top ten and his career high ranking of second is the best by any male Swedish golfer. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Stenson won the silver medal finishing two strokes behind gold medalist Justin Rose. Had he won, Stenson would have claimed victories on all six continents on which golf is played, a feat Rose accomplished with the Olympic win, joining Hall of Fame members Gary Player, David Graham, Hale Irwin and Bernhard Langer.
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 do so in the same season, a "historic double". Stenson described his feat as a "double-double" because in the process of winning these two seasonal points crowns, he also won the season finales of both tours.
Stenson was born in Gothenburg. He played his first round of golf at age 12. A natural left-hander, Stenson learned to play golf right-handed. He was a 5 handicap by age 15 and, in his teen years during the early 1990s, began playing in junior and amateur tournaments. He played for the Swedish boys team in 1994.
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