Henrik Stenson

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Henrik Stenson (born 5 April 1976) is a Swedish golfer.

Stenson was born in Gothenburg. He turned professional in 1999 and the following year topped the money rankings on the second tier golf tour in Europe, the Challenge Tour. He joined the main European Tour in 2001 and has won six European Tour events. In 2005 he finished eighth on the European Order of Merit, and improved his position to sixth a year later. He reached the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings in 2006 and the top 10 in 2007. ^[1] In February 2007, he reached number eight in the rankings and became the highest ranked European golfer for the first time.^[2]

The following week, Stenson then became the first Swede to win one of the World Golf Championships when beating Geoff Ogilvy 2&1 in the final of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. This victory puts Stenson top of the European Order of Merit and also moves him to 5th in the world rankings, which is also the highest a Swedish player has ever been ranked, surpassing Jesper Parnevik's previous record of reaching seventh place in May 2000.^[3]

He made his Ryder Cup debut in 2006, and after getting a half point in the foursomes against Stewart Cink and David Toms on the friday, he had the honour of holing the winning putt and ensuring Europe won the Ryder Cup for a third consecutive time when beating Vaughn Taylor 4 & 3 in the Sunday singles.

Stenson married fellow Swede Emma Lofgren in Dubai ten years after meeting her on a golf course in Sweden. ^[4]