October 13, 2007
HSBC World Matchplay Championship
October 11, 2007
HSBC World Matchplay Championship
September 7, 2007
Henrik Stenson (born 5 April 1976) is a Swedish
professional 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. Since 2005 he has finished each year in the
top 10 of the European Order of Merit.
Stenson reached the top 20 of the Official World
Golf Rankings in 2006 and the top 10 in 2007. In
February 2007, he reached number eight in the
rankings following his victory at the Dubai Desert
Classic and became the highest ranked European
golfer for the first time.
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
took Stenson to the top of the European Order of
Merit and also to a high of 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. In all, he spent 29 weeks in the top 10 of the
rankings in 2007.
These two victories put Stenson in the lead of the
2007 European Tour Order of Merit, but he failed to
add to his success over the rest of the season and
finished in fourth place.
Stenson 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. On July 2, 2007, his wife gave birth to the
couple's daughter, Lisa.
