BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Henrik Stenson said the last few weeks haven’t been much fun, which may be the undersell of the century seeing as the five-time member of Team Europe lost his Ryder Cup captaincy for the 2023 matches after joining the LIV Golf Invitational Series.
The 46-year-old Swede was somehow able to block the outside noise and focus in his debut for the upstart circuit led by Greg Norman and backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, taking home the individual title by two shots at 11 under. Stenson last won at the 2019 Hero World Challenge, Tiger Woods’ unofficial event in the Bahamas. His last PGA Tour victory came at the 2017 Wyndham Championship. The victory netted Stenson a cool $4 million.
“Yeah, it has been a bit of a roller coaster, no question. You’ve all seen that, and we talked about it earlier in the week,” said Stenson. “Now it’s about looking forward, for me at least, and yeah, I’m super proud with the focus I managed to have this week and to get my game in – I’ve been working pretty hard to get the game back in shape, and it’s certainly going in the right direction as we know now.”
