Henrik Stenson had time to make a joke about the stripping of his Ryder Cup captaincy after securing victory on his LIV Golf debut. Stenson rocked the golfing world earlier this month after giving up his role as European skipper to join the Saudi-backed series.
Following the uproar, the Swede has seemingly made his move financially worthwhile, after the former captain followed up collecting a cool £40 million signing on fee by clinching £3.3 million in prize money at Trump National on Sunday. Stenson followed up an opening round seven-under-par 64, with two, two-under 69’s to clinch his debut win.
Afterwards the 2016 Open champion took the opportunity to take a jibe at his Ryder Cup sacking, by joking: "I guess we can agree I played like a captain.
