BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Henrik Stenson could get used to this whole LIV Golf thing.
In his debut with the upstart series led by Greg Norman and backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, the 46-year-old Swede sits tied for first with Patrick Reed after the pair each shot opening rounds of 7-under 64 at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster. After a hectic couple weeks where the five-time member of Team Europe lost his Ryder Cup captaincy for the 2023 matches in Italy, Stenson is happy to be back to business on the course.
“It’s nice to be out there playing golf, and yeah, of course it’s been a busy couple of weeks and not the most fun, but we keep our head down and focus on the golf,” Stenson said after the first round on Friday. ” Just very pleased to have the ability to go out there and do that and play such a solid round. It’s the best I’ve played all year, and yeah, I’ll take a lot of credit from that.”
