Player Profile: Henrik Stenson

Full name: Henrik Olof Stenson

Born: April 5, 1976 in Gothenburg, Sweden

Nationality: Swedish

Height: 6’2” (188cm)

Weight: 14st 0lb (86kg)

Turned professional: 1998

European and PGA Tour wins: 16

2001 The Benson & Hedges International Open

2004 The Heritage at Woburn

2006 Commercialbank Qatar Masters, BMW International Open

2007 Dubai Desert Classic, WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship

2008 Nedbank Challenge

2009 The Players Championship

2012 South African Open

2013 Deutsche Bank Championship, Tour Championship, DP World Tour Championship

2014 DP World Tour Championship

2016 BMW International Open, The Open

2017 Wyndham Championship

Did you know? The Iceman didn’t start playing golf until the age of twelve, by the time his eighteenth birthday came around he was a scratch golfer. After a promising start on tour in 2001, he fell as low as 621st in the world rankings due to losing his consistency of the tee, from 2008 he became a certain top-ten player.

Interests: Skiing, deep-sea fishing, snorkelling, water sports, music

Attachment: PGA National, Bara, Sweden