Won The 2016 Open Championship in what is considered one of the greatest head-to-head duels of all time, shooting a final round 63 at Royal Troon to better Phil Mickelson and card the lowest winning total in Major Championship history, 264, also becoming Sweden’s first male Major winner.
Claimed the silver medal at Rio 2016 behind Justin Rose, the man he has formed a strong Ryder Cup record partnership during five appearances for Team Europe.
His victory at The Open was his second win of 2016, and his 11th on the European Tour, as he went on to win the Race to Dubai for a second time.
A runner-up finish at The 142nd Open at Muirfield in 2013 kick-started a run which saw him become the first player in history to win both the Race to Dubai and PGA TOUR’s FedEx Cup in the same season. Stenson won two of the PGA TOUR’s play-off events, the Deutsche Bank Championship and Tour Championship and a month later won the DP World Tour Championship to top the rankings on both sides of the
50 Statistics from 50 years of the Tour, The DP World Tour is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its inception in 2022, marking five decades of record-breaking moments and notable milestones.