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Stenson surges toward a new high point at the Tour Championship

Published

11 years ago

Sep 22, 2013

Hopefully any offending clubs and unsuspecting lockers are safe now, as Henrik Stenson continues his march towards victory at the Tour Championship and in the FedExCup Playoffs.

A win this week will be a fitting exclamation point on the golfer’s fine 2013 season and his continued upward trend. As of the Accenture Match Play Championship in late February, Stenson was ranked 55th in the Official World Golf Ranking. Heading into the season-ending Tour Championship, the Swede was sixth in the much-maligned metric of the quality of a professional golfer’s play in the most recent couple of golf seasons, marking a significant leap forward.

On a larger scale, Stenson’s recent rise has been significant. The man who famously lost money through a series of bad investments with the Stanford group and stripped down to his skivvies to play a ball at the 2009 WGC Championships-CA Championship has had some serious low points in his professional career.

Most notably, Stenson, who earned his European Tour card in 2000, rose to inside the top 100 of the OWGR by 2001. However, by 2002 he found himself outside the top 600. Following a period of soul searching and rededication, Stenson eventually rose to No. 12 in the OWGR in 2006, and following his victory at the Players Championship in 2009, he rose to the fourth spot in the ranking.

Of course, it wasn’t all wine and roses for the Gothenburg native after that though: he fell again to outside the top 200 in early 2012. Three consecutive made cuts at the end of last year garnered Stenson a bit of positive momentum entering the 2013 season. This year, in addition to finishing inside the top five in two majors (U.S. Open, PGA Championship), Stenson has made 15 of 17 cuts on the PGA Tour and notched seven top-10 finishes and won the Deutsche Bank Championship.

So, for Henrik Stenson, a win today—at the Tour Championship, in the FedExCup Playoffs, or both—marks a high point in a career of ups and downs.

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Photos from the 2024 PGA Championship

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4 days ago

May 14, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

GolfWRX is on site this week at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, for the PGA Championship.

While we see fewer equipment changes and new gear seeding at major championships, we get a look at custom gear and looks into the bags of players we rarely see, which is just as exciting. In the case of the PGA Championship, this means a look at the gear some of the PGA Professionals who qualified for the tournament will be gaming, and LIV players, such as Jon Rahm and Patrick Reed.

Check out links to all our albums from Valhalla below and check back throughout the week as we continue to update.

General Albums

2024 PGA Championship – Monday #1

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Photos from the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship

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2 weeks ago

May 7, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

GolfWRX is live this week at the Wells Fargo Championship as a field of the world’s best golfers descend upon Charlotte, North Carolina, hoping to tame the beast that is Quail Hollow Club in this Signature Event — only Scottie Scheffler, who is home awaiting the birth of his first child, is absent.

From the grounds at Quail Hollow, we have our usual assortment of general galleries and WITBs — including a look at left-hander Akshay Bhatia’s setup. Among the pullout albums, we have a look inside Cobra’s impressive new tour truck for you to check out. Also featured is a special look at Quail Hollow king, Rory McIlroy.

Be sure to check back throughout the week as we add more galleries.

General Albums

WITB Albums

Pullout Albums

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Photos from the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson

Published

3 weeks ago

Apr 30, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

GolfWRX is on site this week in McKinney, Texas, at the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson (FKA the AT&T Byron Nelson).

Last year at TPC Craig Ranch, Jason Day ended a five-year winless streak. J-Day is in the field again, as are Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, and Will Zalatoris.

We have our usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums for your perusal. As always, we’ll continue to add links to additional albums as they make their way to us from the Lone Star State.

Check out links to all our photos below.