Here are some of the more interesting statistics and bits of trivia from Henrik Stenson's record-setting win at the 145th Open Championship. -20: Henrik Stenson's final score tied Jason Day's record for the lowest cumulative score at a Major. Day shot 20-under at the 2015 PGA Championship. 4: Consecutive Major winners who are first-timers: Stenson, … Continue reading Henrik Stenson’s Open Win: By the Numbers
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Stenson Breaks Records, Wins Open Title
Henrik Stenson joined Johnny Miller as the only men in pro golf history to card a 63 in the final round of a Major, doing so Sunday at Royal Troon in Scotland to win The Open Championship, tying a Major record by finishing 20-under par. He needed every ounce of that record-setting performance to hold … Continue reading Stenson Breaks Records, Wins Open Title
Stenson, Mickelson Separate from Pack at Troon
Unless golf's fickle hand of fate interferes, Sunday's final day at The Open Championship figures to be a two-man race between a 5-time Major winner and man looking to win his first at age 40. Sweden's Henrik Stenson fired his second 68 in three days to take a 1-stroke lead over American Phil Mickleson on … Continue reading Stenson, Mickelson Separate from Pack at Troon
Stenson Close Gap on Mickelson at Troon
Henrik Stenson is in the conversation for the best golfer in the world to have never won a Major - he's been ranked as high as No. 3 in the world, has 14 combined wins on the PGA and European Tours, is the only man to win the FedEx Cup and the Race to Dubai … Continue reading Stenson Close Gap on Mickelson at Troon
Golfers Honor Victims of Tragedy in Nice
Playing in the continent's most prestigious tournament on their country's greatest holiday should have been a day to remember for French golfers Victor Dubuisson and Clement Sordet. It will be, for all the wrong reasons. Sordet, who move to Nice a year ago with his girlfriend, was woken up by texts from friends at 4 … Continue reading Golfers Honor Victims of Tragedy in Nice
Defending Champ Johnson Tied for 4th at Open
Phil Mickelson was the toast of Troon on Thursday, but he wasn't the only player to have a dynamite first round of the 145th Open Championship. Fifty players were at least one stroke under par, among them defending champion Zach Johnson, who is tied for fourth with a 4-under 67. Johnson was brilliant through 16 … Continue reading Defending Champ Johnson Tied for 4th at Open
Lefty Does Everything Right, Leads Open with 63
Phil Mickelson will remember the one that got away, the 62 that was in his grasp and the history it would have invoked. Instead he'll have to settle for a 3-stroke lead after the first day of the 145th Open Championship at Scotland's Royal Troon Golf Course. Mickelson had a tremendous shot at 62 but … Continue reading Lefty Does Everything Right, Leads Open with 63
