Henrik Stenson, you might recall the one who created a buzz after stripping to his underwear and golf glove in order to play a recovery shot from muddy at Doral in March 2009. But he got much more attention on Sunday at Sawgrass. He won over great players by capturing the The Players Championship golf tournament. He defeated Tiger Woods, Ian Poulter, Phil Mickelson and Alex Cejka by firing a flawless, six-under 66, becoming the first Swede to win The Players Championship. Besides, he is the third European to win at one of US PGA Tours most popular events, joining the great Sergio Garcia, who won last year. And Scotland's Sandy Lyle won back in 1987.
According to CBSSport, Stenson was the only player to keep bogeys off his card on his way to a 6-under 66 that gave him a four-shot victory, the 10th of his career and by far his biggest.
“I was thinking this that if I could finish in front of Tiger, that might be good enough,” said Ian Poulter, who shot a 70 and to finish second. “But I wasn’t expecting someone to go out there and shoot 66.”
Tiger Woods struggled to 73, and managed to finish in eighth. It seems that he has not recovered from his knee operation yet. However, it’s good for golf that someone else wins now and then. As the old saying says you can't go on forever in sports.
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