Henrik Stenson, who headlines this month’s Thailand Golf Championship at Amata Spring, went from world number 230 to winner of the FedEx Cup and Race to Dubai in a little less than two years. The Swedish ace, now number three in the rankings, tells Alex Jenkins how he did it
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Written by Alex Jenkins
Photography by AFP
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