Henrik Stenson chooses games on the LIV tour.
His explanation for that decision now arouses anger.
“I’m so disappointed,” professional Eddie Pepperell wrote on Twitter.
Henrik Stenson will always have a special place in the hearts of all Swedish golf lovers. When he won The Open six years ago, he became the first Swedish major winner on the men’s side, and that is just one of many great triumphs during his outstanding career.
Sawn for the explanation
Stenson is also one of the most popular players in European golf for his way of being off the golf course, where he always acts with a twinkle in his eye and with a great touch of humor. But right now he is not directly the most popular player in the world.
Henrik Stenson would be captain of Europe’s Ryder Cup team next autumn, but has now been stripped of that title. The decision is based on the fact that he has chosen to play for the new, sawn LIV tour, which is funded by Saudi Arabia. Stenson himself said it was not just a decision for the money.
“My interest in this concept has been well documented in recent years and despite the unfortunate tension that has existed between LIV and the European Tour and the PGA Tour recently, the opportunity to play LIV is something I want to experience,” he writes himself.
“Just be honest”
But Stenson still gets over SEK 300 million to take the step over to LIV, and his explanation for the change has not gone down well with the golf world. His colleague, Eddie Pepperell, a few years ago ranked top 50 in the world, was not late to respond to Stenson on Twitter.
“Henrik, just be honest, it was a bucket full of money and you could not resist it, just like everyone else who changed. I will always love your game, but what an incredible disappointment this is “, he writes.
During Stenson’s posts on social media, the criticism hails in, while many also think that he gets an undeserved amount of shit, and that everything he has done for golf should not be forgotten just for this decision. But the overwhelming majority still agrees: Stenson has made a bad choice.
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