HENRIK STENSON WITH  HIS  DP WORLD TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP, DUBAI

• It is Stenson’s ninth European Tour International Schedule victory in his 297th European Tour event.

• He moves to 4,340,786 points in The Race to Dubai while he has now earned more than Euro 20m in European Tour prize money.

• He will move to second in the Official World Golf Ranking from fourth.

• His first European Tour victory since the 2013 DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.

• His third consecutive European Tour season with a victory. In 2012 he won the SA Open Championship, 2013 DP World Tour Championship, Dubai and 2014 DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.

• This marks the first time he has won in three consecutive European Tour seasons.

• This victory beats his previous best 2014 European Tour finish of second in the Volvo World Match Play Championship. (His best 2014 European Tour stroke play performance was tied second in the BMW International Open).

Henrik Stenson soaked to the skin after capturing second straight DP World Tour Championship title. (Photo – Fran Caffrey/www.golffile.ie)

• His first successful defence of a European Tour title.
• Becomes the first player to successfully defend the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.

• Becomes only the third Swede to successfully defend a European Tour title, following Anders Forsbrand (1990-91 Volvo Open di Firenze) and Per-Ulrik Johansson (1996-97 European Open).

• The sixth player to successfully defend a title this season. He follows: Charl Schwartzel (Alfred Dunhill Championship), Miguel Angel Jiménez (2012 Hong Kong Open, 2014 Hong Kong Open – Dec 13), Louis Oosthuizen (Volvo Golf Champions), Stephen Gallacher (Omega Dubai Desert Classic) and Graeme McDowell (Alstom Open de France). Six is a new record for the most number of successful defences in a single European Tour season.

• Claims his fourth European Tour victory in the Middle East. They are: the 2006 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters, 2007 Dubai Desert Classic, 2013 and 2014 DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.

OTHER FACTS

• His second victory comes in his fifth appearance in the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.
• The third Swedish victory in the history of the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai. They are: Robert Karlsson (2010) and Henrik Stenson (2013 and 2014).
• The second Swedish win of the 2014 European Tour season. They are: Mikael Lundberg (Lyoness Open powered by Greenfinity) and Henrik Stenson (DP World Tour Championship, Dubai).
• It is Stenson’s fourth European Tour victory in the Middle East equals Ernie Els (1994, 2002 and 2005 Dubai Desert Classic and 2005 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters), for the player with most wins in the Middle East.
• It is the 97th Swedish victory in European Tour history.
• Moves within two victories of Robert Karlsson in the list of most prolific Swedish winners on The European Tour.
• Becomes the 20th winner this season to win after leading going into the final round.
• Moves through €20 million in European Tour Official Career Earnings.His ninth top five finish and tenth top ten finish of the season, the most of any player this season in both of these categories.
• Gains his 16th win as a professional and his first of 2014.
• Becomes the 25th European Tour win of the 2014 season by a former Challenge Tour player. They are: Morten Ørum Madsen (South African Open Championship hosted by the City of Ekurhuleni), Thomas Bjørn (Nedbank Golf Challenge), Louis Oosthuizen (Volvo Golf Champions), Pablo Larrazábal (Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship), Stephen Gallacher (Omega Dubai Desert Classic), Ross Fisher (Tshwane Open), Marco Crespi (NH Collection Open), Alexander Levy (Volvo China Open and Portugal Masters), Felipe Aguilar (The Championship at Laguna National), Daniel Brooks (Madeira Islands Open – Portugal – BPI), Mikael Lundberg (Lyoness Open powered by Greenfinity), Martin Kaymer (US Open Championship), Fabrizio Zanotti (BMW International Open), Justin Rose (Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open), David Horsey (M2M Russian Open), Marc Warren (Made in Denmark), Jamie Donaldson (D+D Real Czech Masters), Hennie Otto (71° OPEN D’ITALIA Presented by DAMIANI), Joost Luiten (ISPS Handa Wales Open), Oliver Wilson (Alfred Dunhill Links Championship), Thorbjørn Olesen (ISPS HANDA Perth International), Marcel Siem (BMW Masters) and Brooks Koepka (Turkish Airlines Open by the Ministry of Youth and Sports) and Henrik Stenson (DP World Tour Championship, Dubai).
• And he becomes the 354th European Tour victory by a former Challenge Tour player