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NEWS

“It took a little time
to sink in when I won
the FedEx, and it
just kept on feeling
better and better as
time went on”
Championship (and the $11m FedEx
Cup), 34th in the BMW Masters, 31st
in the WGC HSBC Champions, seventh
in the Turkish Open and winner of the
Dubai World Championship.
He should have been exhausted when
he flew into Dubai and was nursing
a wrist injury that, under any other
circumstances, would have seen him
withdraw from the Dubai World
Championship.
Instead, he was inspired by the possibility
of becoming the first man ever to win
the FedEx Cup and Race to Dubai in the
same season. With Ian Poulter breathing
down his neck, Stenson opened with
scores of 68, 64 and 67 to go into the
final round one shot ahead of Victor
Dubuisson. He couldn't go on and win
the tournament, could he?
Had Poulter, who started the day four
behind his rival, been offered a final
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round of 66, the chances are that he
would have jumped at it. And that is what
he scored.
But not only was it not good enough,
he finished the day even further behind
Stenson than he had been at the start. The
Swede, in complete control of his game,
had three birdies in the first five holes
and finished with a stunning eagle three
for a round of 64 and a six-stroke victory.
Stenson and Poulter had struck a wager
before the Final Series began. Stenson
gave Poulter odds of 10/1 that he could
not catch him and win the Race To
Dubai. Poulter wagered $1,000, and did
everything he could to catch Stenson.
The Swede's victory means that he
becomes the first man to win the FedEx
Trophy and the Race To Dubai. Having
lost a huge portion of his savings to Allen
Stanford, the conman now serving 110
years in jail, his winnings this season
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