Henrik Stenson opens up on Ryder Cup sacking: "That's my disappointment"

Henrik Stenson has revealed one of his biggest disappointments over being stripped of the European Ryder Cup captaincy. 

Stenson became persona non grata when he bolted to LIV Golf last July for a fee said to be in the region of $40m. 

The Swede claimed victory on his debut then took aim at the European chiefs who decided he was not worthy of the honour. 

"I think we can all agree I played like a captain today," said Stenson in Bedminster. 

Fast-forward to July 2023 and the main golf organisations have, at least temporarily, agreed to all be friends. 

The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf's backers, the PIF, aannounced on 6 June a vague 'framework agreement'. 

It was an announcement that Stenson admitted to the New York Post he's 'sitting tight over'. 

| Henrik Stenson says he isn't dwelling on what has transpired over the last 12 months when asked if he should or shouldn't have been treated like 'an outcast' amid the PGA Tour/PIF deal. pic.twitter.com/vb5KkF59AC

— GolfMagic (@GolfMagic) July 5, 2023

But there is of course the element of hypocrisy that Stenson is all too aware of. "I wouldn't call it vindication," Lee Westwood told reporters at Centurion Club a few weeks ago. 

To this writer his face told a different story. As did Stenson's. 

"Well, that's nice to hear," Stenson told one reporter who suggested he shouldn't have been treated like an outcast all along. "Thanks for the support." 

Now Stenson has opened up a bit about what happened after playing the 2023 Open at Royal Liverpool. 

"I'm just disappointed that with everything that came out, because there was a big willingness on my part to sit down and talk long before this thing got to where it got to," Stenson told the Post after tying for 13th at Hoylake, adding:

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