Former LIV Golfer Henrik Stenson To Make DP World Tour Co-Sanctioned Appearance At Senior Event

The former Majesticks GC co-captain will play at the Barbados Legends on the over-50s circuit, the Staysure Legends Tour

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Henrik Stenson will make his Staysure Legends Tour debut at the end of April
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Since being relegated from LIV Golf last August, Henrik Stenson has not played a professional tournament.

Stenson will appear thanks to his status as a past champion of The Open, which he won in 2016. The event takes place at Apes Hill between April 24th and 26th, just a week after Stenson makes his senior Major debut in the Senior PGA Championship at Bradenton in Florida.

Stenson finished 49th in the LIV Golf Individual Championship at the end of the 2025 season, drawing a line under his LIV Golf career after four seasons with the circuit.

That spell wasn’t without controversy, with the Swede stripped of his Ryder Cup captaincy after joining LIV Golf, while he resigned from the DP World Tour in May 2023.

However, in 2025, it was confirmed that Stenson was rejoining the DP World Tour, which, like the Staysure Legends Tour, is part of the European Tour Group.

He also paid all his outstanding fines due to the DP World Tour for playing in LIV Golf tournaments without conflicting event releases.

Henrik Stenson with The Open trophy

Henrik Stenson won The Open in 2016

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Stenson becomes eligible for the Staysure Legends Tour on 5th April when he celebrates his 50th birthday.

Meanwhile, more appearances are in the offing. Stenson remains eligible for The Open courtesy of his win in the tournament a decade ago, while he confirmed to Svensk Golf in November that he intends to play in the Senior Open at Gleneagles in July.

He also revealed that he would play at least one DP World Tour this season to meet the membership requirements as a player over 50.

The Barbados Legends, which is hosted by 1991 Masters champion Ian Woosnam, also features the Welshman in the field. Other Major winners who will compete include 2005 US Open champion Michael Campbell and 1999 Open champion Paul Lawrie.

Among the other notable names in the field are defending champion Scott Hend, four-time DP World Tour winner Stephen Gallacher and Darren Fichardt, who has five wins on the circuit.

Mike Hall
Mike Hall
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Mike has over 25 years of experience in journalism, including writing on a range of sports throughout that time, such as golf, football and cricket. Now a freelance staff writer for Golf Monthly, he is dedicated to covering the game's most newsworthy stories. 


He has written hundreds of articles on the game, from features offering insights into how members of the public can play some of the world's most revered courses, to breaking news stories affecting everything from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf to developmental Tours and the amateur game. 


Mike grew up in East Yorkshire and began his career in journalism in 1997. He then moved to London in 2003 as his career flourished, and nowadays resides in New Brunswick, Canada, where he and his wife raise their young family less than a mile from his local course. 


Kevin Cook’s acclaimed 2007 biography, Tommy’s Honour, about golf’s founding father and son, remains one of his all-time favourite sports books.

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