BREAKING: Henrik Stenson WDs From Final Two European Tour Events, Is Not Actually A Superhero
- Updated: November 6, 2017
Telegraph Sport — Henrik Stenson hinted on Sunday that the promotion at the recent WGC-HSBC Champions was the cause of the complaint which requires an MRI scan and has forced him to skip the final fortnight of the 2017 campaign. And sources confirmed to Telegraph Sport that not only was the Shanghai caper to blame but that Stenson is annoyed about being persuaded to do it in the first place. It is understood that other high-profile golfers refused to participate in the escapade which also featured world No 1 Dustin Johnson hanging from the ceiling in a harness.
When quizzed how he sustained the injury, Stenson remained vague but said: “I’m no superman even though certain people thought I was superman. If you saw the promotion in Shanghai, you know what I mean.” Stenson has withdrawn from this week’s Nedbank Challenge in Sun City, as well as the DP World Tour Championship.
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Unfreakin’ believable! The Stensonator is on the shelf the rest of the year because of a goddamn PROMOTIONAL photo shoot! The man who can bend steel shafts by simply staring at them now has to miss the final two events of the European Tour’s Race to Dubai because of a rib injury presumably from being hoisted into the air for a stunt that he didn’t want to partake in. Seriously. Whoever OK’d this at HSBC is in big, BIG trouble.
While the promo pictures at the event have been a long-standing tradition of absurdity – and this year was no different – you can’t put players safety at risk. Plain and simple. They’re golfers, not stuntmen. Generating buzz is one thing … taking millions of dollars out of somebody’s pocket is another.
DJ should count his blessings he was injured either. That guy can’t even walk down the stairs without slipping and falling.
While we’re on the subject of these photo shoots, here are a few gems from over the years … you’re welcome:
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