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2020 Bermuda Championship: Top 10 power rankings at Port Royal

By Mike Randleman

SOUTHAMPTON, BERMUDA - NOVEMBER 03: The trophy sits between the first and 10th tees during the final round of the Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course on November 03, 2019 in Southampton, Bermuda. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
SOUTHAMPTON, BERMUDA - NOVEMBER 03: The trophy sits between the first and 10th tees during the final round of the Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course on November 03, 2019 in Southampton, Bermuda. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) /
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Sep 17, 2020; Mamaroneck, New York, USA; Henrik Stenson plays his shot from the second tee during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Winged Foot Golf Club – West. Mandatory Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 17, 2020; Mamaroneck, New York, USA; Henrik Stenson plays his shot from the second tee during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Winged Foot Golf Club – West. Mandatory Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports /

It’s been pretty quiet from Henrik Stenson in recent years. Does the Ice Man have one more push left in his career?

I still think so.

He’s fallen outside the top 50 in the world rankings in part because he’s playing a lighter schedule these days. This week will be just his 10th worldwide start of 2020 and just his seventh on the PGA Tour.

Stenson missed the cut in his last start at the Sanderson Farms Championship, but he was T-21st prior at the Sanderson Farms Championship. He posted four more top-50s and won in December 2019 at the Hero World Challenge.

A lack of distance at many of the PGA Tour’s longer courses has harmed Stenson. He’s plenty long with his trusty 3-wood, but that still leaves him behind the bombers who aren’t afraid to pull driver.

A shorter course like Port Royal is right up his alley. He’s still a premier iron player as we saw when he led the Tour in strokes gained approach (1.149) in 2018-19.

In case you forgot that Stenson is a major champion, he reminded us in the coolest way possible. He pulled off the “Dreams” TikTok-inspired challenge by recording himself taking a sip out of the Claret Jug he won in 2016. That’s just a tad classier than a bottle of Ocean Spray.

I see Stenson hitting a boatload of greens this week to contend for the triangle trophy that could go right next to the jug on his mantle.

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