HENRIK STENSON ended his 2013 season in style last Sunday by winning the season-long European Tour Race to Dubai following a commanding six-shot victory over Ian Poulter at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.  The 37-year-old Swede had already wrapped up the 2013 FedEx Cup on the PGA Tour and he clinched the double after carding a flawless closing 64 to finish the event on a tournament record 24-under, capping things off in style with a sensational tap-in eagle at the par-five last.

Stenson, who becomes the first player in history to win the Race to Dubai and FedEx Cup, hailed 2013 as a ‘dream season’.

“It has been an incredible summer for me, the (autumn) in America was great and now this,” said Stenson, who was also second in the Open and third in the PGA Championship.

“It has been a dream season. I played so well this week. I knew the guys would try to catch me, especially Ian who never gives up. I wanted to stay ahead of him and I managed to do that.

“I don’t know how I am going to be able to top this next year but I am going to give my best in the Majors and that (becoming the first male Swedish player to win one) would be the icing on the cake.” Throughout the tournament Stenson oozed class, no doubt his distance control and quality ball striking paved the way for another breath taking performance. From a local perspective it was nice to see McIlroy playing well. Despite starting bogey-bogey he proceeded to play the remaining 16 holes in seven under. More importantly Rory seemed to have better control of his swing, especially his shorter irons-back him to win before the end of the year.

European Tour-South African Open kick starts 2014 season Glendower Golf Club makes its return to the South African Open rota this week, the first time the Gauteng course has hosted the event since Vijay Singh won the title in 1997.

Much has changed since then, with the course undergoing serious renovations in 2008. Given the 16-year gap and said changes, which include a complete overhaul of all bunkers and greens, the only worthwhile course form we have comes courtesy of the BMG Classic, a regular Sunshine Tour event.

South Africa’s highest-ranked golfer, Charl Schwartzel starts as a warm favorite this week and rightly so as the field is quite weak due to a clash with the World Cup of Golf. For a bit of each way value Retief Gosen at 50/1 seems a better proposition.

World Cup of Golf in Melbourne As an outside bet in this week’s World Cup, Denmark represented by Thomas Bjorn and Thorbjorn Olesen may both prove decent value at 16/1. Both players are playing well at the moment and could easily upset some of the bigger nations.

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