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Henrik Stenson stripped of Ryder Cup captaincy after defecting to Saudis' LIV rebel series

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Henrik Stenson has been stripped of his Ryder Cup captaincy after becoming the latest capture for the Saudi rebel circuit. The 46-year-old's dramatic U-turn sends shockwaves throughout the sport and is a huge coup for the LIV Golf Series.

Stenson, the 2016 Open champion and former world No 2, is now down in 171st in the rankings, without a title in almost three years and his best days are clearly in the past.

But his move to the Greg Norman enterprise shows that LIV has the ammunition to convince players to join even from seemingly the most unreachable of places.

It is understood that his signing-on fee will be near the £40 million mark and that he is primed to appear in next week’s third £20m LIV event in New Jersey.

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Henrik Stenson’s decision last week to sign up with the Saudi rebel circuit and so all but force Ryder Cup Europe to strip him of the captaincy was hugely controversial. Yet nobody can deny it was also outrageously lucrative, with a remarkably quick yield.

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