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DP WORLD TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP, DUBAINovember 23, 2014Henrik StensonDUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Q. Your first win ever the year, first ever successful defense of a title, how special that it comes here at the DP World Tour Championship? HENRIK STENSON: It feels great. I'm exhausted to say the least. Again, it was hot out there, and it was a tricky day. On the back nine the wind picked up and I didn't play my best, and I had a shocking hole on 11 and that kind of put me back. I didn't give up. I was hanging in there and made a couple important par putts on 12 and 16 I would say. That kind of kept me in the ballgame and hit it to a foot on 17, and had a one‑shot cushion up the last there and hit a lovely pitching wedge that secured it. Very pleased with that. Q. There's always a turning point; it came at 17. Talk us through that tee shot. HENRIK STENSON: I think what potentially was the par putt from 12 feet on 12, to hang in there after just made double on 11; then on 17, it was good numbers for a 5‑iron and I hit a nice shot pretty much straight at it coming in off the left and released up to a foot. It's a tough pin. Rafa hit a pretty good shot just a hair left and his turns around and goes back down in the drink and make five. That was tough for him and lucky for me there to get away with a birdie. Left me a little bit easier up on 18. Q. You mentioned the tiredness. Two behind with six to go, how deep did you have to dig? HENRIK STENSON: Just had to hang in there and wait for something to happen and it did luckily enough. I've had a couple close calls this year to get my win and it wasn't to be earlier. Match‑Play final, I lost out to Mikko and I was in a four‑man playoff in Germany and so on. So it's been close a couple of times. Eventually you get something if you stick around, and I surely did that today so I'm very pleased with that. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports |
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