SPRINGFIELD, N.J. _ They don't let you walk about with an inflated ego in New Jersey. Just ask Henrik Stenson.
The Swedish winner of the British Open two weeks ago played a PGA Championship practice round on Tuesday at Baltusrol Golf Club. On the fourth hole he left a long putt well short of the cup.
This is the man who poured in roll after roll in shooting 63 on Sunday at Royal Troon.
Stenson, 40, can't be flustered these days _ not after securing his first major win with a phenomenal performance that saw him capture the British Open at 17 under par.
"I want to keep on," Stenson said. "I think golf is a game where you're never going to be finished. You're never going to get to the point where you're maxed out in your ability or how you're playing. ... I got a little perfectionist in there that's always been pushing me forward and that can both make me and break me at times."
It's been a hectic two weeks for Stenson. He played in a Sergio Garcia charity event in Switzerland immediately after the Open, and then went home to Sweden and massive requests for his time.
He also has already spent a lot of quality time with the Claret Jug _ drinking out of it being the primary activity.
"It was champagne, and it was champagne, and it was champagne," he said to laughter.
Among his favorite drinking partners was a Swedish veteran golf broadcaster, Goran Zachrisson.
"He was in tears, I believe, when I walked up the 18th, and he thought he'd never see the day, I guess," Stenson said.
"I have it for a year, so there might be a few more sips."
