{"id":392697,"date":"2026-09-07T09:08:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T09:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/392697\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T09:08:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T09:08:21","slug":"karl-stenson-son-of-henrik-commits-to-play-college-golf-at-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/392697\/","title":{"rendered":"Karl Stenson, son of Henrik, commits to play college golf at Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sept. 6, 2026, 11:30 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Another son of a European <a data-autotag=\"39bc4bbc-7421-4898-81c2-d3cb2a33c9f3\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/golf\/pga\/ryder-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Ryder Cup<\/a> stalwart has committed to play college golf at the University of <a data-autotag=\"5f17983d-3ab8-4b35-9954-23714ad248dd\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/florida-gators\/3472\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Karl Stenson, the son of 2016 Champion Golfer of the Year Henrik Stenson, announced Saturday he was committing to Florida. Stenson, who is a junior in high school, will be a part of the Gators&#8217; 2028 signing class.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;I want to sincerely thank Head Coach J.C. Deacon and Associate Head Coach Dudley Hart for the opportunity, trust, and belief they have shown in me throughout this process,&#8221; Stenson said in a post on Instagram. &#8220;I\u2019m incredibly excited to join the Gator family, compete at the highest level, and represent the University of Florida on and off the course.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;And to my parents, thank you for believing in me, supporting every step of this journey, and helping me reach this point.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em_ig_bl\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dc4PVJUpLDd\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;stkn=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" aria-label=\"view Instagram post: \"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Stenson will follow in the steps of Luke Poulter, the son of Ian Poulter, who is a senior at Florida this season. Poulter is also ranked in the top 10 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking and a member of the Great Britain &amp; Ireland Walker Cup team for the second straight year.<\/p>\n<p>Explore how to live where you love to play <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (golf-re)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"http:\/\/golfweek.usatoday.com\/golflife\/real-estate\/\">Access community guides, golf real estate insights, trusted agent connections, and content built for passionate golfers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Stenson, a rising junior at Circle Christian School in Orlando, Florida, is No. 118 in The Universal Golf Ranking and 15th in the Class of 2028.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788772101_385_76309108007-87-778468792.jpeg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"http:\/\/golfweek.usatoday.com\/staff\/6040595002\/cameron-jourdan\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cameron Jourdan<\/a>\u00a0is an assistant editor of Golfweek, covering college and amateur golf, the PGA Tour and plenty more. Follow Cameron on X\/Twitter (@Cam_Jourdan) or Instagram (@GolfweekJourdan).<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sept. 6, 2026, 11:30 a.m. ET Another son of a European Ryder Cup stalwart has committed to play&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[31,28,30,29,145476,19645,4839,299,97,39,4815,2209,19646,19720,96,152123,4818,4821,300,80,34],"class_list":["post-392697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-accessfree","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-sourcegolfweek","tag-sstssportsgolfcollege","tag-sstsncollege","tag-tagcollege-sports","tag-tagcolleges-universities","tag-tagflorida","tag-tagflorida-gators-football","tag-taggolf","tag-taggolfweek-college-golf","tag-taginstagram","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagryder-cup","tag-tagsec-conference-football","tag-tagsec-hub","tag-tagsports-news","tag-taguniversity-of-florida","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}