8. Stenson’s major win after losing millions
Henrik Stenson reached No. 8 in the World in 2009, a year in which he won the Players Championship. Then Stenson lost millions after investing with Allen Stanford of Stanford Financial in what turned out to be a $7 billion Ponzi scheme and led to Stanford’s conviction in 2012 and a sentence of more than 100 years. Stenson fell to 230th in the world before winning the SA Open in 2012. He won three times in 2013, including the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup. He became world No. 2 in 2014. In 2016, he won his lone major at the British Open.