AVONDALE, La. – Henrik Stenson and Graeme McDowell have never paired in a team event together. They were teammates at two Ryder Cups, in 2008 and 2016, but always teamed with someone else. Same goes for the Zurich Classic, which they both played last year, just with different partners.
But make no mistake, they know each other and each other’s games well.
“We hit a lot of balls together,” said McDowell, who lives in the same community as Stenson in Lake Nona, Fla. “We share a coach with Pete Cowan, we share the back of the range at Lake Nona, so we see each other a lot.