Tour Championship winner Henrik Stenson believes his victory in Atlanta was just reward for his tenacious approach to the game.
Henrik Stenson: Tour Champion
The 37-year-old Swede has endured shocking spells of form during his career which saw him slip down the world rankings, but has climbed up to fourth following Sunday's win.
"This shows that I never give up," he commented.
"It's been a lot of hard work and a couple of changes. I went back to my old sports psychologist last summer and put more of a long-term plan in place for all the different areas of the game.
"It's been some good work there that's starting to pay off big time. It wasn't like you wake up in the middle of July and you start playing fantastic. I put the work in during the spring.
"Since the Scottish Open, it's just been an incredible run (two victories, a runner-up finish at the British Open and third place at the PGA Championship).
"It just shows one should never give up and always keep on trying harder.
"I managed to come back out of some bad slumps twice and that just shows that if you always hang in there and try your best, good things will come your way eventually.
"It hasn't quite sunk in yet. I had to fight hard mentally to keep all this aside and go out there and do my job and I managed to do that. This is going to feel better and better as the week moves on, I am pretty sure about that."
The Swede will take a break from the game for four weeks before competing for the European Tour's money list title in Dubai next month.
"That's obviously next on the horizon," he continued.
"Thankfully, I've got a whole month now where I can rest and enjoy this incredible run that I've had.
"Then I have some time to get some good practice before I head out to the BMW tournament in Shanghai on the 19th of October. I'm in a great position for winning the money title in Europe.
"Again, it's going to take some good play, but I'm going to try my hardest to accomplish that."
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