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Tue 04 Apr 2007Stenson is the European most likelyPhilip Reidlooks at the chances of Henrik Stenson becoming the first European to win a major since 1999.This time, there's no dipping under the radar for Henrik Stenson. Like it or not, and he probably enjoys it all, the Swede is seen as "the European most likely". A year on since he missed the cut here at Augusta National on his debut appearance, Stenson, newly married to his childhood sweetheart, Emma Lofgren - and with a child on the way - carries the burden of great expectations.