Henrik Stenson previewed this year's Open Championship on Tuesday.

SOUNDBITE: (English) Henrik Stenson, Sweden:

(On his playing partners for the first two days)

"Yeah, it will be good. It's a nice grouping for me. I've got Adam (Scott) and Zach (Johnson), right, so I've played a lot of golf with both of them. So it is always an honour to be out with the defending champion."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Henrik Stenson, Sweden:

(On the Royal Troon course)

"I think it's a course that definitely can fit if I play well, which I have to at any golf tournament, never mind the majors. You've got to play some really solid golf to be up there. Given how difficult the back nine can play, I think it's something that suits me pretty good."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Henrik Stenson, Sweden:

(On the "postage stamp" hole)

"Anyone who wants to see potential train wrecks, if it's blowing hard into off the left, that would be the place to sit in that left-hand grandstand and see a player struggle with that right-hand bunker. I believe it's one of them great little par three's. On the scorecard it doesn't look much, but when the wind is blowing and you've got to be precise with a 7, 8, 9-iron, something like that, into the wind there, it's quite tricky. I'm going to take a pretty conservative approach to that hole."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Henrik Stenson, Sweden:

(On golf at the Olympics)

"Well, I think any golf tournament, I mean, we play around the world. You always enjoy playing against the best, so of course you would have liked to see as many as possible at the Games in Rio, but we've all got different views on Zika virus and scheduling and whatnot, and we're all free to decide on our schedules. So it is what it is. I'm just happy to be part of it. It's going to be quite an experience, I think. And I hope I can perform well, and hopefully get one of the medals, and hopefully the best one to bring home. I think it would be pretty cool to have that next to some of the other nice trophies I've managed to win."