Golf-Mutual of Omaha ends sponsorship of Stenson after joining LIV Golf

Mutual of Omaha has ended its sponsorship of Henrik Stenson, the American company said Wednesday

a week after the Swede joined the lucrative LIV Golf Invitational Series.

Stenson, who won the 2016 British Open with a record score, was stripped of his captaincy of Team Europe at the Ryder Cup last week,

hours before he announced his decision to join a breakaway league backed by Saudi Arabia.

hours before he announced his decision to join a breakaway league backed by Saudi Arabia.

Competing with a Mutual of Omaha cap, Stenson was also the company's golf ambassador at the Open earlier this month.

" Both Omaha and Henrik Stenson are mutually decided to end their sponsorship relationship effective immediately,"