His best finish on the PGA TOUR in 2013 is T17th at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship.
height5-11
weight165
birthDateJuly 12, 1982
age30
birthPlaceStockholm, Sweden
residenceMonaco
familySingle
educationOklahoma State (2005, Business Marketing)
splInterestSoccer, cars
pronunciationNOR-en
trndProYear2005
clubAfflHaninge GC (Stockholm, Sweden)
cityPlaysFrmSweden; ;
combTourMoney.
exmtStatusFully Exempt: # Nearest 50 - 34th Web.com Tour qualifier at 2012 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament
exmtStatusNone/International Player
intlVics(4): 2006 Rolex Trophy [EurChall]. 2009 Omega European Masters [Eur]. 2011 Saab Wales Open [Eur], Nordea Masters [Eur].
curYearHighRecorded the first top-10 of the season with a T4 at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. Shot middle rounds of 67-66 but could only shoot a 1-under 71 in the final round at Doha GC...In March, came up with three under-par rounds at the Maybank Malaysian Open to finish T6...Took the 54-hole lead at the Ballantine's Championship in April in South Korea. Opened with rounds of 71-67-69 at the Blackstone Resort but struggled on the final day, shooting a closing, 3-over 74 to T6.
carHigh2012: His 9-under 63 in the third round of the Volvo China Open was the low round of the tournament and helped lead him to a T6 in Tianjin in April...The following week, he was T7 at the Ballantine's Championship in South Korea...Opened with rounds of 66-66 at the Scottish Open then finished with a pair of 70s at Castle Stuart GL to T3, a stroke out of a playoff...Posted his first top-10 finish in his seventh major championship start, a T9 finish at the British Open...Contended at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in early October. Was solo third, four strokes behind winner Branden Grace...At the end of October in Shanghai, at the BMW Masters, was T6 after shooting four rounds in the 60s at Lake Malaren GC.
2011: Had five European Tour top 10s to his credit, with his second and third career victories among them...Shot a final-round 70 at the Wales Open, which was enough for a two-stroke victory over Gregory Bourdy at the Celtic Manor Resort. Was tied for the lead after the first round, took sole possession of the lead at the halfway point and never trailed again. Turned around the next day and played in the 36-hole U.S. Open qualifier at Walton Heath GC, where he qualified by finishing T6...Entered the final round of the Maybank Malaysian tied for the lead with Matteo Manassero. Shot a Sunday 71 to drop to a T4 in an event Manassero won...Added top 10s at the Ballantine's Championship (T5) and the Volvo Golf Championship (T8)...His second win of the campaign came in convincing fashion in Stockholm, Sweden, at the Nordea Masters. He was tied for the lead after the first round, moved to a three-stroke lead through 36 holes and was 11 ahead of his closest competitor, Bubba Watson, after three rounds. Despite shooting a final-round 77, he still won by seven strokes over Richard Finch at Bro Hof Slott GC. 2010: Qualified for the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship and the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational. Was T33 at Accenture, losing 7 and 6 to Geoff Ogilvy. Was T53 at Bridgestone. Had a pair of top-10 finishes, a T3 at the Austrian Open and a T8 at the Volvo China Open. 2009: Claimed his first European Tour victory, at the Omega European Masters in Switzerland in September, beating Bradley Dredge by two strokes. 2008: Made his first PGA TOUR start, a T19 at the British Open. 2006: After eight years competing for the Swedish national team as an amateur, turned pro in 2005, placing third on the 2006 European Challenge Tour before his rookie season on the European Tour in 2007. In his 10 European Challenge Tour starts, he never finished outside the top seven, counting his first professional victory among those performances—at the Rolex Trophy.
personalPlayed collegiately at Oklahoma State, where he started as a freshman and was a two-time All-American selection. Teammates included Hunter Mahan and Pablo Martin. Grew up playing all sports before his attention focused on golf at age 8...Made first hole-in-one at age 12...If he weren't a golfer would want to be a F1 driver...Favorite website is youtube.com...Twitter account is @alex_noren.
ntlTeamsWorld Cup (1), 2011; Seve Trophy (1), 2011.