Vincent Norrman

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Vincent Norrman
Personal information
Full nameVincent Oliver Norrman
NicknameThe Candy Man
Born (1997-12-24) 24 December 1997 (age 26)
European Tour
Former tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
Nordic Golf League
Professional wins2
Highest ranking71 (10 December 2023)[1]
(as of 21 April 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
European Tour2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 2023
The Open ChampionshipDNP

Vincent Oliver Norrman (born 24 December 1997) is a Swedish

Horizon Irish Open. As an amateur, he was part of the Swedish team winning the 2019 European Amateur Team Championship
.

Early life

Norrman was born on Christmas Eve and grew up in

Amateur career

He played on the Georgia Southwestern State Hurricanes golf team from 2016 to 2020 and for Florida State Seminoles in 2021, where he was named the Peach Belt Conference Men's Golf Player of the Year.[3][4]

Norrman was part of the Swedish team winning the 2019 European Amateur Team Championship on home soil at Ljunghusen Golf Club in Sweden.[5] The year after, he was again part of the Swedish team, this time at a reduced European Amateur Team Championship, with only four players in each team. Team Sweden earned the silver medal after losing in the final 2–1 against Germany, despite Norrman winning his match. On both occasions, Norrman finished tied seventh in the individual competition.[6][7][8]

He was part of the winning International Team at the 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup held at Bay Hill Club, Florida, moved from July to December due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

His last tournament as an amateur was the first edition of the European Tour event

Scandinavian Mixed, played at Vallda Golf & Country Club
in Sweden, where he finished tied 12th among the men.

Norrman's highest World Amateur Golf Ranking was 4th.[4]

Professional career

Norrman turned professional in June 2021, became an affiliate member of the

Cazoo Open at the Celtic Manor Resort, Wales, Norrman tied the first round lead with a 7-under-par score of 64[12]
and finished the tournament tied 10th.

In November 2021, he finished tied second at the

In August 2022, he qualified for the 2022–23 PGA Tour season by finishing 23rd on the Korn Ferry Tour regular-season points list.[15]

In July 2023, Norrman claimed his first professional win by winning the

Horizon Irish Open, shooting a final-round 65 to win by one shot over Hurly Long for his second European Tour victory. Norrman was six shots from the lead after the third round and had to wait two hours after his final round until his win was decided.[17]

Personal life

Norrman is in a relationship with Swedish

LPGA Tour player Frida Kinhult, who is the sister of professional golfer Marcus Kinhult.[18]

Norrman has been nicknamed "The Candy Man" as he worked in a sweet shop during his high school years in Sweden.[19][20]

Amateur wins

  • 2018 Hurricane Invitational
  • 2019 Hurricane Invitational, Aflac-Cougar Invitational, NSU Shark Invitational, Queens University Invitational (tied with Leo Johansson)
  • 2020 Newberry College Invitational, Southeastern Collegiate
  • 2021 Timuquana Collegiate

Source:[4]

Professional wins (2)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 16 Jul 2023 Barbasol Championship1 −22 (66-67-67-66=266) Playoff England Nathan Kimsey

1Co-sanctioned by the

European Tour

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2023 Barbasol Championship England Nathan Kimsey Won with par on first extra hole

European Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 16 Jul 2023 Barbasol Championship1 −22 (66-67-67-66=266) Playoff England Nathan Kimsey
2 10 Sep 2023
Horizon Irish Open
−14 (68-71-70-65=274) 1 stroke Germany Hurly Long

1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2023 Barbasol Championship England Nathan Kimsey Won with par on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 2023
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur

Sources:[21][22][8]

See also

References

  1. OWGR
    . Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Vincent Norrman Player Profile". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Vincent Norrman Player Profile". Florida State Seminoles. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Vincent Norrman". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Sweden, France, and Denmark claim 2019 European Team Championship Titles". European Golf Association. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Germany To Face Sweden In The Final Of The 2020 European Amateur Team Championship". European Golf Association. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Germany Wins The European Amateur Team Championship For The First Time". European Golf Association. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  8. ^ a b "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 2020 - Hilversumsche Golf Club, Netherlands". European Golf Association. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  9. ^ Jackson, Keith (26 June 2021). "Vincent Norrman celebrates first event as a professional with hole-in-one albatross at BMW International Open". Sky Sports. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Norrman makes stunning albatross ace in Germany". European Tour. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Vincent Norrman". Official World Golf Ranking. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Norrman and Elvira share lead in Wales". European Tour. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Meet The 40: Zack Fischer wins Final Stage as guaranteed starts are awarded". PGA Tour. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  14. ^ "University of Georgia alum Davis Thompson earns first Korn Ferry Tour title at REX Hospital Open". PGA Tour. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  15. ^ "Korn Ferry Tour Regular Season Points List". PGA Tour. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  16. ^ Kelly, Todd (16 July 2023). "Vincent Norrman wins 2023 Barbasol Championship for first PGA Tour win". Golfweek. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  17. ^ "Vincent Norrman captures Irish Open to give Sweden second straight winner". ESPN. Associated Press. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  18. ^ PGA Tour [@pgatour] (16 July 2023). "@VincentNorrman celebrates with girlfriend @FridaKinhult, an @LPGA_Tour player and former No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking". Retrieved 17 July 2023 – via Instagram.
  19. ^ Korn Ferry Tour (8 November 2021). "Vincent Norrman's crisp iron play leads to birdie at Final Stage". Retrieved 11 September 2023 – via Facebook.
  20. ^ Cradock, Matt (10 September 2023). "10 Things You Didn't Know About Vincent Norrman". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 11 September 2023. Previously, he worked in a candy store during high school and states: "I made the best ice cream, waffles, and sold candy…
  21. ^ "Vincent Norrman". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  22. ^ "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 2019 - Ljunghusen GC, Sweden". European Golf Association. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

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