Henrik Norlander

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Henrik Norlander
Personal information
Full nameHenrik Anders Norlander
Born (1987-03-25) 25 March 1987 (age 37)
Danderyd, Sweden
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight210 lb (95 kg; 15 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Residence Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
SpouseJulie Anderson
Career
College Augusta State University
Turned professional2011
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
Challenge Tour
eGolf Professional Tour
Professional wins3
Highest ranking 96 (14 February 2021) [1]
(as of 3 November 2024)
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour2
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2014
The Open Championship DNP

Henrik Anders Norlander (born 25 March 1987) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

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Early life

Norlander was born and grew up in Danderyd, outside Stockholm, Sweden, and is son of lawyer Anders Norlander. He played both tennis and golf in his youth, but finally preferred golf. [2] His competitive career began at Fågelbro Golf & Country Club, but he later came to represent Djursholm Golf Club.

In 2002, Norlander finished second to David Lingmerth, who also came to be a PGA Tour player, at his age level category (15) at the unofficial Swedish Youth Championship, Bankboken Cup, at Falun-Borlänge Golf Club. [3] The year after, he won the 16-years-old category. [4]

Amateur career

Norlander was part of the Swedish teams at the European Boys' Team Championship once and the European Amateur Team Championship three times. [5] He also represented Sweden at the Eisenhower Trophy in 2008 in Adelaide, Australia, earning a bronze medal, and 2010 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

He played college golf in the United States at Augusta State University in Augusta, Georgia. He helped lead his team to the 2010 NCAA Division I Championship. After graduating in June 2011, he turned professional. [6]

Norlander's best ranking on the World Amateur Golf Ranking was 10th. [7]

Professional career

Norlander played on the Challenge Tour in 2011, making three cuts in eight events with a best finish of T-19 at the Norwegian Challenge.

By finishing T-22 at the 2012 PGA Tour Qualifying School, he earned his PGA Tour card for 2013. On the PGA Tour in 2013, Norlander made 13 cuts in 22 events with a best finish of T-15 at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

Norlander played the Web.com Tour in 2014 and 2015, winning his first professional tournament at the 2015 Hotel Fitness Championship. [8] He finished third in the 2015 Web.com Finals (excluding regular season top 25), [9] to earn a place on the 2016 PGA Tour, where his best finish was a tie for 25th at the Travelers Championship. He had a chance to keep his PGA Tour card at the Web.com Tour Finals, but when Hurricane Matthew got the Tour Championship cancelled, he was $788 short. [10]

Norlander was competing on a sponsor's exemption when he found himself in a five-man playoff at the RSM Classic in November 2016. Darkness fell on Sunday after two playoff holes and when play resumed Monday morning he lost to rookie Mackenzie Hughes of Canada, who holed an 18-footer from off the green. [10]

He won the 2019 Wichita Open on the Korn Ferry Tour, after a five-man playoff, and finished the season 11th on the 2019 tour standings, to qualify to the 2020 PGA Tour.

He finished tied 5th at the 2019 (2019–2020 season) RSM Classic, his second career top-five on the PGA Tour, both coming at this same event. After five made cuts in a row in June and July 2020, including a tied 6th place at the 2020 Memorial Tournament, Norlander advanced to 57th on the FedEx Cup ranking, for a sure spot in the 2020 FedEx Cup Playoffs. At the same time, he reached a career best 141st on the Official World Golf Ranking.

By finishing tied second at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, San Diego, California, 31 January 2021, Norlander matched his best finish on the PGA Tour. After finishing in the top-30 four weeks in a row on the 2021 PGA Tour, Norlander advanced to a career best 96th on the Official World Golf Ranking on 14 February 2021.

Private life

Norlander is married to Julie Anderson, a native of Augusta, Georgia, where the couple resides. [2] Norlander is a member of Augusta Country Club.

Amateur wins

Source: [11]

Professional wins (3)

Korn Ferry Tour wins (2)

Legend
Finals events (1)
Other Korn Ferry Tour (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
131 Aug 2015 Hotel Fitness Championship −19 (69-69-69-62=269)3 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Dong-hwan, Flag of the United States.svg Michael Thompson
224 Jun 2019 Wichita Open −15 (63-68-68-66=265)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Bigley, Flag of Denmark.svg Sebastian Cappelen,
Flag of the United States.svg Erik Compton, Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Dougherty

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2019 Wichita Open Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Bigley, Flag of Denmark.svg Sebastian Cappelen,
Flag of the United States.svg Erik Compton, Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Dougherty 		Won with par on third extra hole
Cappelen, Compton and Dougherty eliminated by birdie on first hole

eGolf Professional Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
128 Sep 2012 Olde Sycamore Open−16 (69-65-66=200)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Gator Todd

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2016 RSM Classic Flag of the United States.svg Blayne Barber, Flag of the United States.svg Billy Horschel,
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mackenzie Hughes, Flag of Colombia.svg Camilo Villegas 		Hughes won with par on third extra hole
Horschel eliminated by par on first hole
2 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship Flag of Sweden.svg Ludvig Åberg, Flag of the United States.svg Ben Griffin,
Flag of the United States.svg Luke List, Flag of the United States.svg Scott Stallings 		List won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament2014
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament20212022
The Players Championship CUTCUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 7 2021 Ending 14 Feb 2021" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 Stanley, Adam (23 July 2019). "Q&A with Henrik Norlander". PGA Tour. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Tävling, Bankboken Cup, Goda Grannar" [Competition, Bankboken Cup, Good Neighbors]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9. September 2002. pp. 116–118.
  4. ↑ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 227. ISBN   91-86818007.
  5. 1 2 "European Amateur Team Championship". European Golf Association. 19 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Henrik Norlander – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Henrik Norlander". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "Henrik Norlander sets course record en route to Hotel Fitness victory". ESPN. Associated Press. 13 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "WCT Finals (Excludes Top 25)". PGA Tour. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  10. 1 2 Babineau, Jeff (21 November 2016). "Mackenzie Hughes sinks 'putt of my life' to win RSM Classic playoff". Golfweek. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  11. ↑ "Henrik Norlander". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
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