Jason Norris

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Jason Norris
Personal information
Born (1972-09-07) 7 September 1972 (age 50)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Career
StatusProfessional
Current tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia
European Senior Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Asian Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Asian Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia2
Other2

Jason Norris (born 7 September 1972) is an Australian professional golfer.

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In 2007, Norris won the New South Wales Open and the Western Australia PGA Championship when both were part of the Von Nida Tour. [1]

Norris also won the 2010 Victorian Open. [2]

He was runner-up at the 2012 New Zealand Open. [3] In 2015, he was runner-up at the Maekyung Open. [4]

Norris won the 2017 Fiji International by four strokes. [5] In the final round, he had eight birdies and three bogeys. [6] He entered the tournament ranked 1238th in the world. [7]

Professional wins (4)

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
120 Aug 2017 Fiji International 1−14 (69-68-70-67=274)4 strokes Flag of Thailand.svg Jazz Janewattananond, Flag of Australia (converted).svg David McKenzie,
Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Marchesani

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia

Asian Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
120 Aug 2017 Fiji International 1−14 (69-68-70-67=274)4 strokes Flag of Thailand.svg Jazz Janewattananond, Flag of Australia (converted).svg David McKenzie,
Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Marchesani

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
110 Jan 2010 Subaru Victorian Open −10 (68-70-67-69=274)2 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Campbell
220 Aug 2017 Fiji International 1−14 (69-68-70-67=274)4 strokes Flag of Thailand.svg Jazz Janewattananond, Flag of Australia (converted).svg David McKenzie,
Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Marchesani

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Asian Tour

Von Nida Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
127 May 2007 Oceanique WA PGA Championship −7 (71-66-70-74=281)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaron Townsend
211 Nov 2007 Vintage NSW Open −7 (70-69-69-69=277)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jarrod Lyle

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2018
Championship
Match Play
Invitational
Champions T50
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

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References

  1. ↑ "Norris leads NSW Open". 28 November 2009.
  2. ↑ Pengilly, Adam (20 August 2017). "Jason Norris fights back from near death experiences to win Fiji International". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. ↑ "Australian amateur Jake Higginbottom wins New Zealand Open". Fox News. Associated Press. 24 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "Moon maintains Korean monopoly at Maekyung Open". WIFC. Reuters. 15 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Jason Norris seals first European Tour crown with comfortable win in Fiji". Irish Examiner. 20 August 2017.
  6. ↑ Verschueren, Gianni (20 August 2017). "Fiji International 2017: Jason Norris Grabs Comfortable Win, Australia Dominates". bleacherreport.com.
  7. ↑ Tucker, Jim (19 August 2017). "Jason Norris wins his way on to European Tour with victory at Fiji International". The Courier-Mail.


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