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)
Stockholm, Sweden
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight180 lb (82 kg; 13 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Residence Tyresö, Stockholm, Sweden
Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.
Partner Frida Kinhult
Career
College Georgia Southwestern State
Florida State University
Turned professional2021
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Former tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
Nordic Golf League
Professional wins2
Highest ranking 71 (10 December 2023) [1]
(as of 10 November 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
European Tour2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship CUT: 2024
U.S. Open CUT: 2023
The Open Championship CUT: 2024

Vincent Oliver Norrman (born 24 December 1997) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2023 Barbasol Championship, as well as the 2023 Horizon Irish Open. As an amateur, he was part of the Swedish team winning the 2019 European Amateur Team Championship.

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Early life

Norrman was born on Christmas Eve and grew up in Stockholm, Sweden, with his parents Eva and Claes and his sister Vendela. He has represented Haninge Golf Club through his career and been a club mate of tournament professionals and European Tour winners Alex Norén and Kristoffer Broberg. [2]

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 European Tour and was invited to play his first tournament as a professional at the BMW International Open at Golf Club München Eichenried in Munich, Germany, 24–27 June, where he finished tied fifth, earning €38,122. He scored a hole-in-one on a par-4 hole in the third round. A hole-in-one scored on the par-3 17th hole, would have won Norrman a car from the tournament sponsor, but instead he received a bottle of champagne. [9] It was the second hole-in-one on a par-4 on the 2021 European Tour. [10] With his achievement in the tournament, Norrman advanced from 1,016th to 658th on the Official World Golf Ranking [11] and qualified for next week's tournament, the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, where he made the cut. Two weeks later, at 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 Korn Ferry Tour Final Stage of Q-School to secure a minimum of twelve starts for the 2022 season. [13] In his rookie season, after finishing tied third at the Simmons Bank Open in May, he came close to securing his maiden professional title in June, trailing the winner by one stroke at the Rex Hospital Open. [14]

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 Barbasol Championship, co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour and the European Tour, beating Nathan Kimsey in a playoff. [16] In September the same year, he won 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" due to his employment in a sweet shop during his high school years in Sweden. [19] [20]

Amateur wins

Source: [4]

Professional wins (2)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
116 Jul 2023 Barbasol Championship 1−22 (66-67-67-66=266)Playoff Flag of England.svg Nathan Kimsey

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2023 Barbasol Championship Flag of England.svg Nathan Kimsey Won with par on first extra hole

European Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
116 Jul 2023 Barbasol Championship 1−22 (66-67-67-66=266)Playoff Flag of England.svg Nathan Kimsey
210 Sep 2023 Horizon Irish Open −14 (68-71-70-65=274)1 stroke Flag of Germany.svg Hurly Long

1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2023 Barbasol Championship Flag of England.svg Nathan Kimsey Won with par on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament20232024
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur

Sources: [4] [21] [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 49 2023 Ending 10 Dec 2023" (pdf). 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.
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  7. ↑ "Germany Wins The European Amateur Team Championship For The First Time". European Golf Association. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  8. 1 2 "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 2020 - Hilversumsche Golf Club, Netherlands". European Golf Association. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
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  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.
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  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…
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