Alexander Norén

Sweden

Alexander Norén (born 12 July 1982) is a Swedish professional golfer.

Full name Alexander Norén
Born 12 July 1982 (1982-07-12) (age 28)
Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Nationality Sweden
Residence Älta, Sweden
Career
College Oklahoma State University
Turned professional 2005
Current tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins 2
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 1
Challenge Tour 1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T19: 2008
PGA Championship DNP
 

Norén was born in Stockholm. He attended Oklahoma State University in the United States before turning professional in 2005.

Norén gained a place on Europe's second tier Challenge Tour by reaching the final stage of the European Tour qualifying school at the end of 2005. In his rookie season he claimed his maiden professional victory at the Rolex Trophy, and ended the year in 3rd place on the Challenge Tour Rankings to graduate to the elite European Tour for 2007.

Norén had a solid rookie season on the European Tour in 2007 and improved on that the following year to finish in 31st place on the Order of Merit. He made the cut at the 2008 Open Championship and was in the top 10 going into day 3, before eventually finishing in a tie for 19th place.

Norén won his first event on the European Tour in September 2009 at the Omega European Masters, where he finished 20 under par to win by two strokes over Bradley Dredge.] Norén finished the season ranked 25th on the Race To Dubai.

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