Henrik Anders Norlander (born 25 March 1987) is a Swedish

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, who plays on the

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Early life

Norlander was born and grew up in

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, outside

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, and is son of lawyer Anders Norlander. He played both tennis and golf in his youth, but finally preferred golf. His competitive career began at Fågelbro Golf & Country Club, but he later came to represent Djursholm Golf Club. In 2002, Norlander finished second to

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, 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. The year after, he won the 16-years-old category.

Amateur career

Norlander was part of the Swedish teams at the

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once and the

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three times. He also represented Sweden at the Eisenhower Trophy in

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, Australia, earning a bronze medal, and

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, Argentina. He played college golf in the United States at

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. He helped lead his team to the 2010 NCAA Division I Championship. After graduating in June 2011, he turned professional. Norlander's best ranking on the

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was 10th.

Professional career

Norlander played on the

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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

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

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. Norlander played the

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in 2014 and 2015, winning his first professional tournament at the 2015

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. He finished third in the 2015 Web.com Finals (excluding regular season top 25), to earn a place on the 2016 PGA Tour, where his best finish was a tie for 25th at the

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. He had a chance to keep his PGA Tour card at the Web.com Tour Finals, but when

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got the Tour Championship cancelled, he was $788 short. Norlander was competing on a sponsor's exemption when he found himself in a five-man playoff at the

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in November 2016. Darkness fell on Sunday after two playoff holes and when play resumed Monday morning he lost to rookie

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of Canada, who holed an 18-footer from off the green. He won the 2019

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on the

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, after a five-man playoff, and finished the season 11th on the

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tour standings, to qualify to the 2020 PGA Tour. He finished tied 5th at the 2019 ( 2019–2020 season)

, 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

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, Norlander advanced to 57th on the

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ranking, for a sure spot in the 2020 FedEx Cup Playoffs. At the same time, he reached a career best 141st on the

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. By finishing tied second at the

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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

on 14 February 2021.

Private life

Norlander is married to Julie Anderson, a native of

, where the couple resides. Norlander is a member of Augusta Country Club.

Amateur wins

*2009 Chrysantemumbålen (Stockholm Golf Club, Sweden) *2010 Administaff ASU Invitational *2011 General Hackler Championship Source:

Professional wins (3)

Korn Ferry Tour wins (2)

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (1–0)

eGolf Professional Tour wins (1)

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Sweden): 2004 *

(representing Sweden):

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(representing Sweden):

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(representing Europe):

(winners),

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References

External links

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