Vincent Oliver Norrman (born 24 December 1997) is a Swedish

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who plays on the

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. He won the 2023

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, 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 The 2019 European Amateur Team Championship took place 9–13 July at Ljunghusen Golf Club in Höllviken, Sweden. It was the 36th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship. Venue The hosting club was founded in 1932 and by 1965 it was the ...

Early life

Norrman was born on Christmas Eve and grew up in

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, 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

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winners

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and

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Amateur career

He played on the

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golf team from 2016 to 2020 and for

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in 2021, where he was named the Peach Belt Conference Men's Golf Player of the Year. Norrman was part of the Swedish team winning the

on home soil at

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in Sweden. The year after, he was again part of the Swedish team, this time at a reduced

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, with only four players in each team. Team Sweden earned the silver medal after losing in the final 2–1 against

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, despite Norrman winning his match. On both occasions, Norrman finished tied seventh in the individual competition. He was part of the winning International Team at the

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held at Bay Hill Club,

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, moved from July to December due to the

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. His last tournament as an amateur was the first edition of the European Tour event

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, played at

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in Sweden, where he finished tied 12th among the men. Norrman's highest

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was 4th.

Professional career

Norrman turned professional in June 2021, became an affiliate member of the

and was invited to play his first tournament as a professional at the

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at Golf Club München Eichenried in

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, 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 he only received a bottle of champagne. It was the second hole-in-one on a par-4 on the

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. With his achievement in the tournament, Norrman advanced from 1,016th to 658th on the

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and qualified for next week's tournament, the

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, were he made the cut. Two weeks later, at the

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at the

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, Norrman tied the first round lead with a 7-under-par score of 64 and finished the tournament tied 10th. In November 2021, he finished tied second at the

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Final Stage of Q-School to secure a minimum of twelve starts for the 2022 season. In his rookie season, after finishing tied third at the

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in May, he came close to securing his maiden professional title in June, trailing the winner by one stroke at the

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. In August 2022, he qualified for the

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season by finishing 23rd on the

regular-season points list. In July 2023, Norrman claimed his first professional win by winning the

, co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour and the European Tour, beating

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in a playoff. In September the same year, he won the Horizon Irish Open, shooting a final-round 65 to win by one shot over

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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.

Personal life

Norrman is in a relationship with Swedish

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player

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, who is also the sister of professional golfer Marcus Kinhult. Norrman has been nicknamed "The Candy Man" as he worked in a sweet shop during his high school years in Sweden.

Amateur wins

*2018 Hurricane Invitational *2019 Hurricane Invitational, Aflac-Cougar Invitational, NSU Shark Invitational, Queens University Invitational (tied with Leo Johansson) *2020 Newberry College Invitational, Southeastern Collegiate *2021 Timuquana Collegiate Source:

Professional wins (2)

PGA Tour wins (1)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

European Tour wins (2)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Sweden):

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(winners),

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(representing the International Team):

(winners) Sources:

References

External links

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