Norrman becomes 11th former Florida State golfer to win on the PGA Tour
Former Florida State All-American Vincent Norrman earned his first PGA TOUR win in his rookie season after winning in a sudden-death playoff on Sunday evening at the Barbasol Championship at Keen Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Ky.
Norrman, a native of Stockholm, Sweden, who attended Florida State in 2020-21, defeated Nathan Kimsey in the first sudden-death playoff hole on the 18th after recording a tap-in par. Norrman had a difficult chip with an awkward lie 37 yards out that was executed to perfection, falling just a few feet from the hole.
The 2021 All-American joins an elite group of Seminoles in becoming the 11th former FSU player to earn a PGA TOUR win.
“I don’t think I can process this for a while,” Norrman told the GOLF Channel broadcast afterward. “I’m lost for words. It’s amazing.
“I don’t think I’ve dreamt this big yet honestly. It’s amazing. I’m so happy for what Georgia Southwestern and Florida State have done for me. I can’t wait to go back to Tallahassee to celebrate.”
Norrman lives in Tallahassee and uses Florida State’s Seminole Legacy Golf Club as his home course.
Norrman finished at 22-under heading into the playoff hole. He held a one-stroke lead as he approached the final 18th hole in regulation play, hitting each of his first 17 fairways off the tee.
Despite having difficulty on his final hole, he needed a clutch bogey putt to head into the clubhouse tied for the lead and eligible for a playoff. He delivered in dramatic fashion, with his putt rattling around the hole before going in.
Norrman joins Brooks Koepka among Seminoles with professional wins this year, as Koepka took home his fifth career major at the PGA Championship held at Oak Hill in Rochester, N.Y.
His first PGA TOUR victory gives him a ton of momentum moving forward. Norrman vaults up to 61st in the latest FedEX Cup standings. Norrman’s win also gives him fully exempt status on the PGA TOUR through the 2025 season, and earns him spots in the Sentry Tournament of Champions, The PLAYERS Championship and the PGA Championship in 2024.
Norrman’s lone season at Florida State was a memorable one, helping guide the No. 1 overall seeded Seminoles to NCAA Match Play in 2021. He had a scoring average of 70.81 that year with four Top 10 finishes and a win at the Timaquana Collegiate.
Two more professional Noles participate in this week’s Open Championship held at Royal Liverpool. Koepka will make another appearance while 2022 team member Dan Bradbury (Kettlethorpe, England) plays in his first major.
— Florida State University Sports Information
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