Vice captain Alex Noren shocked the entire European Ryder Cup team by capturing the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. Watch how the Swedish star outplayed Ryder Cup legends in dramatic fashion just weeks before Bethpage!
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Imagine [Applause] this. The entire European Rder Cup team. Rory Mroy, John Rom, and nine other superstars step onto Wentworth’s storied fairways, ready to showcase their brilliance. But when the final putt drops, it isn’t a Ryder Cup starter holding the trophy. Instead, the spotlight belongs to someone who isn’t even playing at Beth Paige as a competitor. This is the shocking triumph of Alex Norin. On a rain soaked Sunday at the BMW PGA Championship, the DP World Tour’s crown jewel, Sweden’s Alex Norin stole the show, serving as one of Europe’s five vice captains for the upcoming Ryder Cup, Norin proved he’s more than a strategic mind. He’s still a stone cold closer. tied at 19 under after 72 holes with Franc’s Adrien Sadier. Both men fired sizzling final round 68s to stay three shots clear of Patrick Reed and Aaron Ry. The playoff was pure drama. Both players attacked the par five 18th and two. Both fell short of the water. Sadier faced a brutal lie. Norin calm and clinical, nestling his third shot inches from the cup and sinking the short birdie putt for victory. I love it. This tournament is unbelievable, Norin said, a two-time Wentworth champion after his first win here in 2017. I told all the guys in the States to come over. It just gets better every year. This win carries an ironic twist. At 43, Norin had mounted a fierce summer charge to make Europe’s RDER Cup roster, finishing T7 at the 3M Open and T3 at the Windham Championship on the PGA Tour, then capturing the British Masters just before the automatic qualification deadline. Yet after missing the cut at the European Masters, Captain Luke Donald chose him not as a player, but as a vice captain alongside Francesco and Eduardo Molinari, Thomas Bejorn, and Jose Maria Olazabo. Still, Norin’s European homecoming has been pure gold. Back-to- back DP World Tour victories, his 11th and 12th career titles in just three weeks. He thrives.
