Vincent Norrman hangs on to win Barbasol Championship over Nathan Kimsey in sudden death

Vincent Norrman lipped in an 8-footer for bogey on the 72nd gap to get right into a playoff, then scrambled for par on the identical gap in sudden dying on Sunday to beat Nathan Kimsey and win the Barbasol Championship, his first PGA Tour victory.

The 25-year-old Norrman, a tour rookie who performed one 12 months at Florida State after 4 years at Division II Georgia Southwestern, received in his twenty third profession begin. The Swede closed with a 66 at Keene Hint to complete at 22-under 266.

“I don’t suppose I can course of this for some time. I’m misplaced for phrases,” Norrman stated.

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Norrman’s girlfriend, LPGA Tour player Frida Kinhultstunned him after the victory. Kinhult completed tied for thirty sixth on the Dana Open in Sylvania, Ohio, on Sunday, then traveled 300 miles south to greet Norrman.

Kimsey, a 30-year-old European tour participant from England who made his PGA Tour debut on this co-sanctioned occasion, shot 64 to put up 22 beneath and waited to see if it will be ok. It did not look promising with Norrman and Trevor Cone at 23 beneath.

However Cone yanked his tee shot into tall grass effectively left of the inexperienced on the par-3 sixteenth, resulting in double bogey. That opened the door for Norrman, who hit fairway wooden off the 18th tee and went effectively left into a clumsy lie. He nonetheless had 57 yards for his third shot, missed the inexperienced from there after which chipped effectively previous the outlet. His bogey putt caught the lip on the correct facet and dropped.

Within the playoff, Norrman once more went left off the tee, missed the inexperienced to the correct and chipped to 2 ft.

“I hit a very good tee shot, I believed,” Norrman stated. “I had a fairly powerful lie, downhill left to proper often comes out left on me and that type of flared proper. That was a fairly difficult chip as effectively and I simply put an excellent strike on it and hit it up there shut.”

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Vincent Norrman of Sweden celebrates after placing in to win on the 18th gap in the course of the sudden dying playoff in opposition to Nathan Kimsey of England in the course of the last spherical of the Barbasol Championship at Keene Hint Golf Membership on July 16, 2023 in United States. (Andy Lyons/Getty Photos)

Kimsey hit his tee shot into thick tough on the correct, simply lacking the water, and did not get up-and-down from a bunker effectively wanting the inexperienced. He was searching for to develop into the primary participant to since Jim Benepe on the 1988 Western Open to win his PGA Tour debut.

“I really feel like I barely missed a shot all day,” Kimsey stated. “Holed a couple of good putts and simply type of did a very good job of executing type of the entire again 9 and preserve pushing actually. Yeah, like I can’t complain with something I did right this moment.”

Cone shot 68 and completed one shot shy of the playoff alongside Adrien Saddier (66), a European tour participant from France.

Veteran Lucas Glover, who led after the primary and second rounds, completed alone in fifth at 20 beneath, his third consecutive high 10. The 43-year-old Glover shot 68 and prolonged his streak of rounds within the 60s to 12, all since switching to a protracted putter.

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Vincent Norrman of Sweden celebrates with the trophy after placing in to win on the 18th gap in the course of the sudden dying playoff in opposition to Nathan Kimsey of England in the course of the last spherical of the Barbasol Championship at Keene Hint Golf Membership on July 16, 2023 in United States. (Andy Lyons/Getty Photos)

Cone led by one shot getting into the ultimate spherical however was quickly chasing Norrman, who made six birdies on the entrance 9 to show in 6-under 30. Norrman’s even-par inward 9 was ok. He shot 66-67-67-66 over 4 days.

“It’s been a loopy week and clearly right this moment, the primary 9 was virtually flawless,” he stated. “Yeah, how I completed the entrance 9 I’m actually pleased with, then hung in there on the again. I’m joyful to be sitting right here.”

Marcus Kinhult, the older brother of Norrman’s girlfriend and his roommate for the week, closed with a 69 and tied for 14th.