Henrik Norlander
Year: Sr.-3L
Hometown: Danderyd, Sweden
Previous School: Danderyds Gymnasium
Height: 6-2
Weight: 190

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2008-09: One of the top players in the nation for the second straight season … Earned All-South Region honors and inexplicably missed earning All-America honors for the second straight season … Fashioned one of the top seasons in Augusta State Men’s Golf history in his second season in the program … Played in 11 events over 31 rounds … Registered a team-best 71.55 stroke average, the fourth-lowest, single-season stroke average in school history … Led the squad with eight top-20 and 10 top-25 finishes, including two-top 5’s and five top-10’s … Finished the season rated No. 10 in the nation by Golfstat … Carded eight rounds in the 60’s and 18 rounds of par or better … His 18 rounds of par or better ranked as the sixth-most in school history in a single season … Moved up to 11th in school history with 33 rounds or better … Opened the season with tie for 10th at Aldila Scenic City Invitational, posting a 6-under 210 (74-66-70) … Followed up that effort with a tie for third in the VCU Shootout … Fired the 18th round of 65 in program history in first round and finished 11-under 202 (65-70-67) … Missed ASU’s next event, the Brickyard Collegiate Championship, to represent Sweden in the World Amateur Team Championship in Adelaide, Australia … Tied for 21st at 5-over 293 (74-68-71-80) and helped lead Sweden to a third-place finish, the country’s best finish ever in the event … Closed out the fall in the Western Refining All-America Classic in El Paso, Texas … Booked a 1-under 212 (72-72-68), good for a ninth-place showing … Opened the spring with a tie for 11th in the UCF Rio Pinar Invitational, notching a 1-over 217 (74-73-70) … Tied for 20th at the Schenkel E-Z-GO Invitational at Forest Heights Country Club in Statesboro, Ga., with a 2-over 218 (71-72-75) … Tied for eighth in the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate, notching a 3-under 210 (71-71-68) … Tied for 12th in the Administaff Augusta State Invitational at Forest Hills Golf Club, tallying a 5-under 211 (69-68-74) … Tied for fourth in the Cavalier Classic, posting a 2-under 70 … Closed out the season with a 3-under 210 (69-70-71) in the NCAA Southeast Regional, tying for 23rd in the Red Tail Golf Club in Sorrento, Fla. … Season Lows: First Round: 65 (-6) at VCU Shootout … Second Round: 66 (-6) at Aldila Scenic City Invitational … Third Round: 67 (-4) at VCU Shootout.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2007-08: Burst on the scene with one of the top freshman seasons in the history of the Jaguar men’s golf program … Made an immediate impact and significant contribution in his first year in the program … Led ASU to a second-place finish in the NCAA East Regional and its first NCAA Championships appearance since 2005 …. Paced the team with a 72.39 stroke average … Posted two individual victories, four top-10 finishes and and six top-20 finishes … The only Jaguar to play in all 12 events … Led the squad with 15 rounds of par or better and in rounds in the 70’s (32 of 33) … Also paced the team in countable round percentage – 31.5 rounds counted out of 32 total rounds played (.984) … Emerged on the national scene with a victory in the last tournament of the Fall, the CordeValle Collegiate hosted by UCLA … Opened the tourney with a four-under 68 and then played the final 36 holes in one-under 143 (71-72) for a five-under 211 total … Began the spring with a solo second-place showing in the General Jim Hackler Championship at TPC Myrtle Beach in Murrells Inlet, S.C. … Closed out the regular season with three consecutive top-20 efforts, including his second victory of the season in the final regular-season event … Tied for 15th at the Administaff ASU Invitational, tied for 16th at the Palisades Collegiate Classic and then captured the Cavalier Classic with a five-under 139 total, including a closing four-under 68 in the second round … Notched his fourth consecutive top-20 effort with a third-place finish in the NCAA East Regional at Council Fire Golf Club in Chattanooga, Tenn. … Opened with a six-under 65 and followed with rounds of one-under 70 and four-under 67 for a season-low, 54-hole total of 11-under 202 … At the NCAA Championships, posted rounds of 75-72-73 and was tied for eighth place at 10-over 220, qualifying for the final round as an individual … Season Lows: First Round: 65 (-6) at NCAA East Regional … Second Round: 68 (-4) at Cavalier Classic … Third Round: 67 (-4) at NCAA East Regional.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Danderyds Gymnasium in Danderyd, Sweden.

PERSONAL: Born March 25, 1987 in Danderyd, Sweden … Son of Elisabeth and Anders Norlander … Full name is Henrik Anders Norlander … Has two older sisters, Ebba and Charlotte … Plans on majoring in business … Enjoys playing tennis and hanging out with friends away from the golf course … Career goal is to “play in the Ryder Cup a couple of times” … Goals for this season include playing in every tournament this season … Considers Swedish meatballs his favorite food … Lists Roger Federer as his favorite athlete … Person(s) he admires the most are his parents … His greatest athletic thrill to date is his first collegiate victory in the CordeValle Collegiate at CordeValle Country Club in San Martin, Calif., on Nov. 7, 2007 … He’d like to switch places for a day with Roger Federer … His favorite pre-round ritual is listening to his I-phone … Considers Walk The Line his favorite movie … His favorite vacation spot is somewhere in Sweden … Favorite sport other than golf is tennis … Prefers Titleist as irons of choice ... Favorite driver is TaylorMade ... Putter of choice is a Scotty Cameron ... Lists Augusta National, Loch Lomond and Royal Dornoch as the top courses he's played so far ... Pine Valley, Muirfield Village and Pebble Beach are top three courses he'd like to play ... Considers Augusta National as the hardest course he's played and the 16th hole as at Loch Lomond as the hardest hole he’s played ... Considers John Daly his favorite golfer ... His favorite golf tournament is the Open Championship ... Dream foursome includes John Daly, Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh.