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Jason Norris
Personal information
Born (1972-09-07) 7 September 1972 (age 52)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Sporting nationality Australia
Career
StatusProfessional
Current tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
European Senior Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Asian Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Asian Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia2
Other2

Jason Norris (born 7 September 1972) is an Australian professional golfer.

In 2007, Norris won the New South Wales Open and the Western Australia PGA Championship when both were part of the Von Nida Tour.[1]

Norris also won the 2010 Victorian Open.[2]

He was runner-up at the 2012 New Zealand Open.[3] In 2015, he was runner-up at the Maekyung Open.[4]

Norris won the 2017 Fiji International by four strokes.[5] In the final round, he had eight birdies and three bogeys.[6] He entered the tournament ranked 1238th in the world.[7]

Professional wins (4)

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European Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 20 Aug 2017 Fiji International1 −14 (69-68-70-67=274) 4 strokes Thailand Jazz Janewattananond, Australia David McKenzie,
Australia James Marchesani

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia

Asian Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 20 Aug 2017 Fiji International1 −14 (69-68-70-67=274) 4 strokes Thailand Jazz Janewattananond, Australia David McKenzie,
Australia James Marchesani

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 10 Jan 2010 Subaru Victorian Open −10 (68-70-67-69=274) 2 strokes Australia Chris Campbell
2 20 Aug 2017 Fiji International1 −14 (69-68-70-67=274) 4 strokes Thailand Jazz Janewattananond, Australia David McKenzie,
Australia James Marchesani

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Asian Tour

Von Nida Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 27 May 2007 Oceanique WA PGA Championship −7 (71-66-70-74=281) 1 stroke Australia Aaron Townsend
2 11 Nov 2007 Vintage NSW Open −7 (70-69-69-69=277) 1 stroke Australia Jarrod Lyle

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 2018
Championship
Match Play
Invitational
Champions T50
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

References

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  1. ^ "Norris leads NSW Open". 28 November 2009.
  2. ^ Pengilly, Adam (20 August 2017). "Jason Norris fights back from near death experiences to win Fiji International". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. ^ "Australian amateur Jake Higginbottom wins New Zealand Open". Fox News. Associated Press. 24 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Moon maintains Korean monopoly at Maekyung Open". WIFC. Reuters. 15 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Jason Norris seals first European Tour crown with comfortable win in Fiji". Irish Examiner. 20 August 2017.
  6. ^ Verschueren, Gianni (20 August 2017). "Fiji International 2017: Jason Norris Grabs Comfortable Win, Australia Dominates". bleacherreport.com.
  7. ^ Tucker, Jim (19 August 2017). "Jason Norris wins his way on to European Tour with victory at Fiji International". The Courier-Mail.
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