The centre picture shows Alexander taking his 2nd. shot on the 16th. and then preparing and taking a putt
at the same hole. Like Alex, five of the other top ten finishers in Wales were Swedish, a fact that no doubt pleased
the event's Swedish sponsors Saab.
2011 Saab Wales Open (Celtic Manor.
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1. Alexander Noren SWE -9 67-67-71-70 = 275
2. Gregory Bourdy FRA -7 67-73-70-67 = 277
Anders Hansen SWE -7 70-70-66-71 = 277
4. Ricardo Gonzalez ARG -6 71-67-73-67 = 278
Pablo Larrazabal ESP -6 70-70-71-67 = 278
Johan Edfors SWE -6 68-71-70-69 = 278
Peter Hanson SWE -6 65-72-69-72 = 278
8. Peter Whiteford SCO -4 70-70-73-67 = 280
Joel Sjoholm SWE -3 72-69-71-68 = 280
Magnus Carlsson SWE -3 71-70-69-70 = 280
Jamie Donaldson WAL -3 68-68-71-73 = 280
To cap the above just weeks later Alexander, in his home town of Stockholm, won the Nordea Master by seven strokes thanks to a third round score of just 63.
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2011 Nordea Masters, Stockholm (Bro Hof Slott G.C.
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1. Alexander Noren SWE -15 67-66-63-77 = 273
2. Richard Finch ENG -8 69-72-70-69 = 280
3. Niklas Lemke SWE -5 68-72-70-73 = 283
4. Scott Hend AUS -4 69-70-71-74 = 284
Pablo Martin ESP -4 69-72-69-74 = 284
6. Dustin Johnson USA -3 73-71-67-74 = 285
Seung-yul Noh KOR -3 73-68-69-75 = 285
Jeev Milkha Singh IND -3 70-71-69-75 = 285
Bubba Watson USA -3 71-67-69-78 = 285
10 Jamie Donaldson WAL -2 73-70-67-76 = 286
Tano Goya ARG -2 71-70-70-75 = 286
John Parry ENG -2 68-73-70-75 = 286