Alex Noren: weird, also wonderful.
For nearly a year I’ve been telling Steph to go talk to Alex Noren, but noooo, all I keep hearing back is “Nobody knows anything about Alex Noren.”
But you should. Everyone should know about Alex Noren.
He’s turning into one of European golf’s most convincing performers and, as his latest blog post makes clear, he’s got a knack for segueing from uber-technical golf speak into surreal comedy.
This is his account of what happened when he decided to spend Thursday in Akron living life the American Way.
After shooting a pretty tidy 69 around Firestone, the Swede’s adventure begins:
“After mega enjoying our day at Firestone CC we decided to spend the evening mega American. So, we took the car to the cinema…”
“…which is 100 yards away from the hotel that you can see past Friday’s.”
“Then, we took the car over to Friday’s. 11 seconds later we finally reached it.”
“In there we had dinner with [Thomas] Bjorn who likes refills.”
Finally, with the day’s hard journeying running to a close, Noren and his faithful companion decide to return to their hotel:
“When we were done there finally, we headed back to the hotel. 11 meters later we parked in the hotel parking lot. When in Rome…”
Godspeed, sir.
Conor Nagle
(big thanks to blog.alexnoren.com, obviously)
LOL that’s really funny
I now know about Alex Noren. However the question still remains – why? I’m not fully convinced that Alex Noren is awesome, nor do I see any of his much-ballyhooed surreal comedy on display.
Well played, Mr. Noren. And kudos to Thomas Bjorn for playing along.
Pretty good with the yardages.
Ah yes the refills… you get them whether you ask for them or not!
That’s what happens when you don’t stray too far off of the interstate. One of America’s big secrets as it keeps all of the tourists out of all the good places locals go to.
Hope those Euro guys checked in under an alias, because blogging about where you are staying sets you up for a prank call at 2am.
And Friday night, did he go to Applebees?