A late starter who only pursued golf seriously aged 24 after graduating from university, he spent five years playing on the Nordic Golf League before earning a place on the Challenge Tour.
Won the Norwegian Challenge in his first year on the Challenge Tour in 2013, and his second victory at that level came two years later at the D+D Real Czech Challenge. He followed that up with a tie for third place at the lucrative Kazakhstan Open to earn graduation to the European Tour.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) Thriston Lawrence held on to win his home South African Open by one shot despite a final-round 2-over 74 at the Blair Atholl course on Sunday. Lawrence started the day with a two-shot lead over Clement Sordet of France and despite extending his advantage to five strokes early on the back nine, the South African only just managed to hold off his playing partner to finish with an overall 16-under 272.