Noren looking for the first big victory after a long injury victory

Alex Noren had been sitting with a tendon injury since last week to last week, but on Sunday he has the chance to win his first big title at the PGA championship.

The 42-year-old Swede, who trained his daughter's softball team two months ago, burged the last two holes on Saturday to dismiss a five-off-par 66.

Noren stood at eight and under 205 for 54 holes in Quail Hollow and was three strokes behind Scottie Scheffler, his play partner in the last group on Sunday.

“It feels good. I brought it together,” said Noren. “(Time Off) gave a good perspective, but I wish I had played more Golf than me.”

Noren was out of the edge last October last October.

“It was just my tendon in my knee tendon on the sit bone. It is a bad injury, but you can still live a normal life because you have two other tendons to support you,” said Noren.

“I was able to go slowly and live a normal life. I was able to train my children. I spent a lot of time with the family. It was really nice. But I couldn't swing a club. I couldn't jump or run.”

Noren knew that he had a lengthy recreational time.

“The bad part of it is that it will take a long time for them to heal and 90% torn. So I had this 10% left to heal it back so that I didn't have to have an operation,” he said.

“If it were actually torn, I wouldn't play. It was luck, but also bad at the same time.”

The lucky part is that Noren was able to recover in time for the PGA. The bad part was that it didn't have much time to prepare.

“As soon as I could play somehow, I thought I was in the same form I was in before I was hurt,” said Noren. “But I'm still extreme – not surprised, but I'm lucky to be in this position so early.”

Noren, a 10-time European Tours winner, had his best end in 39 main starts with a sixth at the British Open 2017.

After a three -month season and four months, Noren fought that the mental advantages could play him longer than he could have had without the break.

“Maybe.. I have a good perspective as if I would spend so much time in the middle of a career. Hopefully I'll play much longer,” he said.

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