The hottest stretch of Alex Norens career has come a few weeks too late.If only two of his three European Tour wins since early July hadnt arrived after the qualification period for the Ryder Cup ended and Darren Clarke had selected his captains picks.I wasnt on their minds, Noren says.Too bad for Clarke. With Noren on the team, the Europeans might not have been humbled at Hazeltine.The 34-year-old Swede is easily playing the best golf of his life -- and, as a consequence, earning more money than he could ever have imagined.Please take a week off and give someone else a chance, English golfer Chris Paisley tweeted Sunday, hours after Noren won the British Masters at The Grove to take his 2016 prize money over 2 million euros ($2.2 million).The hot streak began when Noren won the Scottish Open at Castle Stuart the week before the British Open. He lost in the final of the Paul Lawrie Match Play in early August, won the Omega European Masters in September, and then triumphed at the British Masters at the weekend.Noren woke up Monday at a career-high No. 18 in the rankings and is guaranteed to play in all the majors in 2017, which means a first appearance at Augusta National for the Masters.Ive been trying to get into the top 50 to play in more (big) tournaments, Noren told The Associated Press in a phone interview from his hotel after arriving for the Portugal Masters in Vilamoura. But to get into the top 20, I really couldnt dream about it.Noren appreciates the upturn in fortunes more than most golfers would.In 2014, he played just two events because of tendinitis in both wrists that required surgery. Every time he tried to play, he got extreme inflammation in the wrists and lost most of the movement in them. He was told not to compete or train.That year, he earned less than 5,000 euros ($5,500) in prize money.Maybe it was good for me that I had this injury, Noren said. I could do something else other than golf.There have been more changes in perspective for Noren this year.He and his girlfriend, Jennifer, had their first child -- Iris -- early this year. Suddenly his mood stopped depending on the numbers on a scorecard.Maybe thats the biggest contributor to my form this year, Noren said. Golf was everything to me before ... It put a lot of pressure on me.He has also decided to spend less time at the range. That has meant practicing at a different club -- Ullna Golf Club, near Stockholm -- which Noren says doesnt have a driving range.I play a lot more golf on the course than before and try to achieve scores even when my game doesnt feel so good, he said. Before, if I played nine holes and I didnt feel so good, I went to the driving range. Now I use the course as my driving range, hitting extra balls here, extra balls there.Noren said he might take advantage of his lofty ranking by playing more events on the PGA Tour in future, allowing him to play the best tournaments against the best players on the best courses. But he said he will not turn his back on the European Tour.But in the short term, Noren has the end of the best season of his career to focus on. He is currently ranked fourth in the Race to Dubai and must be one of the favorites a month out from the World Tour Championship finale.I know how tough golf can be. Ive had my really bad runs before, so I dont take it for granted, Noren said.Im just really happy with what Ive done this summer. I have more self-confidence now than before. But I honestly dont feel that other people are looking at me in a different way.ultra boost schweiz kaufen . 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Colin Wilson had two goals and an assist, and Mike Fisher scored a goal and helped set up two others in the Predators 6-4 victory over the Red Wings on Monday night.Yorkshire 223 for 6 (Lyth 87) beat Durham 174 for 8 (Arshad 43, Plunkett 1-13, Carver 3-40) by 49 runsScorecardYorkshire Vikings posted their highest ever NatWest T20 Blast score of 223 for 6 to set up victory by 49 runs over Durham Jets at Headingley and reignite their chances of making it through to the quarter-finals.In a brave but futile attempt to reach their target, Jets reached 174 for 8 in their 20 overs to make their own push for a last-eight place that little bit more difficult.Man-of-the-match Adam Lyths blistering 87 led to Yorkshire overtaking their previous best score of 213 for 7 against Worcestershire at Headingley in 2010 but he received excellent support along the way.The Vikings batsmen looked in better fettle than in any previous game this season and they continued to rack up the runs after Lyth and David Willey had blazed the trail with an opening stand of 64 in just 4.4 overs.Lyth began the carnage in the games second over by slamming three boundaries in an over from Jamie Harrison which cost 17 and then Willey took up the challenge by smashing Usman Arshad for two fours and a six as 37 came off the first 15 deliveries.Willey had a life on 21 when he hit a terrific skier off Chris Rushworth and although wicketkeeper Phil Mustard ran to get under the ball at square leg he could not hold on to it, Lyth then taking three fours later in the over.Willey lofted Pringle for six over long off but in aiming another big drive he was caught by Richardson for 32 from 14 balls with three fours and two sixes.Skipper Alex Lees turned Keaton Jennings into his stumps to make it 82 for two in the seventh over but Australian Travis Head, in his first home appearance for the Vikings, then gave sensible support to Lyth in a third wicket stand of 83 in nine overs.Although Head reeled off plenty of fine strokes himself, he allowed Lyth to continue his domination of the crease and he swept Scott Borthwick for four to dash to a 32-ball half-century and take Yorkshire into three figures.Both batsmen hit further sixes as the stand reached 50 of which Heads share was 17 but they were parted when Head tried to follow up with a second consecutive six at Harrisons expense and was caught at long on by Muchall for 34 from 24 deliveries with two fours and two sixes.In the next over from Rushworth, Lyth was held on the boundary edge by Richardson for a career-best 87. He had received 54 balls and struck 11 fours and three sixes.Yorkshire were 174 foor four in the 17th over and Jack Leaning made sure the pressure was kept on Jets by cracking three sixes in an over from Arshad when he was also put down on the edge by Pringle, one of seven catches of varying degrees of difficulty to be spilled during the innings.dddddddddddd Leaning was out in the final over, his 32 coming off just 11 balls with two fours and three sixes.Mark Stoneman and Mustard showed they meant business by each taking two fours from Tim Bresnans first over but Willey then had Stoneman caught at long on by Azeem Rafiq and Durham could never quite keep up with the chase.Calum McCleod was well caught low at mid-off by Lees when driving at Liam Plunkett, whose four overs conceded only 13 runs, and there was a remarkable first over from left-arm spinner, Karl Carver, whose first four balls brought him two wickets along with two sixes. Mustard was held by Willey at long on and Muchall straight drove the next two deliveries high over the rope before clipping a catch to Bresnan at mid-wicket, his 25 containing a four and three sixes and coming off 14 balls.Yorkshires fielding and catching were of the highest class, particularly Plunketts catch at long on to account for Keaton Jennings.The umpires took Willey out of the attack when he bowled the second of two waist-high deliveries and the final ball of his spell was sent down by Head. Arshad kept fighting right until the end by blasting two sixes in the final over from Will Rhodes before being caught for 43 from 23 balls with five fours and two sixes.Lees said: This was the best we have played this season. Lyth and Willey set off like a rocket and everyone else kept whacking it. We went out wanting to entertain and leave no stone unturned and tonights game showed just what we can do.Plunketts excellent spell was bowled at a good pace and it changed the whole momentum of the game. He was well backed up by all of the other bowlers and the fielding was outstanding.Stoneman commented: This defeat puts us under some pressure but hopefully it will serve as a wake-up call. It probably came at a time when we can pull our socks up.We missed the opportunity to take wickets by not holding on to half-chances and they got away from us. If one or two of these chances had stuck we may have restricted them to 180-190 but 223 meant we were right up against it. ' ' '