Norén went the last round in Jersey City on 66 strokes, five under par, and landed on a total of -15.
Norén was five strokes behind the American Tony Finau who won the competition.
Norén was most pleased with a bogey.
He hit the ball off the course on the 18th hole and ended up in a difficult situation.
- It was perhaps the best bogey I have ever made.
Unbelievable that I managed to make a birdie on the second ball.
I was extremely proud of myself there, he says to C More according to Aftonbladet.
To be scaled down to 30 players
The result meant that 39-year-old Norén took a real step up in the FedEx cup ranking, from place 91 to 43. It is the top 70 who get to continue playing next week.
The starting field will then be scaled down further when everything is to be decided on East Lake in Atlanta in the beginning of September.
Then only the top 30 get the chance to reclaim the title in the playoffs.
The winner of the playoffs will receive a total of SEK 130 million in prize money.