| Edoardo Molinari | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Edoardo Molinari |
| Born | 11 February 1981
Turin, Italy |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Nationality |  Italy |
| Residence | Turin, Italy |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2006 |
| Current tour(s) | European Tour |
| Professional wins | 7 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Japan Golf Tour | 1 |
| Challenge Tour | 5 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in
Major Championships |
|
| The Masters | CUT: 2006 |
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2006 |
| Open Championship | T60: 2005 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Challenge Tour Rankings winner |
2009 |
Edoardo Molinari (born 11 February 1981) is an Italian professional golfer.
Molinari was born in Turin. He had a distinguished amateur career, winning several national championships. The undoubted highlight of which came in 2005, when he became the first Italian and the first Continental European to win the U.S. Amateur Championship. He claimed the title by making a 25-foot birdie putt at the 33rd hole to win 4 & 3 over the American Dillon Dougherty. As a result of that win he qualified to play in the 2006 U.S. Masters, U.S. Open and British Open.[1] His younger brother Francesco, who is also a professional golfer, caddied for him at that year's Masters.
He turned professional in 2006 after graduating from the Polytechnic University of Turin with a degree in engineering. In 2007 he won the Club Colombia Masters and the Kenya Open on Europe's second tier Challenge Tour on his way to 16th on the end of season money list. That was sufficient for him to join the top level European Tour for 2008. However, he was unable to retain his playing rights and returned to the Challenge Tour in 2009, where he was again successful, picking up his third professional title at the Piemonte Open in May, held in his home town of Turin. He also won the Kazakhstan Open in September and the Italian Federation Cup in October. He topped the Challenge Tour money list in 2009 and secured playing rights on the European Tour for 2010. He capped a successful 2009 by winning the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament in Japan.
On 29 November 2009, Molinari, along with his younger brother Francesco, led Italy to their first World Cup win at the Omega Mission Hills World Cup in China.[2]
Contents |
| Tournament | 2005 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | CUT |
| U.S. Open | DNP | CUT |
| The Open Championship | T60 | T68 |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
   | Profile on the official site of the PGA European Tour - PGA European Tour - Players |
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