Francesco Molinari
| Francesco Molinari | |
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 Francesco Molinari (2008) |
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| Personnel | |
| Nation: |
 Italy
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| Career data | |
| Professional since: | 2004 |
| Current tour: | European Tour , PGA Tour |
| Tournament wins: | 9 |
| Major wins : | 1 (2018) |
| Awards: | European Tour Golfer of the Year 2018 |
Francesco Molinari (born November 8, 1982 in Turin ) is an Italian professional golfer on the European Tour and the PGA Tour .
Life / career
Molinari comes from a golf-loving family (his older brother Edoardo is also a golf professional) and began playing golf at the age of eight with parents and grandparents in the Circolo Golf Torino . During his amateur career Molinari won, among others, in 2002 and 2004, the Italian championships in stroke play , and 2004, those in the Match Play .
Molinari became a professional golfer in autumn 2004 and immediately qualified through the Tour School for the European Tour of the 2005 season, in which he was able to assert himself without any problems. In May 2006 he became the first Italian to win the Telecom Italia Open since Massimo Mannelli (1980) and at the end of the season he finished 38th in the European Tour Order of Merit .
Molinari achieved his greatest success so far in 2018 with a major win at the Open Championship in Carnoustie . His performance in the 2018 Ryder Cup was also exceptional . He won four of his match play games alongside Tommy Fleetwood . In addition, he won another point by winning the individual. This made him the first European player to score five out of five possible wins for his team.
In November 2009, Francesco and his brother won the World Cup for Italy for the first time .
European Tour victories (6)
- 2006 Telecom Italia Open
- 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions
- 2012 Open de España
- 2016 Italian Open
- 2018 BMW PGA Championship , The Open Championship (also part of the PGA Tour)
Majors are bold printed
PGA Tour wins (2)
- 2018 Quicken Loans National
- 2019 Arnold Palmer Invitational
Other tournament victories
- 2009 Italian PGA Championship
Results at major championships
| Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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| Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | T30 | CUT | T19 | CUT | 50 | DNP | DNP | T33 | T20 | T5 |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | T10 | T33 | T34 | T54 | T33 | T59 | T54 | T22 | T2 | T6 | T48 |
| US Open | DNP | DNP | T27 | CUT | CUT | T29 | CUT | T23 | T27 | DNP | CUT | T25 | T16 |
| Open Championship | CUT | DNP | T13 | CUT | CUT | T39 | T9 | T15 | T40 | T36 | CUT | 1 | T11 |
DNP = not participated
CUT = Cut not made
"T" split placement
Green background for victories
Yellow background for top 10
Participation in team competitions
- World Cup : 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 (winner), 2011, 2013, 2016
- Seve Trophy (for continental Europe): 2009, 2011, 2013 (winner)
- Ryder Cup : 2010 (winner), 2012 (winner), 2018 (winner)
See also
Web links
- Player profile on the PGA European Tour
- Tournament results of the last two years on the Official World Golf Ranking Website (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Molinari, Francesco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian professional golfer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Turin , Italy |