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EDOARDO MOLINARI
ITALY
Height:
5 ft, 11 in
Weight:
170 lbs
Birthday:
02/11/1981
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| INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES | |
| (8): 2007 Club Colombia Masters [EurChall], Tusker Kenya Open [Eur]. 2009 Piemonte Open [EurChall], Kazakhstan Open [EurChall], Italian Federation Cup [EurChall], Dunlop Phoenix [Jpn]. 2010 Barclays Scottish Open [Eur], Johnnie Walker Championship [Eur]. | |
| Other Victories | |
| (2): 2001 Italian Amateur Foursomes [with Francesco Molinari]. 2009 OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup [with Francesco Molinari]. | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Money and Position | () |
| $18,240 | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round | |
| 74 at Round 4, Masters Tournament. | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Highlights | |
| Shot a final-round 67 at the Trophee Hassan II in Morocco to move up nine spots into a T6. | |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes | |
| T2-- Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard. | |
| 2011 Season PGA TOUR | |
| Tournaments Entered--12; in money--11; Top 10 finishes-- | |
| Career Highlights | |
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2011: His top European Tour performance came in November at the rain-shortened Barclays Singapore Open. Opened with a 10-under 62 at Sentosa GC and was tied for the 36-hole lead with England's James Morrison. Struggled to a 1-under 71 Sunday to T5. Was T8 at the Volvo Golf Champions in January, shooting rounds of 65-68 on the weekend. Top PGA TOUR finish was his 11th-place showing at the Masters. Shot a final-round 74 at Augusta National. Defended Italy's 2009 OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup title by again teaming with his brother, Francesco. The duo finished 17th in China. 2010: Finished T2 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The runner-up finish was the best of his PGA TOUR career in just his third start as a professional. earned a spot in the Arnold Palmer Invitational by being in the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking. On the same weekend that Edoardo finished T2 at Bay Hill, his brother Francesco finished T4 at the European Tour's Open de Andalucia de Golf in Málaga, Spain. Won the first of two European Tour titles when he captured the Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond GC. Followed that victory with a win at the Johnnie Walker Championship, also in Scotland. Win helped him secure a captain's selection on the European Ryder Cup team. At Celtic Manor, he didn't win any matches (0-1-2) but earned his team a full point by halving his fourball and singles showdowns. Late in the season, traveled to Japan and turned in a T4 at the Dunlop Phoenix. 2009: Victories at the Piemonte Open in May, the Kazakhstan Open four months later and the Italian Federation Cup pushed him to first in the European Challenge Tour season rankings and an immediate return to the European Tour in 2010. Beat Robert Karlsson in a playoff in late November to win the Dunlop Phoenix on the Japan Golf Tour. Teamed with brother Francesco to capture Italy's first OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup title in late November. Amateur: A great career included winning the 2001 Italian Amateur, the 2003 Turkish Amateur and becoming the first Italian to win the U.S. Amateur, when he won at Merion in 2005. Played in the 2006 Masters (with younger brother Francesco as his caddie), U.S. Open and British Open as a result of the U.S. Amateur win. Turned professional in the summer of 2006 after finishing his engineering degree at the University of Torino. Won twice on the 2007 Challenge Tour in a span of five weeks at the Club Colombia Masters and the Tusker Kenya Open. |
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| National Teams | |
| Ryder Cup (1), 2010; World Cup (3), 2008, 2009, 2011. | |
