Career highlights

• Finished T3 at the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open, two strokes behind champion Alexander Noren. It marked his first top-10 finish on the European Tour since a T4 at the same event in 2014
• Represented Italy when golf returned to the Olympics for the first time since 1904 in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Finished T27 in 60-player field.
• 2013-14: In his second start at the Valspar Championship, finished T8 at Innisbrook Resort & GC with five others. In his only other start on the Copperhead Course, finished T20 in 2011. It was his lone PGA TOUR top-10 in 10 outings. Did have a nice showing at The Honda Classic, finishing T12 after opening and closing 67s. Made three major championship starts, with a T19 at The Open Championship his only made cut
• Had a bogey-free, final-round, 6-under 65 to T4 at the European Tour's Scottish Open in mid-July
• Accepted Special Temporary Membership on the PGA TOUR after finishing T19 at The Open Championship2013: Top PGA TOUR performance in nine starts was a T23 at the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship. Fashioned a final-round 66 in Miami
• A week earlier, was T29 at The Honda Classic
• In his four major championship starts, he only made one cut, at the PGA Championship (T72)
• Fired a final-round 69 at Wentworth Club to get in a playoff with Simon Khan and Marc Warren at the BMW PGA Championship in May. Birdied the fourth extra hole to defeat Khan in a playoff after Warren dropped out of the playoff on the first extra hole. Victory was his fourth European Tour title and gave him a European Tour title in each of the last four years
• A week later, at the Nordea Masters in Stockholm, Sweden, he held a two-stroke lead at the 36-hole mark. But after starting 11-under at the halfway point, was only 3-under the rest of the way to finish T4
• Was one of seven players to T9 at the Volvo Golf Champions in mid-January in South Africa.2012: Had an up-and-down week at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship. Opened with a 1-over 73 but came back with a second-round 65. Followed that with a 4-under, 71-69 finish on the weekend to T6
• Playing in Spain, finished solo second at the Open de Andalucia, two strokes behind winner Julien Quesne. Opened with an 8-under 64 and shot rounds of 68-68 on the weekend, but it wasn't enough to overcome Quesne's 67-64 Saturday-Sunday showing at Aloha GC
• After a third-round, 5-under 67 gave him a share of the lead heading into Sunday at the Trophee Hassan II in Morocco, he stumbled to an even-par 72 to drop to a T6
• In defense of his Maybank Malaysian Open title, he finished T7 in Kuala Lumpur in mid-April
• Had another T7 three weeks later, at the Open de Espana in Seville, Spain
• Had a strong showing at the BMW Italian Open in September in Turin. Enjoyed four rounds in the 60s, including a pair of 65s over his final 36 holes to T3, four shots short of winner Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
• Won for the first time in more than a year when he captured the Barclays Singapore Open in mid-November. Finished regulation tied with Louis Oosthuizen at Sentosa GC. Survived a birdie-putt miss by Oosthuizen on the second extra hole and then took full advantage of his good fortune, making a 10-foot eagle putt on the par-5 third playoff hole to take the victory. Because of the extra session and weather delays for much of the week, he had to play 32 holes Sunday
• A week after winning, he played well again, this time at the UBS Hong Kong Open. Put himself in contention with a third-round 64 at Hong Kong GC. Fired a final-round, 2-under 68 to T4, four shots behind winner Miguel Angel Jimenez. 2011: Picked up his second European Tour victory when he came from behind on the final day to win the Maybank Malaysian Open. He made an eagle on the par-5 10th hole Sunday and followed that with a birdie on the 11th hole to seize the lead for good, eventually defeating Gregory Bourdy by a stroke. The victory came two days short of his 18th birthday, making him the second-youngest winner in Tour history. His victory a year earlier in Spain made him the Tour's youngest
• He became the youngest player to compete in a World Golf Championships event, finishing T9 at the Accenture Match Play Championship at the age of 17 years 10 months, 4 days. Advanced to the third round, beating Steve Stricker (2 and 1) in his opening match and Charl Schwartzel (1-up) in the second round before falling to eventual champion Luke Donald (3 and 2) in the third round
• Held a share of the third-round lead of the European Tour's BMW PGA Championship with Luke Donald. He stumbled Sunday, shooting a 75 to drop to a T7. 2010: Became the youngest European Tour winner in history when he captured the Castello Masters in October at Club de Campo Del Mediterraneo. Shot a 4-under 67 Sunday to win at 17 years, 188 days
• Came close to winning again, at the UBS Hong Kong Open. Shot a second-round 63 and closed with a 62 Sunday at the par-70 Hong Kong GC to fall a stroke shy of winner Ian Poulter
• Missed only one cut in 13 European Tour starts. Other top-five finish was at the Omega European Masters. 2009: Made three of four European Tour cuts, with his best performance a T13 at The Open Championship.