| Francesco Molinari | |||||||
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 Molinari in 2008 | |||||||
| Personal information | |||||||
| Born | 8 November 1982 Turin, Italy | ||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st) | ||||||
| Sporting nationality |  Italy | ||||||
| Residence | Turin, Italy London, England | ||||||
| Spouse |
Valentina (m. 2007) | ||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||
| Career | |||||||
| College | University of Turin | ||||||
| Turned professional | 2004 | ||||||
| Current tour(s) | European Tour PGA Tour | ||||||
| Professional wins | 10 | ||||||
| Highest ranking | 5 (9 September 2018)[1] (as of 6 October 2024) | ||||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||||
| PGA Tour | 3 | ||||||
| European Tour | 6 | ||||||
| Other | 2 | ||||||
| Best results in major championships (wins: 1) | |||||||
| Masters Tournament | T5: 2019 | ||||||
| PGA Championship | T2: 2017 | ||||||
| U.S. Open | T13: 2021 | ||||||
| The Open Championship | Won: 2018 | ||||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||||
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Francesco Molinari (born 8 November 1982) is an Italian professional golfer. He won the 2018 Open Championship, his first and only major victory, and the first major won by an Italian professional golfer.[2] The Open Championship win capped a successful season in which he won the 2018 BMW PGA Championship, his fifth win on the European Tour, and the Quicken Loans National, his first PGA Tour win. At the end of the season, Molinari won 5 out of 5 points as Europe won the 2018 Ryder Cup.
Molinari has been in the top 100 of the World Rankings continuously since the end of 2008. Playing with his brother Edoardo, they won the 2009 Omega Mission Hills World Cup, Italy's only win in the event. Molinari won the 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions and has represented Europe in three winning Ryder Cup teams, in 2010, 2012 and 2018.
- ^ "Week 36 2018 Ending 9 Sep 2018" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
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