Francesco Molinari

Francesco Molinari
Molinari in 2008
Personal information
Born (1982-11-08) 8 November 1982 (age 42)
Turin, Italy
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)
Sporting nationality Italy
ResidenceTurin, Italy
London, England
Spouse
Valentina
(m. 2007)
Children2
Career
CollegeUniversity of Turin
Turned professional2004
Current tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Professional wins10
Highest ranking5 (9 September 2018)[1]
(as of 3 November 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour3
European Tour6
Other2
Best results in major championships
(wins: 1)
Masters TournamentT5: 2019
PGA ChampionshipT2: 2017
U.S. OpenT13: 2021
The Open ChampionshipWon: 2018
Achievements and awards
European Tour
Race to Dubai winner
2018
European Tour
Golfer of the Year
2018
European Tour
Players' Player of the Year
2018

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.

  1. ^ "Week 36 2018 Ending 9 Sep 2018" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
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