Edoardo Molinari

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Edoardo Molinari (born 11 February 1981) is an Italian golfer. In 2005 he became the first Italian and the first Continental European to win the U.S. Amateur Championship. He turned professional in 2006. In 2007 he won the Club Colombia Masters and the Kenya Open on Europe's second tier professional golf tour, the Challenge Tour.

Edoardo Molinari's younger brother Francesco is a European Tour golfer.

Contents 1 Amateur wins (6) 2 Professional wins (2) 2.1 Challenge Tour wins (2) 3 Results in major championships 4 Team appearances 4.1 Amateur 4.2 Professional 5 External links

[edit] Amateur wins (6)

• 1996 English Boys Under 16 Championship
• 2001 Italian Amateur Championship
• 2002 Italian Amateur Foursomes Championship (with Francesco Molinari)
• 2003 Turkish Amateur Open Championship
• 2004 Italian Amateur Foursomes Championship (with Francesco Molinari)
• 2005 U.S. Amateur Championship

[edit] Professional wins (2)

[edit] Challenge Tour wins (2)

• 2007 Club Colombia Masters, Tusker Kenya Open

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament	2005	2006
The Masters	DNP	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	CUT
The Open Championship	T60	T68
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

[edit] Team appearances

[edit] Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Italy): 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004
• St Andrews Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2004
• Bonallack Cup: 2002, 2004
• Jaques Leglise Trophy: 1998

[edit] Professional

• World Cup (representing Italy): 2007

[edit] External links

• Profile on the official site of the PGA European Tour