This article is about the golfer. For the opera conductor, see Francesco Molinari-Pradelli.
Francesco Molinari
Molinari in 2008
Personal information
Born
(1982-11-08) 8 November 1982 (age 41) 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 5 May 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
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.
FrancescoMolinari (born 8 November 1982) is an Italian professional golfer. He won the 2018 Open Championship, his first and only major victory, and the...
play. Molinari was the first Italian winner on the Japan Golf Tour. On 29 November 2009, Molinari partnered with his younger brother Francesco to lead...
Woods only emerged to lead the tournament in the final round, when FrancescoMolinari, who had been leading the tournament, hit his ball into the water...
winner Brooks Koepka. In the 2018 Ryder Cup, Fleetwood paired with FrancescoMolinari. They became the first pairing to win all four of their matches, as...
golfer and brother of FrancescoMolinari Elisa Molinari, Italian academic, Fellow in the American Physical Society Emilio Molinari (born 1939), Italian...
covered over 400 yards. FrancescoMolinari posted a bogey-free final round of 69 to win his first major championship. Molinari finished two shots ahead...
sight in one eye. Coming back from two down, Tommy Fleetwood and FrancescoMolinari defeated Tiger Woods and Patrick Reed 3 & 1 to secure Team Europe's...
WGC-Champions 2009 Phil Mickelson 2010 FrancescoMolinari 2011 Martin Kaymer 2012 Ian Poulter 2013 Dustin Johnson 2014 Bubba Watson 2015 Russell Knox 2016...
Tiger Woods missed a putt on the final green and conceded the hole to FrancescoMolinari, halving the final point and securing outright victory for the European...
Retrieved 23 April 2018. Murray, Scott (22 July 2018). "The Open 2018: FrancescoMolinari wins title on day of drama – as it happened". The Guardian. Archived...
November 2018). "FrancescoMolinari savours winning Race to Dubai in career-best year". Sky Sports. Retrieved 13 October 2023. "FrancescoMolinari named 2018...
Championship (2018–2023) Brian Harman (10,11,12) Shane Lowry (8,10,11) FrancescoMolinari Cameron Smith (5,8) 5. Recent winners of The Players Championship...
Webb Simpson 6. Recent winners of The Open Championship (2018–2023) FrancescoMolinari 7. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2018–2023) 8. Recent winners of...
had gone 4-0-0 in the fourball and foursome matches (with partner FrancescoMolinari). On October 28, 2018, Finau lost a playoff against Xander Schauffele...
successful male golfer that Italy has produced, until the 2018 success of FrancescoMolinari, who credited Rocca as an inspiration to him following his Open victory...
received an additional $2 million compared with the $1.25 million won by FrancescoMolinari in 2018. In addition, the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai was cut...
ranked in the top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking on July 28) FrancescoMolinari Lee Westwood Nicolas Colsaerts (ranked 172), Peter Hanson (119), and...
leader FrancescoMolinari. Woods entered the final round in the last group, aiming for a first major championship since the 2008 U.S. Open. Molinari held...
won his first career major title, two strokes ahead of runners-up FrancescoMolinari, Louis Oosthuizen, and Patrick Reed. In the United States, the Championship...
missed the cut, and McDowell finished tied-57th. Defending champion FrancescoMolinari made the cut on the number and finished tied for 11th with a 3-under-par...
María Olazábal was named the fourth vice-captain. On 16 August 2023, FrancescoMolinari was named the fifth and final vice-captain. For the U.S. team, Steve...
civil honour, the Padma Shri, in 2007. On 15 July 2012, Singh beat FrancescoMolinari in a sudden-death playoff to win the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish...
November 22, 2015. Murray, Scott (July 22, 2018). "The Open 2018: FrancescoMolinari wins title on day of drama – as it happened". The Guardian. Powers...
that fellow German Bernhard Langer missed at the 1991 Ryder Cup. FrancescoMolinari secured the final half-point to win the Ryder Cup outright by winning...
MountainWestWire. Murray, Scott (July 22, 2018). "The Open 2018: FrancescoMolinari wins title on day of drama – as it happened". The Guardian. Menta...
Recent winners of The Open Championship (2017–2022) Shane Lowry (10) FrancescoMolinari Cameron Smith (5,8) Jordan Spieth (10) 5. Recent winners of The Players...
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