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Matteo Manassero 
Personal information Full name Matteo Manassero Born 19 April 1993
Negrar, ItalyHeight 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Nationality 
ItalyResidence Verona, Italy Career Turned professional 2010 Current tour(s) European Tour (joined 2010) Professional wins 2 Number of wins by tour European Tour 2 Best results in Major Championships Masters Tournament T36: 2010 U.S. Open T54: 2011 The Open Championship T13: 2009 PGA Championship T37: 2011 Achievements and awards Sir Henry Cotton
Rookie of the Year2010 Matteo Manassero (born 19 April 1993) is an Italian professional golfer. He is the youngest golfer to win a European Tour event.
Manassero was born in Negrar, in the Province of Verona.[1] In 2009, at the age of 16, he became the youngest ever winner of the British Amateur Championship, defeating England's Sam Hutsby in the final.[2] The win qualified him for the 2009 Open Championship, where, playing alongside Tom Watson and Sergio García in the first two rounds, he made the cut and won the silver medal as leading amateur. He eventually finished tied for 13th place.[3]
Manassero topped the World Amateur Golf Rankings on 30 December 2009[4] and remained number 1 for 18 weeks, until he was removed from the rankings upon turning professional.[5]
On 9 April 2010, Manassero beat Bobby Cole's record, which lasted since 1967, to become the youngest player ever to make the cut at the Masters Tournament, at 16 years and 11 months and 22 days. Manassero was nearly two years younger than Cole was when he made the cut at the 1967 Masters. Manassero announced that he would turn professional shortly after the Masters and about two weeks after his 17th birthday. He made his professional debut at the BMW Italian Open.[6] He officially turned pro on 3 May 2010.[7] His first win came on 24 October 2010 at the Castelló Masters Costa Azahar in Valencia, Spain, where he triumphed by four strokes over Ignacio Garrido. The victory made him the youngest ever winner on the European Tour, surpassing the record set by Danny Lee at the 2009 Johnnie Walker Classic.[8] The victory also secured his full European Tour playing privileges for the next two seasons. Manassero posted another very strong result when he tied for second in the 2010 UBS Hong Kong Open, one stroke behind winner Ian Poulter. He won the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year in 2010.
Manassero secured his second European Tour win at the Maybank Malaysian Open on 17 April 2011 at the age of 17 years and 363 days, putting him first and second on the list of youngest European Tour winners.
Contents
Amateur wins (1)
Professional wins (2)
European Tour wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner-up 1 24 Oct 2010 Castelló Masters Costa Azahar −16 (68–66–67–67=268) 4 strokes 
Ignacio Garrido2 17 Apr 2011 Maybank Malaysian Open −16 (66–71–67–68=272) 1 stroke 
Grégory BourdyResults in major championships
Tournament 2009 2010 2011 The Masters DNP T36 LA DNP U.S. Open DNP DNP T54 Open Championship T13 LA DNP CUT PGA Championship DNP DNP T37 LA = Low amateur
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament 2010 2011 Accenture Match Play Championship DNP R16 Cadillac Championship DNP DNP Bridgestone Invitational DNP T37 HSBC Champions T53 69 DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.Team appearances
Amateur
- Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2007
Professional
- Royal Trophy (representing Europe): 2011 (winners)
- Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2011
References
- ^ "Matteo Manassero". Federazione Italiana Golf. http://www.federgolf.it/index.php?id=3007. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- ^ "Manassero claims British amateur". BBC Sport. 20 June 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8111172.stm. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- ^ Murray, Ewan (19 July 2009). "Matteo Manassero returns to school before chasing professional dream". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/jul/19/the-open-matteo-manassero. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- ^ Wattel pips WAGR No 1 on final day in Florida - 6 Jan 2010
- ^ Manassero embarks upon professional career
- ^ "Italy's Manassero, 16, says he's turning professional". pgatour.com. 10 April 2010. http://www.majorschampionships.com/masters/2010/news/manassero_pro.cfm. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ^ Manassero Second Youngest To Join Tour
- ^ "Matteo Manassero becomes youngest European Tour winner". BBC Sport. 24 October 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/9122476.stm. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
External links
- Matteo Manassero at the European Tour official site
- Matteo Manassero at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
Sir Henry Cotton Rookies of the Year 1960 Tommy Goodwin • 1961 Alex Caygill • 1962 No award • 1963 Tony Jacklin • 1964 No award • 1965 No award • 1966 Robin Liddle • 1967 No award • 1968 Bernard Gallacher • 1969 Peter Oosterhuis • 1970 Stuart Brown • 1971 David Llewellyn • 1972 Sam Torrance • 1973 Pip Elson • 1974 Carl Mason • 1975 No award • 1976 Mark James • 1977 Nick Faldo • 1978 Sandy Lyle • 1979 Mike Miller • 1980 Paul Hoad • 1981 Jeremy Bennett • 1982 Gordon Brand, Jnr • 1983 Grant Turner • 1984 Philip Parkin • 1985 Paul Thomas • 1986 José María Olazábal • 1987 Peter Baker • 1988 Colin Montgomerie • 1989 Paul Broadhurst • 1990 Russell Claydon • 1991 Per-Ulrik Johansson • 1992 Jim Payne • 1993 Gary Orr • 1994 Jonathan Lomas • 1995 Jarmo Sandelin • 1996 Thomas Bjørn • 1997 Scott Henderson • 1998 Olivier Edmond • 1999 Sergio García • 2000 Ian Poulter • 2001 Paul Casey • 2002 Nick Dougherty • 2003 Peter Lawrie • 2004 Scott Drummond • 2005 Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño • 2006 Marc Warren • 2007 Martin Kaymer • 2008 Pablo Larrazábal • 2009 Chris Wood • 2010 Matteo ManasseroCategories:- Italian golfers
- European Tour golfers
- People from the Province of Verona
- 1993 births
- Living people
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