Edoardo Molinari

Edoardo Molinari (born 11 February 1981) is an Italian golfer. He holds an engineering degree. In 2005 he became the first Italian and the first Continental European to win the U.S. Amateur Championship by making a 25-foot birdie putt at the 33rd hole. He won with 4 & 3 over the American Dillon Dougherty. As a result of that win he was allowed to take part in the 2006 Masters and the 2006 British Open Championship. His brother Francesco Molinari caddied for him at that year's Masters. 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.

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

Professional wins (2)

Challenge Tour wins (2)

*2007 Club Colombia Masters, Tusker Kenya Open

Results in major championships

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

Team appearances

Amateur

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

Professional

*World Cup (representing Italy): 2007

External links

* [http://www.europeantour.com/publish.sps?pageid=127&pagegid=%7B20E6AA6B%2D0225%2D4C71%2DBD89%2D2ACBEE615D69%7D&playerId=25994 Profile on the official site of the PGA European Tour]