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'''Matteo Manassero''' (born 19 April 1993) is an Italian professional [[golfprofessional golfer]]er who currently plays on the [[European Tour]]. HeIn is2010, alsohe became the youngest golfer to win a European Tour event. His most notable victory to date was in the [[2013 BMW PGA Championship]].

Manassero turned pro on 3 May 2010,<ref>[http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2010/tournamentid=2010024/news/newsid=121121.html Manassero Second Youngest To Join Tour]</ref> making his professional debut at the [[BMW Italian Open]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.majorschampionships.com/masters/2010/news/manassero_pro.cfm |title=Italy's Manassero, 16, says he's turning professional |publisher=pgatour.com |date=10 April 2010 |access-date=10 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224175518/http://www.majorschampionships.com/masters/2010/news/manassero_pro.cfm |archive-date=24 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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]]. TheAt age 17, the victory made him the youngest-ever winner on the European Tour, surpassing the record set by [[Danny Lee (golfer)|Danny Lee]] at the 2009 [[Johnnie Walker Classic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/9122476.stm |title=Matteo Manassero becomes youngest European Tour winner |work=[[BBC Sport]] |date=24 October 2010 |access-date=2010-10-24}}</ref> 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.

In 2013, Manassero won the biggest tournament of his career to date: the [[2013 BMW PGA Championship]] with a birdie at the fourth extra hole of a playoff against [[Simon Khan]] and [[Marc Warren (golfer)|Marc Warren]], becoming the youngest-ever winner of this tournament. With the win Manassero gained the right to play in the [[2013 U.S. Open (golf)|2013 U.S. Open]] and entered the top 30 of the [[Official World Golf Ranking]].<ref>{{cite web |url=httphttps://espnwww.goespn.com/golf/story/_/id/9313373/italy-matteo-manassero-20-youngest-win-bmw-pga-championship |title=Matteo Manassero wins BMW PGA |date=28 May 2013 |work=ESPN |access-date=5 June 2013}}</ref> He also managed to further improve his final Order of Merit position with an 11th place.

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!align="left"|Tournament !! 2009 !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016 !! 2017 !! 2018

|align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 45 || 3

|align=left|[[PGA Championship]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 45 || 23

!Totals !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 2 !! 1719 !! 89