Matteo Manassero: Difference between revisions

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| birth_place = [[Negrar]], [[Italy]]

| residence = [[Verona]], [[Italy]]

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| tour extour = [[EuropeanChallenge Tour]]<br>[[Alps (joined 2010)Tour]]

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| award1 = [[Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year|Sir Henry Cotton<br/>Rookie of the Year]]

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

Manassero was born in [[Negrar]], in the [[Province of Verona]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.federgolf.it/index.php?id=3007 |title=Matteo Manassero |publisher=Federazione Italiana Golf |accessdateaccess-date=20 July 2009}}</ref> After a short period at the Villafranca Golf Club, Manassero learned the game at the [[Gardagolf Country Club]] in [[Soiano del Lago]] following the lessons of the club pro Franco Maestroni. Manassero is currently the touring pro of Gardagolf.

In 2009, at the age of 16, he became the youngest -ever winner of the [[The Amateur Championship|British Amateur Championship]], defeating England's Sam Hutsby in the final.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8111172.stm |title=Manassero claims British amateur |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |date=20 June 2009 |accessdateaccess-date=20 July 2009}}</ref> The win qualified him for the [[2009 Open Championship]], where, playing alongside [[Tom Watson (golfer)|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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/jul/19/the-open-matteo-manassero |title=Matteo Manassero returns to school before chasing professional dream |publisherwork=[[The Guardian]] |date=19 July 2009 |accessdateaccess-date=20 July 2009 |location=London |first=Ewan |last=Murray}}</ref>

On 9 April 2010, Manassero beat [[Bobby Cole (golfer)|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. He was surpassed by [[Guan Tianlang]] who, on 12 April 2013, became the youngest player to make the cut in PGA Tour history at 14 years, 5 months of age.<ref>{{cite web|title=14-year-old Guan Tianlang of China makes cut at Masters|url=http://www.wftv.com/ap/ap/sports/14-yeard-old-guan-tianlang-of-china-makes-cut-at-m/nXLJ8/|publisher=WFTV TV|accessdateaccess-date=12 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130416002542/http://www.wftv.com/ap/ap/sports/14-yeard-old-guan-tianlang-of-china-makes-cut-at-m/nXLJ8/|archivedatearchive-date=16 April 2013}}</ref> Manassero announced that he would turn professional shortly after the Masters and about two weeks after his 17th birthday.

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://www.espn.go.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 |accessdateaccess-date=5 June 2013}}</ref> He also managed to further improve his final Order of Merit position with an 11th place.

After collecting a 4th place at the 2014 [[Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open]] as the sole top 10 result of the season, 2015 proved to be a more difficult year for Manassero in the European Tour, where he was able to make only 6 cuts in 22 competitionscompetitive starts. He finished 167th in the final Order of Merit, but was able to retain his tour membership in virtue of the win at the 2013 BMW PGA Championship.

After the first round of the 2016 Scottish Open, Manassero opened up to ''[[bunkered]]'' magazine about "deep lows" he had suffered during his period of struggle.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.bunkered.co.uk/golf-news/matteo-manassero-back-from-deep-lows |title=Matteo Manassero back from 'deep lows' |date=8 July 2016 |magazine=bunkered |first=Martin |last=Inglis}}</ref> He went on to finish T3 at Castle Stuart, his best result on the European Tour all season.

==Amateur=2020 winsto (1)present===

==Professional wins (48)==

===European Tour wins (45)===

| BMWFlagship PGA Championshipsevents (1)

| Other European Tour (34)

¹Co-sanctioned by the [[Asian Tour]]<br>

!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

|align="left"|[[WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship|Accenture Match Play Championship]]

|align="left"|[[WGC-Cadillac Championship|Cadillac Championship]]

|align="left"|[[WGC-Bridgestone Invitational|Bridgestone Invitational]]

|align="left"|[[WGC-HSBC Champions|HSBC Champions]]

==EquipmentSee also==

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