Costantino Rocca (born 4 December 1956) is the most successful male golfer that Italy has produced. After a long career on the European Tour he is now playing on the European Seniors Tour.

Rocca was born in Bergamo. He started out as a caddy, winning the Italian Caddie Championship in 1978, and turned professional in 1981 at the age of 24.

Career outline
In the 1980s, Rocca struggled to retain a European Tour card and made several trips to the Qualifying School. He began to make major strides in his career in 1990, which was the first season that he finished high enough on the Order of Merit to gain a tour card automatically. By 1993, he had risen to sixth in the Order of Merit, and his two best seasons were 1995 and 1996, when he finished fourth. He won five titles on the tour, the first of which was the 1993 Open de Lyon and the most prestigious of which was the 1996 Volvo PGA Championship. (Click here to read the article in full)

Emanuele Canonica (born 7 January 1971) is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.

Canonica was born at Moncalieri in the province of Turin. He won the Italian National Juniors Championship in 1990 and was part of the gold medal winning team Italian team at the European Youths’ Championship that year. He turned professional in 1991 and qualified for the European Tour at the 1994 Qualifying School. For the first few seasons he struggled to keep his tour card, but he never actually lost it, and from 1999 his performances improved. His best Order of Merit finish through 2004 was 27th in 2000. In 2005 he won for the first time on the European Tour at the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.

Canonica has topped the European Tour driving distance statistics several times.

Professional wins (1)

European Tour wins (1)
2005 Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles

Team appearances
Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Italy): 1996, 1999
World Cup (representing Italy): 1999, 2006
Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2005

Silvia Cavalleri (born 10 October 1972 in Milan, Italy) is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the US based LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour. She was the first Italian to win a tournament on the LPGA Tour.

Amateur career and education
Cavalleri was the 1990 British Girls’ champion and represented Europe in the Vagliano Trophy five times between 1989 and 1997. She represented Italy in the Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Team Championship in 1992 and 1996, was the 1996 World Amateur individual champion, and the 1997 United States Women’s Amateur Champion.

She graduated from Politecnico di Milano university in 1998 with a degree in architecture.

Professional career
Cavalleri turned professional in 1997 and played in 1998 on the Ladies European Tour. She joined the LPGA Tour in 1999. She won her first professional tournament in 2007 at the Corona Championship, becoming the first Italian to win an LPGA tournament.

Professional wins (1)

LPGA Tour (1)
2007 (1) Corona Championship