Edoardo Molinari
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Edoardo Molinari (born 11 February 1981) is an Italian golfer. In 2005 he became the first Italian and the first Continental European to win the U.S. Amateur Championship. 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
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
