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inteRnAtionAL PLAYeRScAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Victories at the piemonte open in may, the Kazakhstanopen four months later and the Italian Federation cuppushed him to first in the European challenge tour seasonrankings and an immediate return to the European tour in2010. Beat robert Karlsson in a playoff in late Novemberto win the Dunlop phoenix on the Japan golf tour. teamededoardo Molinari (Continued)with brother Francesco to capture Italy’s first omEgamission Hills World cup title in late November. Amateur:a great career included winning the 2001 Italian amateur,the 2003 turkish amateur and becoming the first Italianto win the u.S. amateur, when he won at merion in2005. played in the 2006 masters (with younger brotherFrancesco as his caddie), u.S. open and British open as aresult of the u.S. amateur win. turned professional in thesummer of 2006 after finishing his engineering degree atthe university of torino. Won twice on the 2007 challengetour in a span of five weeks at the club colombia mastersand the tusker Kenya open.PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank earnings2005a 1 12006a 6 12010 8 7 1 1 1 $636,518total 15 9 1 1 1 636,518eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings2010 23 20 2 1 1 6 9 $2,094,320SoUtHeRn AFRicA toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings2010 8 7 $115,094* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 05 06 07 08 09 10masters cut cutu.S. open cut t47British open t60 t68 t27pgat33accenture match play championshipt33Bridgestone Invitationalt55ca championship 61HSBc championst41nAtionAL teAMS: ryder cup (1), 2010; World cup (2), 2008, 2009.Francesco Molinari (maw-liN-air-ee)FULL nAMe: Francesco molinariHeiGHt: 5-8WeiGHt: 159BiRtHDAte: November 8, 1982BiRtHPLAce: olgiata, ItalyReSiDence: LondonFAMiLY: Wife, ValentinaeDUcAtion: university of torino (Business)SPeciAL inteReStS: Soccer, snowboarding, videogames, moviestURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2004Section 2 Player BiograPhiesPGA toUR VictoRieS (1):2010 World golf championships-HSBc champions.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (2):Sherry cup. 2006 telecom Italia open [Eur].otHeR VictoRieS (5):2002 Italian amateur Stroke play championship, Italianamateur Foursomes [with Edoardo molinari]. 2004 Italianamateur Stroke play championship, Italian amateur matchplay championship, 2009 omEga mission Hills World cup[with Edoardo molinari].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:9—tHE pLaYErS championship.2010 SeASon:capped a career-defining year by winning in November inchina. Battled Lee Westwood, the world’s No. 1-rankedplayer all week before eventually prevailing at the Worldgolf championships-HSBc champions in Shanghai. Hematched scores with Westwood in the second, third andfinal rounds but won the tournament with a first-round 65at Sheshan International gc to Westwood’s 66…Finishedninth at tHE pLaYErS championship in his first appearanceat tpc Sawgrass. In a second-round 65, hit all 18 greens inregulation, the first time that had occurred at tpc Sawgrasssince in-depth hole-by-hole statistics began in 1992. Finishcame on the same day Francesco’s older brother, Edoardo,finished t13 at the BmW Italian open in turin, Italy. It washis first top-10 on the pga tour since a t10 at the 2009pga championship…Earned a playing spot on the 2010European ryder cup team and compiled a 0-2-1 record duringthe European victory…picked up a t6 at the Europeantour’s final event, the Dubai World championship, whichled to a fifth-place showing in the race to Dubai, that tour’sseason-long points competition.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.99 ....... (N/a)Driving Distance ...........................................285.3 ....... (N/a)Driving accuracy percentage .......................72.65% .... (N/a)greens in regulation percentage ................70.60% .... (N/a)putting average ...........................................1.813 ....... (N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 65–tHE pLaYErSchampionship/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 65–2010 tHEpLaYErS championship/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $275,500–2010 tHE pLaYErS championship/9career High official World Rank: after 2010 World golfchampionships-HSBc champions/14PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank earnings2007 12009 4 4 1 2 $304,3682010 8 6 1 1 2 358,196total 13 10 1 2 4 662,565eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings2010 24 20 2 2 9 12 $1,544,829* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 07 08 09 10masterst30u.S. opent27 cutBritish open cut t13 cutpgat10 t33tHE pLaYErS 9accenture match play championshipt33Bridgestone Invitationalt39ca championshipt14HSBc champions t10 1nAtionAL teAMS: ryder cup (1), 2010; World cup (4), 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-415