Francesco Molinari
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Francesco Molinari |
| Born |
8 November 1982 Turin, Italy |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st) |
| Nationality |
 Italy
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| Residence | Turin, Italy |
| Spouse | Valentina (m. 2007) |
| Children | Tommaso, Emma |
| Career | |
| College | University of Turin |
| Turned professional | 2004 |
| Current tour(s) |
European Tour PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 6 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 4 |
| Other | 2 |
| Best results in major championships |
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| Masters Tournament | T19: 2012 |
| U.S. Open | T23: 2014 |
| The Open Championship | T9: 2013 |
| PGA Championship | T10: 2009 |
Francesco Molinari (born 8 November 1982) is an Italian professional golfer. He is a four-time winner on the European Tour, with one of those wins being the WGC-HSBC Champions in 2010.
Molinari was born in Turin, Italy, and is the younger brother of Edoardo Molinari. As an amateur, he won the Italian Amateur Stroke Play Championship twice, and the Italian Match Play Championship in 2004. He turned professional later that year.
Molinari earned his European Tour card for 2005 through qualifying school. He finished in 86th place on the tour's Order of Merit in his rookie season.
In May 2006, Molinari claimed his first European Tour victory, becoming the first Italian since Massimo Mannelli in 1980 to win the Telecom Italia Open. This victory helped him finish 38th on the Order of Merit. Molinari didn't win on Tour between 2007 and 2009 but during that time he recorded twenty top-10 finishes including three runner-up finishes. He finished 60th on the Order of Merit in 2007, 24th in 2008 and 14th in the Race to Dubai in 2009. In October 2009, Molinari reached the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time.
On 29 November 2009, Molinari, along with his older brother Edoardo, led Italy to their first World Cup victory at the Omega Mission Hills World Cup in China.
2010 was Molinari's best year on Tour to date. On 7 November 2010, Molinari won the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai, China. He defeated Lee Westwood by one stroke, finishing at 19-under par. The win moved him into 14th in the Official World Golf Ranking, his highest ranking to date. He also recorded eleven top-10 finishes including two runner-up finishes en route to a 5th-place finish in the Race to Dubai.
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