Matteo Manassero
| Matteo Manassero | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Matteo Manassero |
| Nickname | Manny |
| Born |
19 April 1993 Negrar, Italy |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb; 12.4 st) |
| Nationality |
 Italy
|
| Residence | Verona, Italy |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2010 |
| Current tour(s) | European Tour (joined 2010) |
| Professional wins | 4 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 4 |
| Asian Tour | 2 |
| Best results in major championships |
|
| Masters Tournament | T36: 2010 |
| U.S. Open | T46: 2012, 2016 |
| The Open Championship | T13: 2009 |
| PGA Championship | T37: 2011 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year |
2010 |
Matteo Manassero (born 19 April 1993) is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He is the youngest golfer to win a European Tour event.
Manassero was born in Negrar, in the Province of Verona. 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 British Amateur Championship, defeating England's Sam Hutsby in the final. The win qualified him for the 2009 Open Championship, where, playing alongside 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.
Manassero topped the World Amateur Golf Rankings on 30 December 2009 and remained number 1 for 18 weeks, until he was removed from the rankings upon turning professional.
On 9 April 2010, Manassero beat 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. Manassero announced that he would turn professional shortly after the Masters and about two weeks after his 17th birthday.
Manassero turned pro on 3 May 2010, making his professional debut at the BMW Italian Open. His first win came on 24 October 2010 at the Castelló Masters Costa Azahar in Valencia, Spain, where he triumphed by four strokes over Ignacio Garrido. The victory made him the youngest ever winner on the European Tour, surpassing the record set by Danny Lee at the 2009 Johnnie Walker Classic. The victory also secured his full European Tour playing privileges for the next two seasons. Manassero posted another very strong result when he tied for second in the 2010 UBS Hong Kong Open, one stroke behind winner Ian Poulter. He won the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year in 2010.
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