Massimo Mannelli (born 9 April 1956) is an Italian professional golfer.
| Massimo Mannelli | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Massimo Mannelli |
| Born | 9 April 1956 |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Sporting nationality |  Italy |
| Career | |
| Status | Professional |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour |
| Professional wins | 6 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 1 |
| Other | 5 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 1981, 1983, 1985 |
He played regularly on the European Tour from the late 1970s to the early 1990s and finished a career high 40th on the European Tour Order of Merit in 1980, the year in which he won his home national open, the Italian Open. That was to be his only European Tour win. He was the last Italian golfer to win the event until Francesco Molinari did so in 2006.
Amateur wins
edit- 1974 Italian Amateur Championship[1]
Professional wins (6)
editEuropean Tour wins (1)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 Apr 1980 | Italian Open | −8 (68-66-70-72=276) | 5 strokes |  John Bland,  Ken Brown
|
Other wins (5)
edit- This list may be incomplete
- 1981 National Omnium
- 1986 National Omnium
- 1986 Italian National Professional Championship[2]
- 1990 Italian PGA Championship, Italian National Professional Championship[2]
Results in major championships
edit| Tournament | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT |
Note: Mannelli only played in The Open Championship.
Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1981, 1983 and 1985 Open Championships)
Team appearances
editAmateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Italy): 1974, 1976[3]
- European Youths' Team Championship (representing Italy): 1975 (winners),[4] 1976, 1977[5]
Professional
- World Cup (representing Italy): 1983, 1989
- Hennessy Cognac Cup (representing the Continent of Europe): 1980, (representing Italy) 1984
- Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Italy): 1989
References
edit- ^ The Golfer's Handbook 1984. MacMillan London Ltd. 1984. p. 509. ISBN 0-33336004 4.
- ^ a b The Golfer's Handbook 1993. Macmillan London Ltd. 1993. p. 196. ISBN 0-333-58895-9.
- ^ "Record Book 1974 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ Stenport, Göran (September 1975). "Fjärde raka JEM-finalen - fjärde raka förlusten" [Fourt straight final in the European Youth's Team Championship - fourth straight loss]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 7/1975. pp. 28–29. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
- ^ Ohlson, Jörgen (August 1977). "Godkänt - med tvekan, JEM i siffror" [Approved - with doubt, The European Youth's Team Championship in numbers]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6/1977. pp. 38–39.
External links
edit- Massimo Mannelli at the European Tour official site