Francesco Molinari
(maw-LIN-air-ee)
Height: 5'8" (1.73 m)
Weight: 159 (72 kg)
Age: 40 (November 08, 1982)
Birthplace: Turin, Italy
Residence: Los Angeles, California
Family:
Wife, Valentina; Tommaso, Emma
Education:
University of Torino (Business)
Special Interests:
Soccer, cooking
Turned Professional:
2004
City plays from:
Torino, Italy
Exempt Status
PGA TOURWinner, The Open Championship (thru 2024-25)
Career Victories
PGA TOUR Victories (3):
2018 (2) Quicken Loans National, The Open Championship. 2019 (1) Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard.International Victories (5):
Other Victories (1):
Player Statistics
Career Low Round:
61 - 2017 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (Round 4)Career High FedExCup Rank:
#7 : 2018 PGA ChampionshipCareer High Official World Golf Rank:
#5 : 2018 TOUR ChampionshipCareer Largest Paycheck:
$1,890,000 : 2018 The Open Championship (Finished 1)National Team Selections
Career Records
| PGA TOUR (Playoff Record: 0 - 0) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Events | Rounds | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10 | Top 25 | Cuts Made | Cuts Missed | WD | FedExCup Rank | Earnings | |
| Total: | 198 | 643 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 71 | 142 | 54 | 3 | $18,166,755 | ||
| 2023 | 17 | 46 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 184 | $566,848 | ||||||
| 2022 | 17 | 53 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 148 | $816,460 | ||||
| 2021 | 15 | 44 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 142 | $996,977 | |||||
| 2020 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 193 | $183,740 | ||||||
| 2019 | 15 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 40 | $3,467,143 | |||
| 2018 | 20 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 17 | $5,065,842 | |||
| 2017 | 21 | 72 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 37 | $2,875,850 | |||
| 2016 | 18 | 64 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 111 | $1,083,155 | |||||
| 2015 | 16 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 111 | $997,389 | |||
| 2014 | 12 | 44 | 2 | 7 | 12 | $847,974 | |||||||
| 2013 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | $245,463 | ||||||
| 2012 | 8 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 1 | $198,961 | |||||||
| 2011 | 11 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | $158,387 | |||||
| 2010 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | $358,196 | ||||||
| 2009 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 4 | $304,368 | |||||||
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| (A) - Amateur | |||||||||||||
Top Tournaments |
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| PGA TOUR | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE PLAYERS Championship | Masters Tournament | PGA Championship | U.S. Open | The Open Championship | WGC-HSBC Champions | WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play | WGC-FedEx St. Jude Inv | WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession | |
| 2023 | T60 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | ||||
| 2022 | T42 | CUT | T55 | CUT | T15 | ||||
| 2021 | CUT | CUT | CUT | ||||||
| 2020 | CNL | T22 | T53 | ||||||
| 2019 | T56 | T5 | T48 | T16 | T11 | T43 | 3 | T17 | |
| 2018 | CUT | T20 | T6 | T25 | 1 | T46 | T17 | T39 | T25 |
| 2017 | T6 | T33 | T2 | CUT | CUT | T6 | 58 | T24 | T20 |
| 2016 | T7 | T22 | T36 | ||||||
| 2015 | T54 | T27 | T40 | T34 | T61 | ||||
| 2014 | T6 | 50 | T58 | T23 | T15 | T21 | T33 | T31 | T25 |
| 2013 | CUT | CUT | T33 | CUT | T9 | T33 | T44 | T28 | |
| 2012 | CUT | T19 | T54 | T29 | T39 | T39 | T17 | T40 | T13 |
| 2011 | CUT | CUT | T34 | CUT | CUT | T23 | T33 | T15 | T3 |
| 2010 | 9 | T30 | T33 | CUT | CUT | 1 | T33 | T39 | T14 |
| 2009 | T10 | T27 | T13 | T10 | |||||
| 2007 | CUT | ||||||||
| FedExCup Playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FedEx St. Jude Championship | Dell Technologies Championship | BMW Championship | TOUR Championship | |
| 2019 | 82 | T61 | ||
| 2018 | CUT | T8 | T21 | |
| 2017 | CUT | T61 | T12 | |
| 2016 | CUT | |||
Personal
- Caddied for brother Edoardo at the 2006 Masters who was paired with Tiger Woods in the opening round.
- Is fluent in three languages including his native Italian, English and Spanish.
- Massive soccer fan and has two teams: the Italian Serie A team Inter Milan, and the West Ham United of the English Premier League.