Massimo Scarpa
| Massimo Scarpa | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Massimo Scarpa |
| Born | 5 June 1970 |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st) |
| Sporting nationality | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy |
| Residence | Padova, Italy |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1992 |
| Former tour | European Tour |
| Professional wins | 6 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 1 |
| Challenge Tour | 3 |
Massimo Scarpa (born 5 June 1970) is an Italian professional golfer.
Golf career
[edit | edit source]Scarpa was born in Venice and turned professional at the end of 1992 having won the European Amateur. He played on the European Tour and the second tier Challenge Tour between 1993 and 2006. He won once on the European Tour and twice on the Challenge Tour. He also won the Italian National Omnium three times in four years between 1998 and 2001. He played on the Italian team in the 1999 Alfred Dunhill Cup at St Andrews, beating three-time major champion Payne Stewart in the second round less than a month before Stewart's death.[1]
He is notable for playing golf both left- and right-handed.[2]
Amateur wins
[edit | edit source]- 1992 European Amateur
Professional wins (6)
[edit | edit source]European Tour wins (1)
[edit | edit source]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 Aug 2000 | Buzzgolf.com North West of Ireland Open1 | −13 (67-70-68-70=275) | 1 stroke | Sweden Mikael Lundberg |
1Dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour
Challenge Tour wins (3)
[edit | edit source]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 Apr 1998 | Rimini International Open | −10 (69-73-68-68=278) | 2 strokes | England John Bickerton, England Gordon J. Brand, England Roger Winchester |
| 2 | 9 Aug 1998 | Finnish Masters | −17 (69-70-63-69=271) | 1 stroke | Sweden Chris Hanell |
| 3 | 20 Aug 2000 | Buzzgolf.com North West of Ireland Open1 | −13 (67-70-68-70=275) | 1 stroke | Sweden Mikael Lundberg |
1Dual-ranking event with the European Tour
Other wins (3)
[edit | edit source]- 1998 Italian National Omnium
- 1999 Italian National Omnium
- 2001 Italian National Omnium
Team appearances
[edit | edit source]Amateur
- European Youths' Team Championship (representing Italy): 1990 (winners)[3]
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Italy): 1990, 1992
- European Amateur Team Championship (representing Italy): 1991
- St Andrews Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 1992
Professional
- Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Italy): 1999
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Americans bashed 3-0 by Italy in Dunhill Cup
- ^ Italy's Scarpa moves ahead
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Massimo Scarpa at the European Tour official site