Massimo Scarpa (born 5 June 1970) is an Italian professional golfer.
| Massimo Scarpa | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Massimo Scarpa |
| Born | 5 June 1970 Venice, Italy |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Italy |
| Residence | Padova, Italy |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1992 |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour |
| Professional wins | 6 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 1 |
| Challenge Tour | 3 |
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
- 1992 European Amateur
Professional wins (6) edit
European Tour wins (1) edit
| 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 |  Mikael Lundberg
|
1Dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour
Challenge Tour wins (3) edit
| 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 |  John Bickerton, Gordon J. Brand, Roger Winchester
|
| 2 | 9 Aug 1998 | Finnish Masters | −17 (69-70-63-69=271) | 1 stroke | Chris Hanell
|
| 3 | 20 Aug 2000 | Buzzgolf.com North West of Ireland Open1 | −13 (67-70-68-70=275) | 1 stroke | Mikael Lundberg
|
1Dual-ranking event with the European Tour
Other wins (3) edit
- 1998 Italian National Omnium
- 1999 Italian National Omnium
- 2001 Italian National Omnium
Team appearances edit
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
- ^ Americans bashed 3-0 by Italy in Dunhill Cup
- ^ Italy's Scarpa moves ahead
- ^ "Hemmaseger i JEM-rysare, Lag-EM Juniorer" [Home victory in exciting European Youth's Team Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9/1990. September 1990. p. 84. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
External links edit
- Massimo Scarpa at the European Tour official site