The Most Famous
GOLFERS from Italy
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Italian Golfers of all time. This list of famous Italian Golfers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Francesco Molinari (b. 1982)
With an HPI of 40.49, Francesco Molinari is the most famous Italian Golfer. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.
Francesco Molinari (born 8 November 1982) is an Italian professional golfer. He won the 2018 Open Championship, his first and only major victory, and the first major won by an Italian professional golfer. The Open Championship win capped a successful season in which he won the 2018 BMW PGA Championship, his fifth win on the European Tour, and the Quicken Loans National, his first PGA Tour win. At the end of the season, Molinari won 5 out of 5 points as Europe won the 2018 Ryder Cup. Molinari has been in the top 100 of the World Rankings continuously since the end of 2008. Playing with his brother Edoardo, they won the 2009 Omega Mission Hills World Cup, Italy's only win in the event. Molinari won the 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions and has represented Europe in three winning Ryder Cup teams, in 2010, 2012 and 2018.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Italian golfers born between 1982 and 1982. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Italian golfers include Francesco Molinari.
