Massimo Scarpa

Massimo Scarpa
Personal information
Full name	Massimo Scarpa
Born	5 June 1970 (1970-06-05) (age 41) Venice, Italy
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	65 kg (140 lb; 10.2 st)
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	2

Massimo Scarpa (born 5 June 1970) is an Italian professional golfer.

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

• 1992 European Amateur

Professional wins (6)

European Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner-up
1	20 Aug 2000	Buzzgolf.com North West of Ireland Open	-13 (67-70-68-70=275)	1 stroke	Mikael Lundberg

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner-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	Christopher Hanell

Other wins (3)

• 1998 Italian National Omnium
• 1999 Italian National Omnium
• 2001 Italian National Omnium

Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy: 1992
• St Andrews Trophy: 1992

Professional

• Alfred Dunhill Cup: 1999 (with Emanuele Canonica and Constantino Rocca)

References

1. ^ Americans bashed 3-0 by Italy in Dunhill Cup
2. ^ Italy's Scarpa moves ahead

External links

• Massimo Scarpa at the European Tour official site

Persondata
Name	Scarpa, Massimo
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	5 June 1970
Place of birth	Venice, Italy
Date of death
Place of death