He didn’t win, but heconvinced In the United Arab Emirates, Francesco Molinari was amongst the lead characters of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, the Rolex Series competition of the DP World Tour 2023 which heaven completed in fifth area – with a rating of 270 (67 67 69 71, -14) strokes – after leading at the end of the 2nd and also 3rd rounds.
The champion was the French Victor Perez, with his 3rd title on the circuit.
Francesco Molinari, results
Towards the Ryder Cup in Rome, arranged from 29 September to 1 October, the Azzurri revealed motivating check in the eyes of Luke Donald, captain of the Europe group.
Because if Molinari has actually long remained in the competing success, which he has actually been seeking for virtually 4 years currently (the last severe one shown up in March 2019, on the PGA Tour and also at the Arnold Palmer Invitational) Guido Migliozzi till the “moving day” maintained the rate of the most effective.
Leader in the center of the race with Chicco Molinari, he after that completed 20th with 278 (-10) behind Edoardo Molinari, 17th with 277 (-11 ). The initially Top 5 of 2023 permitted Chicco Molinari to make 13th area in the “Race to Dubai Rankings”, the order of quality of the circuit.
Not just that: the 40-year-old from Turin accumulated 321,744.91 euros versus a complete reward swimming pool of 9,000,000 bucks. But there’s even more. On the DP World Tour, besides the Majors and also WGC events, it was because June 2018 – when he completed second at the Italian Open – that Molinari did not shut an occasion in the leading 5 placements.
And today’s outcome is the testament of what was currently shown recently when, exactly with Migliozzi and also Perez, he dragged the Continental Europe group to success (in the dual function of captain-player) in the Hero Cup, a Ryder Cup version difficulty.
And talking Perez, the fantastic task has actually shown up for the 30-year-old transalpine. Already jogger up in 2020 at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship (because year he additionally completed second at the BMW PGA Championship), 3 years later on he took his retribution in Abu Dhabi in spite of some delights in the ending.
And he as well, at the Ryder Cup in Rome, intends to exist. In 2006 Francesco Molinari won the Italian Open, the initial Italian because Massimo Mannelli in 1980. In 2009 he won the golf globe mug along with his sibling Edoardo.
It is the very first time that an Italian pair has actually won the prize. From 1 to 4 October 2010 he was component along with his sibling Edoardo of the European group that won the Ryder Cup at the Celtic Manor Resort inWales It must be kept in mind that it was not the very first time that 2 bros took part with each other in case, but it was the very first time that the group to which the bros belonged attained success.
In November 2010 he won the HSBC Champions, his initial World Golf Championships competition. Molinari dominated by surpassing after that globe leading Lee Westwood by a size, after having actually continued to be in the lead throughout the competition. For him, a collection of EUR860,153 and also the occupation of 14th area in theWorld Golf Ranking
