Massimo Scarpa

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

Massimo Scarpa
Personal information
Full nameMassimo Scarpa
Born (1970-06-05) 5 June 1970
Venice, Italy
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)
Nationality Italy
ResidencePadova, Italy
Career
Turned professional1992
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Challenge Tour3

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

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 Open1 −13 (67-70-68-70=275) 1 stroke Mikael Lundberg

1Dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour

Challenge Tour wins (3)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin 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)
  • 1998 Italian National Omnium
  • 1999 Italian National Omnium
  • 2001 Italian National Omnium

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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