Victory with a 30-foot putt!
04-11-2009
With an innate sense of sporting showmanship, Edoardo Molinari waited until the 72nd hole of the Italian Federation Cup at Olgiata Golf Club in Rome to beat Nicolas Colsaerts whom he had trailed all day.
And he did it with a 30-foot putt!
Right up to the final stroke, a victory for Molinari – who has achieved one of the most outstanding Challenge Tour years in the Tour’s history – was by no means a certainty. His approach shot just managed to find the left edge of the green. But according to Phil Kenyon of Harold Swash Putting School and Yes! Golf Tour rep, Molinari is one of the most focused putters in the game at the moment, and the 30-footer rolled true to leave the crowds gasping. 
After wins in Piemonte and Kazakhstan already under his belt the 28 year-old from Turin was never going to rest on his laurels, and he visited Southport to spend time with Phil Kenyon where he worked on his grip, balance and tempo. It paid off because as Edoardo himself told the media afterwards, the fourth round was the hardest owing to high winds that were fierce at times.
Edoardo Molinari is the only golfer on the European, Seniors and Challenge Tours to have enjoyed three victories this season. Also, he is only the second European golfer ever to do so, the other player being Taco Remkes* (another Yes! golfer, who favours a Natalie long-handled model). In so doing, Edoardo Molinari also earns himself Battlefield Promotion to the European Tour.
Molinari was one of the first European players to fall for Donna – the blade/mallet C-Groove hybrid launched for the 2008 start of season. Lately, however, he has been seen on the greens with Dawn (also known as the Purist’s Putter) that has been custom-fitted with the Variable Weight-Shafting System (vSWS) carrying a 200gm insert. He used the Dawn both in Kazakhstan and in Denmark as well as in Italy.
