Renato Paratore Explained

Renato Paratore
Birth Date:14 December 1996
Birth Place:Rome, Italy
Weight:82kg (181lb)
Residence:Rome, Italy
Yearpro:2014
Tour:European Tour
Prowins:3
Eurowins:2
Otherwins:1
Masters:DNP
Usopen:T31: 2020
Open:DNP
Pga:DNP

Renato Paratore (born 14 December 1996) is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1]

Amateur career

As an amateur, Paratore had his breakthrough reaching the quarterfinals of the 2013 Amateur Championship at Royal Cinque Ports. Between 2013 and 2014 he won the Junior Orange Bowl in Miami, the Portuguese Amateur Championship, the Trofeo International Umberto Agnelli, the Italian Amateur Stroke Play Championship and the Men's Individual Gold at Youth Olympics. He played in the Junior Ryder Cup twice.[2]

In November 2014, at 17 years of age (the youngest man in the field at European Tour Qualifying School), Paratore obtained his European Tour card.

Professional career

Paratore made his European Tour debut in December 2014 at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in Malelane, South Africa, where he finished tied for the 26th place.[3] [4] After a positive start to the season, where he made 7 consecutive cuts, he struggled to get more positive results. In July 2015 at the Open de France, he became the first player in European Tour history to score a four on every hole.[5] He obtained the best result of his first season at the end of August with a 5th place at the D+D Real Czech Masters. Despite being disqualified in the final event of his season for signing an incorrect score,[6] Paratore managed to finish 109th in the Race to Dubai, just enough to keep his card for 2017. Paratore earned his first European Tour win at the 2017 Nordea Masters.

In July 2020, Paratore won the Betfred British Masters by three strokes over Rasmus Højgaard.[7]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
14 Jun 2017Nordea Masters−11 (68-72-71-70=281)1 stroke Matt Fitzpatrick, Chris Wood
225 Jul 2020Betfred British Masters−18 (65-66-66-69=266)3 strokes Rasmus Højgaard

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

Italian Pro Tour wins (1)

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament20192020
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. OpenCUTT31
The Open ChampionshipNT
CUT = missed the halfway cut
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2017
Championship
Match Play
InvitationalT44
Champions
"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Golf: Paratore Renato . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . 2021-09-22.
  2. http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/qualifying/season=2014/tournamentid=2014995/news/newsid=242696.html Renato ready to rumble on professional debut
  3. http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2015/tournamentid=2014096/leaderboard/index.html Alfred Dunhill Championship 2015 Leaderboard
  4. Web site: Paratore preparing for the big game hunt at Leopard Creek . 2014-12-08 . . 2020-02-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200208084158/https://www.europeantour.com/european-tour/news/articles/detail/paratore-preparing-for-the-big-game-hunt-at-leopard-creek/ . 2020-02-08.
  5. News: Renato Paratore enters record books at French Open with a four on every hole . The Daily Telegraph . 3 July 2015 . James . Corrigan.
  6. Web site: European Tour: What We Learned at the UBS Hong Kong Open. Golf.com. 15 October 2016.
  7. News: British Masters: Renato Paratore wins by three for second European Tour title . Sporting Life . 25 July 2020 .
  8. Web site: Meet the European Junior Ryder Cup team . 10 December 2014 . 22 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160922230230/http://www.europeantour.com/rydercup/news/newsid=171628.html . dead .
  9. Web site: Junior Ryder Cup 2014 - Team Europe . 10 December 2014 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002733/http://www.europeantour.com/rydercup/juniorrydercup/season=2014/tournamentid=2014500/teams/index.html . dead .
  10. Web site: European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association . 19 October 2015 . 22 January 2023.