Filippo Celli

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Filippo Celli
Personal information
Born (2000-09-06) 6 September 2000 (age 24)
Rome, Italy
Sporting nationalityFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Residence Rome, Italy
Career
College Texas Christian University
Turned professional2022
Current tour(s) Challenge Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T47: 2022

Filippo Celli (born 9 September 2000) is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. In 2022, he won the European Amateur, the silver medal at the Open Championship, and the Eisenhower Trophy.

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Amateur career

Celli was born in Rome in 2000 and only got started playing golf when he was 13 years old. [1] He won the 2018 Castello di Marco Simone Trophy and the 2019 Italian Amateur Stroke Play Championship. He attended Texas Christian University on a scholarship and played with the TCU Horned Frogs men's golf team for two years, 2020–22. [2]

Celli won the 2022 European Amateur to earn a spot at the 2022 Open Championship at Old Course at St Andrews, where he shot a 5-under 283 to finish in a tie for 47th and win the silver medal as low amateur. [3] A few weeks later, he finished in a tie for 7th at the ISPS Handa World Invitational.

In September, Celli won the 2022 Eisenhower Trophy at Le Golf National with the Italian team, and turned professional shortly afterwards. [4]

Professional career

Celli played on the 2023 Challenge Tour where he lost a six-way playoff at the Andalucía Challenge de Cádiz. In November 2023, Celli obtained his European Tour card when he finished second at the European Tour Qualifying School. [5]

Amateur wins

Source: [6]

Playoff record

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2023 Andalucía Challenge de Cádiz Flag of France.svg Clément Berardo, Flag of England.svg Sam Hutsby,
Flag of Denmark.svg Nicolai Kristensen, Flag of France.svg Julien Sale,
Flag of Sweden.svg Jesper Svensson 		Hutsby won with par on third extra hole
Berardo, Celli, Kristensen and Svensson eliminated by birdie on first hole

Results in major championships

Tournament2022
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T47 LA
  Did not play

LA = low amateur
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Source: [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Tremlett, Sam (17 July 2022). "8 Things You Didn't Know About Filippo Celli". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Men's Golf Roster: Filippo Celli". TCU. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "The Open 2022 as it happened: Cameron Smith denies Rory McIlroy to claim Claret Jug". The Times. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  4. ↑ Leonard, Tod (3 September 2022). "Italy snaps medal drought at World Amateur Team Championship by taking gold; U.S. finishes third". Golf Digest. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "DP World Tour Qualifying School - Final Stage: Who secured their cards for 2024 and who missed out?". Sky Sports. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Filippo Celli". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
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