Emanuele Canonica
Residence: Pavia, Italy
DOB: 07/01/1971
As an amateur Emanuele won the Italian National Juniors Championship in 1990 and was part of the gold medal winning Italian team at the European Youths' Championship that year. After these successes he decided to turn professional aged 20 in 1991.
He began his professional career on the second tier Challenge Tour. Having played in several events, Canonica qualified for the full European Tour at the 1994 qualifying school.
He initially struggled to keep his tour card, finishing 117th on the Order of Merit in his rookie season. Further poor finishes (117th and 121st) over the next 2 years meant limited playing opportunities in 1998, but after regaining full playing status via qualifying school his performances improved, finishing 70th on the money list in 1999 and then a career best 27th in 2000.
A disappointing 2001, where he played just 11 events and finished 132nd on the money list, meant another season with fewer tournament invitations in 2002. He made the most of the invites he did receive with three top 10 finishes, including the Canarias Open de España where he was joint runner up, to end the season in 52nd place on the Order of Merit and regain his European Tour card. In 2005 he won for the first time on the European Tour at the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, securing his place on tour for two years.
Emanuele is still struggling to make himself a permanent fixture on the European Tour. A 152nd place finish on the Order of Merit in 2008 has once again restricted his play to invitations and as a result is currently sitting in 302nd place in the Race to Dubai.
Emanuele Canonica Club History
Below is a selection of clubs used by Emanuele Canonica throughout his career
2008
Callaway Tour Authentic X Muscle Prototype Irons
£349.00
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Emanuele Canonica Tournament History
2008 BMW PGA Championship |
22-25 May - BMW PGA Championship - Wentworth Club. Miguel Angel Jiménez completed the BMW treble when he won the BMW PGA Championship with a birdie on the second hole of a play-off to deny England’s Oliver Wilson his maiden European Tour title. Jiménez, who won both the 2004 BMW Asian Open and the 2004 BMW International Open, became the first player to claim the BMW ‘grand slam’ when he tapped in for a winning birdie after tying Wilson with a final round of four under par 68to finish on -11 after 72 holes. |
In Emanuele Canonica's bag...An opening round of 73 was not a great start to the week for Emanuele and the 81 that followed in the second round was even worse. No prizes for guessing that he went on to miss the cut this week. Here we can see the full set that the Italian was carrying this week. We can see his FT-i driver and matching Callaway FT-i Squareway fairway wood. We can clearly see his Callaway X Tour Authentic Prototype irons. There is also a Callaway Forded + wedge (chrome finish) sitting at the bottom of the bag. rare for this type of photo, we can see his putter cover sitting on top of umbrella.
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