Andrea Pavan
Personal information
Born (1989-04-27) 27 April 1989
Rome, Italy
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Sporting nationality Italy
ResidenceRome, Italy
Career
CollegeTexas A&M University
Turned professional2010
Current tour(s)Challenge Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins8
Highest ranking65 (29 September 2019)[1]
(as of 14 January 2024)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
Challenge Tour5 (Tied 7th all time)
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 2014
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2019
Achievements and awards
Challenge Tour
Rankings winner		2013

Andrea Pavan (born 27 April 1989) is an Italian professional golfer who currently plays on the Challenge Tour. He has won twice on the European Tour, the 2018 D+D Real Czech Masters and the 2019 BMW International Open.

Amateur career

Pavan won the Italian Amateur Strokeplay Championship in 2005 at the age of 16,[2] and subsequently opted to join the collegiate circuit in the USA. He spent four years studying at Texas A&M enjoying a successful career on the golf team, including winning a collegiate event in 2010 and being part of the team which won the 2009 NCAA Men's Golf Championship. He also enjoyed success in Europe, winning further events in his home country and finishing runner-up in the prestigious European Amateur.[3]

Professional career

Pavan turned professional in 2010. Having failed to come through qualifying school for either the European or PGA Tours, he relied on invites to the second-tier Challenge Tour in 2011. A runner-up finish at the Kärnten Golf Open, where he had been the longtime leader, secured him full-time status at that level.[4] He enjoyed further success, leading the Credit Suisse Challenge at the halfway stage before a final round 86,[5] before claiming his first professional victory at the Norwegian Challenge.[6] He won again at the season-end Challenge Tour Grand Final to secure his place on the European Tour for 2012.

Pavan has an unsuccessful first season on the European Tour, only making the cut in 8 tournaments. He returned to the Challenge Tour in 2013, winning twice in the Bad Griesbach Challenge Tour and the Open Blue Green Côtes d'Armor Bretagne. He led the Order of Merit and returned to the European Tour for 2014.

2014, Pavan's second season on the European Tour, was more successful with four top-10 finishes. He retained his playing rights for 2015 by finishing in the top-25 in the European Tour Q School at the end of the season. 2015 was again unsuccessful and he returned the Challenge Tour for 2016. Pavan played on the Challenge Tour in 2016 and 2017 before returning again to the main tour through the 2017 Q-School, where he tied for second place.

2018 was easily Pavan's best season on the European Tour. He had his first European Tour win at the 2018 D+D Real Czech Masters and finished 34th in the Order of Merit. In 2019, Pavan won the BMW International Open beating Matt Fitzpatrick at the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.

Amateur wins

  • 2005 Italian Amateur Strokeplay Championship
  • 2006 Italian Omnium
  • 2007 Italian Amateur Strokeplay Championship
  • 2010 John Burns Intercollegiate

Professional wins (8)

European Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 26 Aug 2018 D+D Real Czech Masters −22 (65-69-65-67=266) 2 strokes Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
2 23 Jun 2019 BMW International Open −15 (66-71-70-66=273) Playoff England Matt Fitzpatrick

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2019 BMW International Open England Matt Fitzpatrick Won with birdie on second extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (5)

Legend
Grand Finals (1)
Other Challenge Tour (4)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 14 Aug 2011 Norwegian Challenge −9 (70-71-68-70=279) Playoff Austria Florian Praegant
2 5 Nov 2011 Apulia San Domenico Grand Final −17 (66-65-65-71=267) 1 stroke England Tommy Fleetwood
3 7 Jul 2013 Bad Griesbach Challenge Tour −19 (68-67-66-68=269) 1 stroke Italy Marco Crespi
4 8 Sep 2013 Open Blue Green Côtes d'Armor Bretagne −11 (64-65-68-72=269) 4 strokes Wales Rhys Davies, England Robert Dinwiddie
5 4 Jun 2023 D+D Real Czech Challenge −18 (67-69-65-69=270) 1 stroke South Africa Casey Jarvis

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2011 Norwegian Challenge Austria Florian Praegant Won with birdie on third extra hole
2 2023 Challenge de España France Martin Couvra (a), Northern Ireland Dermot McElroy Couvra won with par on second extra hole
Pavan eliminated by par on first hole

Other wins (1)

  • 2006 Italian National Open

Results in major championships

Tournament 20142015201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament 2019
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament20182019
Championship
Match Play
Invitational
Champions T22 T49
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Week 39 2019 Ending 29 Sep 2019" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. ↑ Biography on europeantour.com
  3. ↑ Andrea Pavan - Biography Archived September 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Magnificent Dubois storms to victory in Austria
  5. ↑ Keenan and Pavan on a roll in Switzerland
  6. ↑ Pavan seals maiden victory in Norway
  7. ↑ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association". 19 October 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "EGA Events, Results, European Team Championships, European Youths' Team Championship". European Golf Association. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
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