Baldovino Dassù (born 3 November 1952) is an Italian

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er. Dassù won the 1970 British Youths Open Amateur Championship and played for Italy in that year's Eisenhower Trophy. He turned professional in 1971 and was a regular on the European Tour from its first official season in 1972 until the mid-1980s. His most successful season by far was 1976, when he won his only two European Tour titles at the

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and the

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, which he won by eight shots, and went on to finish ninth on the Order of Merit. Off the tour he won the Italian Professional Championship in 1974, 1976 and 1977. He represented Italy in the

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twice and in the World Cup of Golf four times. As a senior, Dassù played the

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for one season, finishing 26th on the 2003 Order of Merit.

Professional wins (9)

European Tour wins (2)

Alps Tour wins (1)

Other wins (7)

:''This list may be incomplete'' *1974 Italian National Professional Championship *1976 Italian National Professional Championship *1977 Italian National Professional Championship *1983 Italian PGA Championship,

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*1985

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*1988

Results in major championships

''Note: Dassu only played in The Open Championship.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1972 and 1978 Open Championships)
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur * European Amateur Team Championship (representing Italy):

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

* Eisenhower Trophy (representing Italy):

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

* St Andrews Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 1970 Professional * World Cup (representing Italy):

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

* Marlboro Nations' Cup/Philip Morris International (representing Italy): 1972, 1976 *

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(representing the Continent of Europe): 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, (representing Italy) 1984 * Double Diamond International (representing Continental Europe): 1977 * Dunhill Cup (representing Italy):

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dassu, Baldovino Italian male golfers European Tour golfers European Senior Tour golfers Sportspeople from Florence 1952 births Living people