Marco Crespi (born 5 November 1978) is an Italian

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Career

Crespi was born in

Monza, Italy Monza (, ; lmo, label=Lombard language, Lombard, Monça, locally ; lat, Modoetia) is a city and ''comune'' on the River Lambro, a tributary of the Po River, Po in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capit ...

. He turned professional in 2002. Crespi played on the

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in 2006–09 and 2012–13. He was invited to the 2012

Telenet Trophy The KPMG Trophy is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, played in Belgium. It was first played in May 2006 as the Telenet Trophy at Limburg G&CC in Houthalen-Helchteren Houthalen-Helchteren (; li, Hôtele-Helichtre) is a municipality located ...

which he won to earn full membership of the Challenge Tour. He subsequently won the 2013

Mugello Tuscany Open The Mugello Tuscany Open was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, played in Italy. It was held for the first time in 2010 when Floris de Vries triumphed in a sudden-death playoff over Thorbjørn Olesen Jacob Thorbjørn Olesen (born 21 Decemb ...

. Crespi earned his 2014

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card via

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on his 11th attempt. He also earned his first European Tour win at the

NH Collection Open The NH Collection Open was a one-off golf tournament dual-ranked by the European Tour and the Challenge Tour. It was played for the only time in April 2014 at the La Reserva de Sotogrande Club de Golf in Cádiz, Spain , image_flag = B ...

and is the oldest rookie to win in European Tour history.With this win- Marco Crespi
/ref> By 2016, Crespi lost his European Tour card and was playing on the third tier

Alps Tour The Alps Tour is a developmental professional golf tour for men which is sanctioned by the national golf associations of France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Morocco. Established in 2001, it is a third level tour, the highest level of men's gol ...

, where he won in 2017.

Professional wins (11)

European Tour wins (1)

¹Dual-ranking event with the

Challenge Tour wins (3)

¹Dual-ranking event with the

Alps Tour wins (6)

Other wins (2)

*2005

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*2007

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* * Italian male golfers European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Monza 1978 births Living people {{Italy-golf-bio-stub