Ugo Grappasonni (8 May 1922 – 16 February 1999) was an Italian

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. Grappasonni was born in

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and was one of the leading golfers in Italy, winning his national open twice, in 1950 and 1954, and the National Omnium on four occasions. He also won the French,

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and

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s, the latter twice. His son, Silvio, is also a professional golfer. Grappasonni was also a teaching professional at the Villa d'Este Golf Club. Along with

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and Alfonso Angelini he founded the Professional Golfer's Association of Italy in 1962. The three men were known as the "three musketeers".

Tournament wins

*1941 Italian National Omnium *1948

*1949

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*1950 Italian Open *1952

*1953 Moroccan Open, Open del Ticino *1954 Dutch Open, Italian Open, Italian National Omnium *1955 Italian National Omnium *1957 Italian National Omnium

Results in major championships

''Note: Grappasonni only played in The Open Championship.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

* Continental Europe–United States: (representing Continental Europe): 1953 *

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(representing Italy):

1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

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: (representing the Rest of Europe): 1954, 1955, 1956

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grappasonni, Ugo Italian male golfers Sportspeople from Rome 1922 births 1999 deaths