Fabrizio Zanotti

Arnaldo Fabrizio Zanotti (born 21 May 1983) is a Paraguayan professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.

Fabrizio Zanotti
Personal information
Full nameArnaldo Fabrizio Zanotti
Born (1983-05-21) 21 May 1983
Asunción, Paraguay
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Sporting nationality Paraguay
ResidenceAsunción, Paraguay
Career
Turned professional2003
Current tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins7
Highest ranking76 (5 March 2017)[1]
(as of 22 October 2023)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
Asian Tour1
Challenge Tour1
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT46: 2014
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2017, 2018, 2022
Achievements and awards
Tour de las Américas
Order of Merit winner		2006
Medal record
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2019 LimaIndividual
Silver medal – second place2019 LimaMixed team
South American Games
Silver medal – second place2022 AsunciónIndividual
Silver medal – second place2022 AsunciónMixed team

Early life

Zanotti was born in Asunción. He was Paraguay's top ranked amateur golfer for six straight years.

Professional career

Zanotti turned professional in 2003. In 2006 Zanotti won the Tour de las Americas Order of Merit with victory at the final event of the season, the Abierto Mexicano Corona. The tournament was also the second event on the 2007 Challenge Tour schedule, and the win enabled him to join the tour for the remainder of the season. He ended the season in 11th place on the Challenge Tour Rankings to graduate to the top level European Tour for 2008.

In his rookie season on the European Tour, Zanotti finished 153rd on the Order of Merit to lose his place on the tour. However he regained his card for 2009 by finishing 16th at the end of season qualifying school. He has kept his card since, with a best finish of 25th on the Race to Dubai in 2017.

Zanotti won his first European Tour event at the 2014 BMW International Open. The win made Zanotti the first Paraguayan to win on the European Tour. Also, he finished third at the Madeira Islands Open - Portugal - BPI, fifth at the Lyoness Open, ninth at the Alstom Open de France and tenth at the BMW Masters. In 2015, he finished second at the British Masters, third at the Open d'Italia, fourth at the KLM Open and seventh at the Nordea Masters.

His second European Tour win came at the Maybank Championship in February 2017. He scored a final round 63, including a birdie-eagle finish, to beat David Lipsky by a stroke.[2] Zanotti had begun the final round six shots off the lead, but a birdie on the 71st hole sent him to the top of the leaderboard for the first time all week. The win moved Zanotti back inside the top 100 in the world rankings.

At the 2019 Pan American Games, Zanotti won the gold medal in the men's individual competition and the silver medal in the mixed team competition.[3][4]

Professional wins (7)

European Tour wins (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 29 Jun 2014 BMW International Open −19 (72-67-65-65=269) Playoff Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello, France Grégory Havret,
Sweden Henrik Stenson
2 12 Feb 2017 Maybank Championship1 −19 (70-69-67-63=269) 1 stroke United States David Lipsky

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2014 BMW International Open Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello, France Grégory Havret,
Sweden Henrik Stenson		 Won with par on fifth extra hole
Cabrera-Bello eliminated by par on fourth hole
Havret eliminated by birdie on second hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 10 Dec 2006
(2007 season)		 Abierto Mexicano Corona1 −9 (74-67-69-65=275) 1 stroke Mexico Daniel de León

1Co-sanctioned by the Tour de las Américas

Tour de las Américas wins (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 10 Dec 2006 Abierto Mexicano Corona1 −9 (74-67-69-65=275) 1 stroke Mexico Daniel de León
2 6 Nov 2011 Carlos Franco Invitational2 −14 (67-67-65-71=270) 6 strokes Argentina Leandro Marelli

1Co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the TPG Tour

PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 16 Aug 2015 Abierto de Paraguay Copa NEC −26 (64-66-68-64=262) 12 strokes Argentina Julio Zapata

Other wins (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1 11 Aug 2019 Pan American Games −15 (64-67-68-70=269) Playoff Chile Mito Pereira, Guatemala José Toledo

Other playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2019 Pan American Games Chile Mito Pereira, Guatemala José Toledo Won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships
Fabrizio Zanotti

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 20142015201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT CUT
PGA Championship T46 CUT
Tournament 2019202020212022
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
PGA Championship
The Open Championship NT CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament2014201520162017
Championship T12
Match Play
Invitational T26 T50
Champions T50
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References
  1. "Week 9 2017 Ending 5 Mar 2017" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. "Big finish hands Zanotti victory in Malaysia". PGA European Tour. 12 February 2017.
  3. "Zanotti makes history with Pan American Games gold". European Tour. 12 August 2019.
  4. "Playoffs Determine Lima Golf Medalists". AroundTheRings.com. 11 August 2019.
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