David Micheluzzi (born 29 July 1996) is an Australian professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia. He won the 2022–23 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit.
| David Micheluzzi | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Nickname | Micha[1] | ||||
| Born | 29 July 1996 Melbourne, Australia | ||||
| Sporting nationality |  Australia | ||||
| Career | |||||
| Turned professional | 2019 | ||||
| Current tour(s) | European Tour PGA Tour of Australasia | ||||
| Professional wins | 4 | ||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 4 | ||||
| Best results in major championships | |||||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||||
| PGA Championship | CUT: 2023 | ||||
| U.S. Open | DNP | ||||
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2023 | ||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||
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Early life and amateur career
editMicheluzzi grew up playing golf as a junior at Cranbourne Golf Club.[2] In 2017, he won the Victorian Amateur Championship.[3]
In 2018, he won the Australian Master of the Amateurs[4] and was beaten in a playoff by Keita Nakajima at the Australian Amateur.[5] In October, he finished runner-up at the Nexus Risk TSA Group WA Open on the PGA Tour of Australasia, two shots behind Zach Murray.[6]
Professional career
editMicheluzzi turned professional in September 2019.[7]
In October 2022, Micheluzzi claimed his first win on the PGA Tour of Australasia event at the CKB WA PGA Championship.[8]
In February 2023, Micheluzzi finished second at the Vic Open, four shots behind Michael Hendry.[9] The following week, he claimed his second PGA Tour of Australasia win at the TPS Sydney.[10] Another win at the Play Today NSW Open in March saw him lock up the Order of Merit title for the 2022–23 season.[11] In November, he won the Victorian PGA Championship[12] and was also voted as the Player of the Year for 2022–23 season.[13]
Amateur wins
editSource:[14]
Professional wins (4)
editPGA Tour of Australasia wins (4)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 Oct 2022 | CKB WA PGA Championship | −15 (71-67-65-70=273) | 3 strokes | Ben Ferguson
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| 2 | 19 Feb 2023 | TPS Sydney1 | −25 (66-68-64-61=259) | 4 strokes | Daniel Gale, Deyen Lawson
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| 3 | 19 Mar 2023 | Play Today NSW Open | −20 (67-66-66-65=264) | 2 strokes | Kade McBride
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| 4 | 19 Nov 2023 | Victorian PGA Championship | −14 (70-69-67-68=274) | 1 stroke | Ben Eccles
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1Mixed event with the WPGA Tour of Australasia
Results in major championships
edit| Tournament | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |
| PGA Championship | CUT |
| U.S. Open | |
| The Open Championship | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
Team appearances
editAmateur
- Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches (representing Victoria): 2015 (winners), 2016, 2017 (winners), 2018 (winners)
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Australia): 2018
References
edit- ^ "Australia's David Micheluzzi hopes his second Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship start will end with victory". Australian Golf Digest. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ Keipert, Steve (22 February 2023). "Journeys: David Micheluzzi". Australian Golf Digest. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "Bunque and Micheluzzi win Victorian Amateur Golf Championships". Victorian Institute of Sport. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "Micheluzzi wins Australian Masters of the Amateurs". Victorian Institute of Sport. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ Hayes, Mark (22 January 2018). "Japan seals the double at the Australian Amateur". Australian Golf Digest. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "Ams Murray, Micheluzzi go 1–2 at PGA Tour Australasia event". amateurgolf.com. 28 October 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "Micheluzzi and Windred join Professional ranks". Planet Golf. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ Webeck, Tony (16 October 2022). "Micheluzzi wins CKB WA PGA Championship". PGA of Australia. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ Heverin, Dave (12 February 2023). "Hendry holds firm to win Vic Open". PGA of Australia. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ Walton, Darren (19 February 2023). "David Micheluzzi wins TPS Sydney with withering finish". The Standard. Warrnambool, Australia. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "David Micheluzzi pinches NSW Open, locks up Order of Merit title". Australian Golf Digest. 19 March 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ Taylor, Patrick (20 November 2023). "Micheluzzi's stunning win at Vic PGA". Golf Australia. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ Munnings, Paul (22 November 2023). "Minjee Lee wins a record third Greg Norman Medal". Australian Golf Digest. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
There were more winners on the night with three-time tournament winner David Micheluzzi taking out the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia Player of the Year…
- ^ "David Micheluzzi". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
External links
edit- David Micheluzzi at the PGA Tour official site
- David Micheluzzi at the European Tour official site
- David Micheluzzi at the Official World Golf Ranking official site