Daniele Nino Bertasio (born 30 July 1988) is an Italian
professional golfer
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who plays on the
European Tour
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and is currently attached to the
Gardagolf Country Club.
Professional career
After turning professional in 2011, he joined the
Alps Tour
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. His first win on that tour came in 2014 at the Open St. Francois Region Guadeloupe, followed a week later by another win at the Asiago Open; he went on to win the Order of Merit
and qualify for the
Challenge Tour
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.
In 2015 he comfortably retained his card on the Challenge tour, with his best performance at the
Volopa Irish Challenge where he lost in a playoff to
Tom Murray. At the end of the year, he qualified for the 2016 season on the European Tour via
qualifying school
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.
In 2016 Bertasio qualified for the
2016 Summer Olympics
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and finished tied for 30th.
Bertasio ended 2017 with a strong run of form that included a run of six top-20 finishes in eight tournaments with a share of tenth place at
The Italian Open and eighth at the
Andalucía Valderrama Masters
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.
He further established himself on the European Tour in 2018 with another consistent year that included a share of fifth at the
Maybank Championship
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.
In July 2019, Bertasio shot rounds of 63, 67, 67 and 68 at The Renaissance Club to finish in a share of fourth at the
Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open
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, securing a place at
The Open Championship
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at
Royal Portrush
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– his first major – the following week. He made the halfway cut in Northern Ireland, finishing in a share of 72nd.
Amateur wins
*2008 Campionato Internazionale d'Italia, Italian Match Play, Italian National Stroke Play
*2010
Copa Sotogrande,
European Amateur Team Championship
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The championship was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been ...
(individual)
Source:
Professional wins (4)
Alps Tour wins (2)
EPD Tour wins (1)
Other wins (1)
*2011 Italian Omnium Open
Playoff record
Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)
Results in major championships
"T" = tied for place
Team appearances
*
European Amateur Team Championship
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The championship was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been ...
(representing Italy):
2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
,
2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
,
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
*
Eisenhower Trophy
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(representing Italy):
2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
,
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
*
St Andrews Trophy
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It was first played in 19 ...
(representing the Continent of Europe): 2010 (winners)
See also
*
2015 European Tour Qualifying School graduates __NOTOC__
This is a list of the 27 players who earned 2016 European Tour professional golf cards through Q School in 2015.
2016 European Tour rookie
2016 Results
* European Tour rookie in 2016
T = Tied
The player retained his European Tour ca ...
References
External links
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Italian male golfers
European Tour golfers
Olympic golfers for Italy
Golfers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
1988 births
Living people
21st-century Italian sportsmen