Roberto Bernardini (born 21 January 1944) is an Italian

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. He represented Italy 9 times in the

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between 1966 and 1975. Most of his success came in continental Europe as he won a number of tournaments in his native Italy. He also won the

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in back to back years, 1968 and 1969. Late in 1969 he won the

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, an international tournament played in West Germany. He scored 281, defeating South Africa's Graham Henning by a stroke. It was his fourth win on the European circuit that year. This excellent play helped Bernardini qualify for the

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1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 ** Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

and

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and 1 ...

. Bernardini had some success outside continental Europe, however. He reached the semi-final of the 1970 Long John Scotch Whisky Match Play Championship and finished joint third in the 1972 Sunbeam Electric Scottish Open. He also made a number of appearances in the

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between 1966 and 1980 with best finishes of tied for 17th in 1970 and tied for 13th in 1972. After reaching 50, Bernardini played on the

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, his best finish being runner-up in the 1996

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Professional wins (19)

*1966 Lancia d'Oro *1967 Italian Native Open, Lancia d'Oro *1968

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, Italian Native Open,

*1969 Walworth Aloyco Tournament,

, Lancia d'Oro,

*1971

*1972 Shell Open di Alassio *1973 Italian Native Open *1975 Italian Native Open,

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*1977 Italian PGA Championship *1979

Results in major championships

''Note: Bernardini never played in the U.S. Open or

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CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1968, 1971 and 1975 Open Championships)
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

(representing Italy):

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is ...

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establ ...

1968 The year was highlighted by Protests of 1968, protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechos ...

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: ...

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of President of the United States, United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom K ...

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

* Marlboro Nations' Cup/Philip Morris International (representing Italy): 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976 *

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(representing Continental Europe): 1972 * Hennessy Cognac Cup (representing Continent of Europe): 1974

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* Italian male golfers European Tour golfers European Senior Tour golfers Sportspeople from Rome 1944 births Living people 20th-century Italian people 21st-century Italian people {{Italy-golf-bio-stub

Professional wins (19)

Results in major championships

Team appearances

See also

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