As the first Italian to play in the Ryder Cup, Costantino Rocca was, unsurprisingly, idolised by a young Edoardo Molinari.
However, somewhere along the path, one that led Molinari to follow in Rocca’s footsteps, their outlooks on golf diverged. A vice-captain in Rome this week, Molinari has been described by Viktor Hovland as the data “genius” behind Team Europe’s bid for Ryder Cup glory.