He ‘won’ the US Open with Matt Fitzpatrick in June.
Now Ryder Cup vice-captain Edoardo Molinari is masterminding Europe’s bid to take back the Ryder Cup in Rome next September with the help of his Moneyball-style stats. The Italian has triumphed three times on the European Tour and played at the 2010 Ryder Cup alongside his brother, Francesco. He also has an engineering degree from Turin University.
And the 2005 US Amateur champion, now 41, has been keeping spreadsheets on his performances for 20 years and developed his analytics platform “sitting on the sofa during lockdown”.