Alfonso Angelini

Alfonso Angelini
— Golfer —
Personal information
Nickname	Lillo
Born	1918
Died	1995
Nationality	Italy
Career
Status	Professional
Professional wins	6
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	CUT: 1964
U.S. Open	T12: 1954
The Open Championship	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP

Alfonso Angelini (1918–1995)^[1] was an Italian professional golfer and instructor after World War II.

Angelini was runner-up at the Italian Open in 1950 (lost playoff to Ugo Grappasonni), 1952, 1958 and 1959. He won his first international tournament when he beat Gerard de Wit in the playoff at the Dutch Open in 1955. He also won the Swiss Open in 1957 and 1966 and the Portuguese Open in 1962 and 1966. In 1968 he played the World Cup in Rome with Roberto Bernadini, finishing third behind Canada and the United States. He played The Open Championship six times, finishing 12th in 1954.

Angelini lost to Ken Bousfield in a playoff for the 1972 PGA Seniors Championship at Longniddry, Scotland. He took a bogey 5 at the first extra hole to Bousfield's par 4.^[2]

Angelini and Grappasonni were teaching pros at the Golf Club Villa d'Este. Together with Aldo Casera they founded the Professional Golfer's Association of Italy in 1962. The three men were known as the "three musketeers".

Professional wins

this list may be incomplete

• 1945 Rome Open
• 1955 Dutch Open
• 1957 Swiss Open
• 1962 Portuguese Open
• 1966 Swiss Open, Portuguese Open

Results in major championships

Note: Angelini never played in the U.S. Open nor the PGA Championship.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

• Joy Cup: (representing the Rest of Europe): 1954, 1955, 1958
• World Cup (representing Italy): 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969

References