Fabrizio Zanotti Facts: 20 Things To Know About The DP World Tour Pro
Get to know multiple DP World Tour winner Fabrizio Zanotti a little better
Paraguayan golfer Fabrizio Zanotti has built a successful career since turning pro more than two decades ago, including two DP World Tour titles.
Here are 20 things to know about the player.
Fabrizio Zanotti Facts
1. Fabrizio Zanotti was born in Asuncion, the capital city of Paraguay, on Paraguayan 21st May 1983.
2. Zanotti started playing golf at the age of two and he used to run behind his father with a small stick and a ball.
3. He was the top Paraguayan amateur for six years before turning pro in 2003.
4. His maiden pro title came at the 2006 Abierto Mexicano Corona to win the Tour de las Americas Order of Merit. That event was co-sanctioned with the Challenge Tour and helped Zanotti get his card.
5. He ended the season 11th in the Challenge Tour Order of Merit to earn his DP World Tour card.
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6. He represented Paraguay at the 2007 World Cup.
7. His maiden DP World Tour title came at the 2014 BMW International Open.
Fabrizio Zanotti's first DP World Tour title came in 2014
8. That made him the first Paraguayan to win on the circuit.
9. His second DP World Tour title came at the 2017 Maybank Championship after a final round 63.
10. He won gold at the 2019 Pan American Games in the individual tournament and silver in the team event.
11. His career-high world ranking is 76th.
12. He has won over €8.6m on the DP World Tour.
13. He carried the Paraguayan flag into the stadium at both the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Opening Ceremony and the 2024 Opening Ceremony for the Paris Olympics.
Fabrizio Zanotti has twice been at flagbearer at the Olympics
14. He qualified for his second Olympic Games at Tokyo 2020 after playing in Rio in 2016.
15. His third Olympics appearance came at the Paris Olympics at Le Golf National.
16. That means he's one of onlyl four players to compete in each Olympics since it returned to the schedule in 2016, the others being Ryan Fox, Gavin Green and C.T. Pan
17. Zanotti's best placing at a Major was T4 at the 2014 PGA Championship.
18. At the 2024 Olympics, he was also Paraguay's only golfer in either the men's or women's competition.
19. He has said he has never had to withdraw from a tournament through injury.
20. He was confirmed in the field for the 2026 South American Games in Santa Fe.
Born |
21st May 1983, Asuncion, Paraguay |
Current Tour |
DP World Tour |
Former Tours |
Challenge Tour, Tour de las Americas |
Turned pro |
2003 |
Professional wins |
6 |
Highest OWGR |
76th |
Tour |
Event |
Winning Score |
Challenge Tour/Tour de las Americas |
2006 Abierto Mexicano Corona |
-9 (one shot) |
Tour de las Americas |
2011 Carlos Franco Invitational |
-14 (shot shots) |
DP World Tour |
2014 BMW International Open |
-19 (playoff) |
PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series |
2015 Abierto de Paraguay Copa NEC |
-26 (12 shots) |
DP World Tour |
2017 Maybank Championship |
-19 (one shot) |
N/A |
2019 Pan American Games |
-15 (playoff) |
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