WENTWORTH, United Kingdom: Italy’s Matteo Manassero is aiming to make history when the European PGA Championship gets underway at Wentworth today.
At 20 years and 37 days, Manassero became the youngest winner of the event last year when he took the title after a three-way play-off with Simon Khan and Marc Warren.
This week, in the 60th anniversary of the tournament, he is aiming to become the youngest player to successfully defend a title with the current mark held by Seve Ballesteros who won his second Swiss Open aged 21 years and 152 days in 1978.
And Manassero will be using the memories of his biggest career win as he bids to land the European Tour’s flagship event for a second time and join the likes of Nick Faldo, Colin Montgomerie, Ian Woosnam and Luke Donald as a multiple winner.
“The memories that you have every time you come back to a tournament you get memories,” Manassero told reporters at Wentworth.
“The memories are good because of last year and the week becomes even more special. That’s the way I feel right now. I feel like I am in a special place but I always felt that.” AFP
