19 Facts About Rory Sabbatini

Rory Mario Trevor Sabbatini was born on 2 April 1976 and is a South African-Slovak professional golfer.

Rory Sabbatini spent 21 weeks in the world top-10 in late-2007 and early-2008, with a high of 8th.

Rory Sabbatini won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, representing Slovakia.

Rory Sabbatini was born in Durban, South Africa, and has Italian, Scottish and Irish ancestry.

Rory Sabbatini started playing golf at age 4, but concentrated on it from age 12.

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Rory Sabbatini was recruited by the University of Arizona, turned professional in 1998 and joined the PGA Tour in 1999.

Rory Sabbatini tied for second at the 2007 Masters Tournament and the 2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

Rory Sabbatini won the Par 3 Contest at the 2008 Masters Tournament.

Rory Sabbatini has represented South Africa in the World Cup six times and won the event with Trevor Immelman in 2003.

In May 2009 Rory Sabbatini captured his fifth PGA Tour title by winning the HP Byron Nelson Championship by two strokes over Brian Davis.

Rory Sabbatini broke the tournament record for scoring with a score of 269, beating the previous record of 270.

In March 2011 Rory Sabbatini won his sixth PGA Tour Title at The Honda Classic with a one stroke victory over South Korea's Yang Yong-eun.

Rory Sabbatini entered the final round with a five stroke lead over the rest of the field, helped by a course record-equalling 64 on day two.

Rory Sabbatini started his final round in solid fashion with an early birdie at the 3rd hole, however as the round progressed he made bogeys at the 9th and 14th, meaning that Yang was able to cut that lead to just one, with a spectacular tee shot on the par-three 15th that landed 18 inches past the pin.

Rory Sabbatini received heavy criticism, and some sympathy, and later apologised for the incident.

In 2011, Rory Sabbatini created more controversy when at the Northern Trust Open, after hitting his ball in the rough, a volunteer helped to locate the ball, but Rory Sabbatini, thinking that the volunteer had moved his ball, yelled at him.

Later in 2011, at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, Rory Sabbatini got into a heated, profanity-laced argument with playing partner Sean O'Hair for undisclosed reasons.

Rory Sabbatini's penalty was undisclosed because of the PGA Tour's policy.

In December 2018, Rory Sabbatini became a citizen of Slovakia, the home country of his wife and stepson.