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Costantino Rocca

Italy · born , Almenno San Bartolomeo, Bergamo, Italy

6Ryder Cup points from 11 matches

Summary

  • Ryder Cup 3 Cups · 6-5-0 · 6 points (54.5%)
  • Singles 1-2-0 · Foursomes 3-1-0 · Four-ball 2-2-0
  • Best major finish runner-up, 1995 Open
  • Open top 10s 1998 (T9)

Near misses

  1. 1995 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · runner-up to John Daly · 282 · lost playoff
  2. 1998 The Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · finished T9 · 286 (+6)

Ryder Cup

3 Cups, 11 matches: 6 won, 5 lost, 0 halved, 6 points. Foursomes 3-1-0, four-ball 2-2-0, singles 1-2-0.

  1. 1993 The Belfry (Brabazon Course) Europe · USA won 15–13 · 0-2-0, 0 points · automatic
  2. 1995 Oak Hill Country Club (East Course) Europe · Europe won 14.5–13.5 · 3-2-0, 3 points · automatic
  3. 1997 Valderrama Golf Club Europe · Europe won 14.5–13.5 · 3-1-0, 3 points · automatic

Rivals

Beat him

Ryder Cup partners

Ryder Cup opponents

Next in the chain: John Daly's rivals →

Moments

Records and firsts

  1. 1995 Ryder Cup Ryder Cup hole-in-one: 6th, Oak Hill · Foursomes

Results by championship

    Best day

    1995 The Open

    Runner-up to John Daly · 282.

    Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1995.

    Career line, 1993–1998

    The Open
    1995 The Open: runner-up to John Daly1998 The Open: finished T9
    Ryder Cup
    1993 Ryder Cup (Europe): 0-2-01995 Ryder Cup (Europe): 3-2-01997 Ryder Cup (Europe): 3-1-0
    199419961998

    5 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Runner-up
    • Top 10
    • Ryder Cup, GB / Europe

    Costantino Rocca was born in 1956 in Almenno San Bartolomeo, Bergamo, Italy. Rocca's best major finish was second, at the 1995 Open. Rocca played in 3 Ryder Cups for Europe (1993, 1995, 1997), winning 6, losing 5 and halving 0 of 11 matches for 6 points.

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    The record

    Near misses

    Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.

    1. 1995 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · runner-up to John Daly · 282 · lost playoff
    2. 1998 The Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · finished T9 · 286 (+6)

    Ryder Cup

    Rocca played 3 Ryder Cups for Europe: 11 matches, 6 won, 5 lost, 0 halved, 6 points (54.5% of those available). By format: foursomes 3-1-0, four-ball 2-2-0, singles 1-2-0 (won-lost-halved).

    1. 1993 The Belfry (Brabazon Course) Europe · USA won 15–13 · 0-2-0, 0 points · automatic
    2. 1995 Oak Hill Country Club (East Course) Europe · Europe won 14.5–13.5 · 3-2-0, 3 points · automatic
    3. 1997 Valderrama Golf Club Europe · Europe won 14.5–13.5 · 3-1-0, 3 points · automatic

    Partners, with matches played together: Sam Torrance (3), José María Olazábal (3), Mark James (1), Ian Woosnam (1).

    Records and firsts

    Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

    1. 1995 Ryder Cup Ryder Cup hole-in-one: 6th, Oak Hill · Foursomes

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. WP: List of European Ryder Cup golfers
    2. WP: Costantino Rocca
    3. R&A 1998
    4. GC: 1993 ryder cup
    5. Wikipedia: 1993 Ryder Cup
    6. GC: 1995 ryder cup
    7. Deseret News 1995
    8. Wikipedia: 1995 Ryder Cup
    9. Golf Channel
    10. GC: 1997 ryder cup
    11. SI Vault 1997 — link no longer works (checked October 17, 2026): https://vault.si.com/vault/1997/08/25/you-da-man-lee-janzen-made-tom-kites-job-as-captain-a-little-easier-by-proving-with-his-play-at-winged-foot-that-he-belonged-on-the-ryder-cup-team
    12. Wikipedia: 1997 Ryder Cup
    13. Wikipedia: List of Ryder Cup records