Italian teen set to make history
Italian amateur Matteo Manassero will make Masters history when he tees off alongside Lee Westwood and Mike Weir in Thursday's first round.
At 16 years and 355 days, Manassero will become the youngest player ever to compete in the year's first major, eclipsing the previous record of 17 years and two months set by American Tommy Jacobs in 1952.
It is a daunting prospect for the youngster, who says his idol is Severiano Ballesteros even though the Spaniard's career was already on a downward spiral before Manassero was born in the northern Italian medieval town of Verona.
"I always watched and dreamt about the Masters," he said.
"I always watched since I was like four years old, started to watch when (Nick) Faldo and (Greg) Norman were playing."
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