Ready to feel old?!??! Okay, let's do it together, because the kid that just won the European Tour's Rookie of the Year award was born in 1993! That was the first year of Bill Clinton's presidential term! That was when Whitney Houston was still sane and could sing well! That was when Joe Carter hit the World Series clinching home run and was jumping around the bases like a mad man!
Okay, I'l'l settle down, but Matteo Manassero is 17 and won the award for best newcomer on the European Tour. He became the youngest player to ever win an event back in October at the Castello Masters, and is the youngest player to ever make the cut at the Masters.
On top of that, he finished 31st on the Order of Merit, and joins names like Sergio Garcia and Nick Faldo, who have won the award before.
So, yes, like that nagging knee problem and bad back at the office isn't enough to make you feel the years, this kid can't even vote and made nearly $2 million this year on the European Tour.
With Martin Kaymer winning the Race to Dubai at 25, and Mannassero winning the Rookie of the Year award, who said golf isn't a young man's sport?
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