Ugo Grappasonni was an Italian

Italy

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 professional golfer

Professional golfer

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Grappasonni was born in Rome

Rome

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 and was one of the leading golfers in Italy, winning his national open twice, in 1950 and 1954, and the National Omnium on four occasions. He also won the French

Open de France

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, Dutch

KLM Open

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 and Swiss Opens, the latter twice. His son, Silvio, is also a professional golfer.

Grappasonni was also a teaching professional at the Villa d'Este Golf Club. Along with Aldo Casera and Alfonso Angelini he founded the Professional Golfer's Association of Italy in 1962. The three men were known as the "three musketeers".

Tournament wins

• 1941 Italian National Omnium
• 1948 Swiss Open
• 1949 French Open
  Open de France
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• 1950 Italian Open
  Italian Open (golf)
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• 1952 Swiss Open
• 1953 Moroccan Open, Open del Ticino
• 1954 Dutch Open, Italian Open
  Italian Open (golf)
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  , Italian National Omnium
• 1955 Italian National Omnium
• 1957 Italian National Omnium

Results in major championships

Tournament	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	CUT	28	DNP	T19	DNP	T27	T17	T41
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.