She is among the strongest young players in Europe.
For her, the numbers speak for themselves and above all the results: she climbed the European Golf Rankings to second place. She won the International Juniors of Belgium held in Terveun last August for the second year in a row. She recently placed silver at the World Junior Girls Championship in Ottawa, Canada. Few golfers in the world, at the age of 16, can boast her score. Alessia Nobilio, from Milan, grew up in the Ambrosiano Golf Club and started showing off at a very young age. She attends the third sports scientific high school and, at only eleven years of age, she won the Lombardy Regional Under-12 Championship, conceding an encore the following year and even winning the Baby title. In 2014 she triumphed at the Zanetti Trophy and in 2015 she won the Targa d'Oro. An incredible performance, marked by consistency and victories. That earned her a call-up to the continental selection that competed in the Junior Vagliano Trophy and in the one that faced the US peers in the Junior Solheim Cup. Silver medallist with the Azzurri (she joined the national team when she was only 12 years old) at the European Girls, Nobilio has no intention of stopping her run. She dreams of becoming a professional and strongly wants to move to America and play on the PGA Tour.
"Winning is certainly not easy, confirming is certainly more difficult,’ says the young champion. I am happy, but I definitely don't want to stop now. I would really like to become a professional player and enter the top 25 in the world."
The dream in the drawer is to move to America:
"It would be great to play in the Pga."
Don't you think our country should also adapt to the US school-sports model?
"Unfortunately, we still do not have schools and universities comparable to those in America. We hope to be able to do so soon. But living an experience abroad I think is essential. To learn a new language and measure oneself against other realities'."
The model to follow is that of Virginia Carta.
"I would love to emulate his successes. He is part of a very important university (Duke University, North Carolina, ed.) and I admire him a lot."
But many people contribute to the success of a budding champion: family, federation and staff.
"Everyone really plays a key role. Thanks to my father, who always played golf, I started to become familiar with the sport. I owe a lot to my parents. But I would like to say one thing: the Federation is fundamental for us athletes and it is not rhetoric. It supports us together with the entire staff. Coaches, physiotherapists, personal trainers: everyone makes their contribution."
The Solhein Cup, a possible dream or not?
"To have been lucky enough to participate in that Junior was already something great. There I was able to enjoy the Solheim Cup up close and admire the strongest players. To participate in the premier competition of women's golf would be really great. I will give it my all."
