Princeton University Athletics
2025-26 Men's Golf Roster
Riccardo Fantinelli
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Rome, Italy
- High School:
- Reeds School Cobham (U.K.)
Non-Princeton Competitions
2026 U.S. Amateur
2025 British Amateur (Semifinalist)
2024 U.S. Amateur
2024 Italian Open (DP World Tour)
2025 European Amateur Team Championships (champion)
2023, 2025 World Amateur Team Championships
Collegiate Low Round
65 (-7); 2024 Rod Meyers Invitational Third Round
65 (-6); 2024 Princeton Invitational Third Round
65 (-5); 2025 Jim DeLapa Collegiate Third Round
Awards
2026 PING All-Region
2026 Ivy League Player of the Year
2026 Unanimous First-Team All-Ivy
2026 Academic All-Ivy
2026 College Sports Communicators Third-Team Academic All-American
2025 Honorable Mention PING All-American
2025 PING All-Region
2025 Unanimous Ivy League Player of the Year
2025 Unanimous First-Team All-Ivy
2024 Honorable Mention PING All-American
2024 PING All-Region
2024 Ivy League Player of the Year
2023 Ivy League Rookie of the Year
2023 First-Team All-Ivy
2023 Ivy League medalist
Tournament Victories
2025 Ivy League Championship
2024 Howard/USF Intercollegiate
2024 Princeton Invitational (Co-Medalist)
2023 Ivy League Championship
2023 The Prestige
2025-26: Ivy League Player of the Year ... Unanimous first-team All-Ivy ... PING All-Region ... CSC Third-Team Academic All-American ... Academic All-Ivy ... Represented Italy at the European Amateur Team Championships en route to the team title ... Competed for Italy at the World Amateur Team Championships ... Earned an at-large selection to the NCAA Regionals, finishing T45th at the Columbus Regional with a score of 227 (+14) ... Finished T3 at the Rod Myers at -6 (68-70-72; 210) ... Was third at the Jim DeLapa Collegiate with a score of -10 (67-68-65; 200) to tie the program low 54-hole total ... Finished fifth in the stroke play portion of the St. Andrews Links Collegiate at -2 (67-71; 138) ... Defeated Cal's Xihuan Chang (5 Up) in Match Play to help team win St. Andrews Links Collegiate title ... Finished T10 at the Johnnie-O at -10 (67-71-68; 206) ... Was T22 at Pauma Valley at -1 (69-72-71; 212) ... Finished third at the Ivy League Championship at Baltusrol at -3 (72-72-69; 213) ... Scoring average of 69.9.
2024-25: Honorable Mention PING All-American ... Unanimous Ivy League Player of the Year ... Unanimous first-team All-Ivy ... PING All-Region ... Ivy League Championship medalist at -4 (67-69; 136) ... Won the Howard/USF Intercollegiate at -10 (66-67-67; 200) to open his season ... Finished T3 at the Rod Meyers Invitational, carding a third-round 65 (-7) to close strongly ... T9 at Hamptons Intercollegiate ... T10 at the Johnny O. invitational ... Finished 4th at the Princeton Invitational ... Carded 11 rounds in the 60s ... Season stroke average of 70.6.
2023-24: Honorable Mention PING All-American ... Ivy League Player of the Year and first-team All-Ivy ... PING All-Region ... GCAA All-American Scholar ... Tied for medalist honors at the Princeton Invitational at -6 (72-70-65; 207) ... Had three total Top-10s during the season ... Posted a T8 finish at the Rod Myers Invitational with a three-round score of -2 (73-68-73; 214) ... Finished T5 at the Ivy League Championships at -4 (70-71-68; 209) ... Was -4 at the USF/Howard Intercollegiate (71-69-72; 212) ... Posted a three-round score of -5 at The Prestige (68-67-73; 208) ... Carded six total rounds in the 60s ... Low round of the season was a 65 in the third round of the Princeton Invite ... Season stroke average of 71.0.
2022-23: Won Ivy League Rookie of the Year and first-team All-Ivy honors after winning medalist at the Ivy League Championship ... carded rounds of 72, 70 and 69 to finish 5-under at the Ivy tournament ... competed in eight tournaments between the fall and spring ... led Princeton at the Rod Myers Invitational in his collegiate debut ... co-led Princeton at the Hamptons Intercollegiate ... won the individual event at The Prestige ... reached low round of 68 in the first round of the MacDonald Cup ... stroke average for the year was 72.38.
Before Princeton: Runner-up for the 2021 Carris Trophy, the English Boys Open Amateur championship, shooting 68, 67 and 68 ... runner-up at the 2021 R&A Boys Amateur Championship, shooting a 71 and 75 ... competed in Sweden with the Continental team to win the 2021 Jacques Léglise Trophy, which matches a team of juniors from Great Britain and Ireland against the rest of Europe; won his match 3&2 against Scotland's Ruben Lindsay ... won a qualifying tournament for the Brabazon Trophy, the English men's open amateur championship, shooting 63; placed 11th in the final tournament after shooting 69, 72, 73 and 70 to finish at even par ... won the 2021 City of Rome Gold Cup, shooting a 74, 70 and 74 ... won the 2021 Alexander Quin Invitational in Wales, shooting 68, 69 and 68.
2026 U.S. Amateur
2025 British Amateur (Semifinalist)
2024 U.S. Amateur
2024 Italian Open (DP World Tour)
2025 European Amateur Team Championships (champion)
2023, 2025 World Amateur Team Championships
Collegiate Low Round
65 (-7); 2024 Rod Meyers Invitational Third Round
65 (-6); 2024 Princeton Invitational Third Round
65 (-5); 2025 Jim DeLapa Collegiate Third Round
Awards
2026 PING All-Region
2026 Ivy League Player of the Year
2026 Unanimous First-Team All-Ivy
2026 Academic All-Ivy
2026 College Sports Communicators Third-Team Academic All-American
2025 Honorable Mention PING All-American
2025 PING All-Region
2025 Unanimous Ivy League Player of the Year
2025 Unanimous First-Team All-Ivy
2024 Honorable Mention PING All-American
2024 PING All-Region
2024 Ivy League Player of the Year
2023 Ivy League Rookie of the Year
2023 First-Team All-Ivy
2023 Ivy League medalist
Tournament Victories
2025 Ivy League Championship
2024 Howard/USF Intercollegiate
2024 Princeton Invitational (Co-Medalist)
2023 Ivy League Championship
2023 The Prestige
2025-26: Ivy League Player of the Year ... Unanimous first-team All-Ivy ... PING All-Region ... CSC Third-Team Academic All-American ... Academic All-Ivy ... Represented Italy at the European Amateur Team Championships en route to the team title ... Competed for Italy at the World Amateur Team Championships ... Earned an at-large selection to the NCAA Regionals, finishing T45th at the Columbus Regional with a score of 227 (+14) ... Finished T3 at the Rod Myers at -6 (68-70-72; 210) ... Was third at the Jim DeLapa Collegiate with a score of -10 (67-68-65; 200) to tie the program low 54-hole total ... Finished fifth in the stroke play portion of the St. Andrews Links Collegiate at -2 (67-71; 138) ... Defeated Cal's Xihuan Chang (5 Up) in Match Play to help team win St. Andrews Links Collegiate title ... Finished T10 at the Johnnie-O at -10 (67-71-68; 206) ... Was T22 at Pauma Valley at -1 (69-72-71; 212) ... Finished third at the Ivy League Championship at Baltusrol at -3 (72-72-69; 213) ... Scoring average of 69.9.
2024-25: Honorable Mention PING All-American ... Unanimous Ivy League Player of the Year ... Unanimous first-team All-Ivy ... PING All-Region ... Ivy League Championship medalist at -4 (67-69; 136) ... Won the Howard/USF Intercollegiate at -10 (66-67-67; 200) to open his season ... Finished T3 at the Rod Meyers Invitational, carding a third-round 65 (-7) to close strongly ... T9 at Hamptons Intercollegiate ... T10 at the Johnny O. invitational ... Finished 4th at the Princeton Invitational ... Carded 11 rounds in the 60s ... Season stroke average of 70.6.
2023-24: Honorable Mention PING All-American ... Ivy League Player of the Year and first-team All-Ivy ... PING All-Region ... GCAA All-American Scholar ... Tied for medalist honors at the Princeton Invitational at -6 (72-70-65; 207) ... Had three total Top-10s during the season ... Posted a T8 finish at the Rod Myers Invitational with a three-round score of -2 (73-68-73; 214) ... Finished T5 at the Ivy League Championships at -4 (70-71-68; 209) ... Was -4 at the USF/Howard Intercollegiate (71-69-72; 212) ... Posted a three-round score of -5 at The Prestige (68-67-73; 208) ... Carded six total rounds in the 60s ... Low round of the season was a 65 in the third round of the Princeton Invite ... Season stroke average of 71.0.
2022-23: Won Ivy League Rookie of the Year and first-team All-Ivy honors after winning medalist at the Ivy League Championship ... carded rounds of 72, 70 and 69 to finish 5-under at the Ivy tournament ... competed in eight tournaments between the fall and spring ... led Princeton at the Rod Myers Invitational in his collegiate debut ... co-led Princeton at the Hamptons Intercollegiate ... won the individual event at The Prestige ... reached low round of 68 in the first round of the MacDonald Cup ... stroke average for the year was 72.38.
Before Princeton: Runner-up for the 2021 Carris Trophy, the English Boys Open Amateur championship, shooting 68, 67 and 68 ... runner-up at the 2021 R&A Boys Amateur Championship, shooting a 71 and 75 ... competed in Sweden with the Continental team to win the 2021 Jacques Léglise Trophy, which matches a team of juniors from Great Britain and Ireland against the rest of Europe; won his match 3&2 against Scotland's Ruben Lindsay ... won a qualifying tournament for the Brabazon Trophy, the English men's open amateur championship, shooting 63; placed 11th in the final tournament after shooting 69, 72, 73 and 70 to finish at even par ... won the 2021 City of Rome Gold Cup, shooting a 74, 70 and 74 ... won the 2021 Alexander Quin Invitational in Wales, shooting 68, 69 and 68.
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