British Open champion Francesco Molinari has a regret about the tattoo he had when he was 18

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland – Francesco Molinari has a tattoo. Summarize this for a moment: the most placid British Open champion of all time is probably wearing a tattoo on his right arm. This means that he did well to contain a series of rebels to become a great champion.

The 2018 champion golfer entered a tattoo parlor after turning 18 and asked the artist to engrave a symbol on his skin as a mark of rebellion. The problem was that Molinari had no idea what he wanted. Something would do.

"It's a Chinese symbol for the tiger," Molinari said. "It was a stupid thing, I was 18 and it was a way to rebel, I guess, I thought," I'm 18, I can do it. what I want, I will get tattooed. "And then I'll regret it for the rest of my life.

"What I regret is that I came in and wanted to make a tattoo, but I had no idea what I had to have.The guy was trying to tell me to come back another time , to think about what you want.But I said, "No, no, you have to do it now, just show me a catalog of images."

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Juvenile exuberance has its disadvantages. "I would like it to be something more meaningful than a random Chinese symbol.I can not even be 100% sure that it's a Chinese symbol." for a tiger, it could be fried dumplings or something like that! "

Molinari's rebellious series seems hard to believe now considering his stolid performance on the golf course, especially last year, when he watched another Tiger at Carnoustie to win the Open Championship. Molinari seemed comfortable with himself in a final round, 2-under 69 to win by two shots.

There was a time when he was struggling to contain his emotions.

"In the family, it was really the tough guy," he admits. "My dad was pretty strict when I started around 13, 14 or 15, so he settled me pretty quickly, when I was in college, I was much more lucid.

"You need it to have excitement but you also have to control it at some point.I have broken clubs.Not even in a tournament but just have a match with my brother Edoardo.and my Father told me that you would not play golf for three weeks, which was rather difficult.Edoardo has always been very simple, so that every little act of rebellion was considered a huge thing in our family. "

Fighting this rebellious nature has brought him to a massive moment of his life. He has an old jug of claret to go with his random tattoo. This is not something that he will regret for the rest of his life.