The smallest pro playing the PGA Tour is 5-foot-2 Emanuele Canonica of Italy, who made the Nissan Open field through qualifying and opened with a three-under 68.
Canonica may be short, but he's not skinny (165 pounds) and he certainly hits the ball a long way.
He has led the European Tour in driving distance the last three years.

He is called "Peppo," but countryman Costantino Rocca has another name for Canonica: "Ercolino." That's Little Hercules.
Canonica has missed his last three cuts, at Honolulu, Pebble Beach and Torrey Pines, after finishing 82nd at Tucson. He is 15th in driving distance, averaging 285.6 yards, but he is 191st in driving accuracy and 195th in putting.

Caninoca also has picked p his share of admirers.

Says Nick Price:"He hits it as hard as Tiger Woods."

Peppo and his business agent, Guidi Calliani, have made themselves at home at Principe, an Italian restaurant (naturally) in Beverly Hills.