Italy
There is still something faintly aristocratic about Italian golf, perhaps not yet a sport for all, but one played by a growing number of people in Italy. If quantity is missing, quality is certainly not. There are plenty of excellent courses in the north of Italy, especially around Milan and the lakes. The clubhouse restaurants serve great Italian cuisine - who could want for more. Generally spike shoes can be worn in & around the club house (just take a look at some of the wooden floors). To make the most of your golfing trip, and to help in your planning, you can look up the location of the best courses in Italy on our customised maps.
Visitors welcome
Bari
Original design by Italian course architect David Mezzacane (1998); remodelled by Hurdzan/Fry Design (Dr Michael Hurdzan & Dana Fry) (2007).
Visitors welcome
Venice
Visitors welcome
Milan
Visitors welcome
Florence (Firenze)
Robert Trent Jones Jr
Visitors welcome
Rome
David Mezzacane & Baldovino Dassù
Visitors welcome
Verona
Jack Nicklaus II (18 hole course); Gary Player (9 hole course).
Visitors welcome
Venice
Wkends restrictd
Milan
Visitors welcome
Milan
Visitors welcome
Turin
Original design by English golf course architect John S.F. Morrison (of Colt, Alison & Morrison).
Visitors welcome
Milan
Robert von Hagge
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Milan
Robert von Hagge
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Bologna
Visitors welcome
Venice
Visitors welcome
Milan
Current three nine-hole loops designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1986).
Visitors welcome
Florence (Firenze)
Rainer Preissmann and Wilfried Moroder.
Visitors welcome
Rome
Visitors welcome
Milan
Rsrt guests only
Siena
Tom Weiskopf
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Rimini
Visitors welcome
Verona
Kurt Rossknecht
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Livorno
Visitors welcome
Catania
Franco Piras
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Catania
Gary Player
Visitors welcome
Milan
Visitors welcome
Verona
C.K. "Ken" Cotton, Frank Pennink & Donald Steel.
Visitors welcome
San Remo
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Rome
George and Jim Fazio
Visitors welcome
Trieste
Marco Croce
Visitors welcome
Milan
Visitors welcome
Cagliari
Visitors welcome
Cagliari
Piero Mancinelli (of Cotton, Pennink & Partners)
Visitors welcome
Florence (Firenze)
Arnold Palmer
Visitors welcome
Milan
Visitors welcome
Milan
Visitors welcome
Trieste
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Rome
Jim Fazio & David Mezzacane (1991). Fully redesigned by European Golf Design (lead designer Dave Sampson), in collaboration with Jim Fazio's son Tom Fazio II (2020).
Weekdays only
Milan
Visitors welcome
Bologna
Visitors welcome
Milan
Visitors welcome
Venice
Visitors welcome
Milan
Biratti Cavalsani & Jim Fazio
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Milan
Biratti Cavalsani & Jim Fazio
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Rome
C.K. (Ken) Cotton with later revisions by Jim Fazio.
Weekdays only
Venice
Visitors welcome
Verona
Jim Fazio
Visitors welcome
Rome
Unknown
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Rome
Visitors welcome
Cagliari
Robert Trent Jones Sr.
Visitors welcome
Catania
Laid out by owner Luigi Rota Caremoli.
Visitors welcome
Florence (Firenze)
Baldovino Dassù and Alvise Rossi Fioravanti
Visitors welcome
Livorno
Visitors welcome
Genoa
Unknown
Visitors welcome
Rimini
Visitors welcome
Rimini
Canadian golf course architect Graham Cooke with Luigi Rota Caremoli.
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Rome
Unknown
Visitors welcome
Siena
Robert Trent Jones II (lead designer Ty Butler).
Visitors welcome
Turin
Hurdzan/Fry Design (lead designer David Whelchel).
Visitors welcome
Turin
Robert Trent Jones Sr.
Visitors welcome
Bari
Visitors welcome
San Remo
Peter Gannon
Visitors welcome
Rome
Visitors welcome
Rome
Robert Trent Jones II (lead designer Ty Butler).
Visitors welcome
Turin
Original design at this location by English course architect John S. F. Morrison (1956). Developed into 27 holes and then 36 by Italian designer Marco Croze. Blue course renovated by Graham Cooke of Canada (1997).
Visitors welcome
Turin
Original design at this location by English course architect John S. F. Morrison (1956). Developed into 27 holes and then 36 by Italian designer Marco Croze.
Visitors welcome
Livorno
Visitors welcome
Florence (Firenze)
Visitors welcome
Milan
Visitors welcome
Venice
Visitors welcome
Palermo
Kyle Phillips
Visitors welcome
Palermo
Kyle Phillips
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Verona
Cdr John Harris
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Milan
Peter Gannon
Chevron Championship: the first women’s major championship of 2023 is played for the first time in Texas, having been uprooted from its home of 51 years at the Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California.
Italian Open: the 80th playing of this prestigious European event will see many 2023 Ryder Cup hopefuls build their “local knowledge” of the Marco Simone course in Rome. (May 4-7). Ryder Cup (Sept 29-Oct 1).
Jon Rahm: dedicated his emphatic Masters Tournament win to the late Seve Ballesteros. “Rahmbo’s” victory came on the day his fellow countryman and golfing inspiration would have turned 66 years of age.
Steve Stricker: four-time senior major championship winner, chases a fifth title as he defends at the 34th Regions Tradition (May 11-14), the first senior major of 2023.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Costa’s "Cruise & Golf" allows golfers and their families to combine a unique golfing experience with the relaxation and fun of a cruise on board Costa Smeralda. Golf enthusiasts are offered a choice from 23 top-quality golf clubs; their chosen courses are played during the ship’s port calls in Italy, France and Spain. While the golfers are driving the fairways, accompanying non-golfers are able to enjoy the amenities and activities on-board, or explore wonderful places on day excursions organised by Costa. Read more ...
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