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
Visitors welcome
Milan
Robert von Hagge
Visitors welcome
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
Visitors welcome
Rimini
Visitors welcome
Verona
Kurt Rossknecht
Visitors welcome
Livorno
Visitors welcome
Catania
Franco Piras
Visitors welcome
Catania
Gary Player
Visitors welcome
Milan
Visitors welcome
Verona
C.K. "Ken" Cotton, Frank Pennink & Donald Steel.
Visitors welcome
San Remo
Wkends restrictd
Rome
George and Jim Fazio
Visitors welcome
Trieste
Marco Croce
Visitors welcome
Milan
Visitors welcome
Catania
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
Wkends restrictd
Rome
Jim Fazio
Weekdays only
Milan
Visitors welcome
Bologna
Visitors welcome
Milan
Visitors welcome
Venice
Visitors welcome
Milan
Biratti Cavalsani & Jim Fazio
Visitors welcome
Milan
Biratti Cavalsani & Jim Fazio
Wkends restrictd
Rome
C.K. (Ken) Cotton with later revisions by Jim Fazio.
Weekdays only
Venice
Visitors welcome
Verona
Jim Fazio
Visitors welcome
Rome
Unknown
Wkends restrictd
Rome
Visitors welcome
Cagliari
Robert Trent Jones Sr.
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.
Wkends restrictd
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
Visitors welcome
Verona
Cdr John Harris
Visitors welcome
Milan
Peter Gannon
Tournaments:
European Tour: 2021 marks the 50th and last season of the world renowned European Tour, launched in April 1972 at the Spanish Open. From 2022 the Tour will be sponsored by Dubai-based global supply chain and ports operator DP World, and will be known as the DP World Tour.
South African Open: December 2021 events in South Africa have again been impacted by the Covid pandemic. The South African Open (Dec 2-5) will no longer be played as a DP World Tour event, and the Alfred Dunhill Championship (Dec 9-12) has been cancelled.
Who's Who:
Bernhard Langer: at age 64, Langer collected a record sixth Charles Schwab Cup, the only player to have won the season-long points chase more than twice. He also topped the PGA Tour Champions money-list for the 11th time out of a possible 13 since 2008.
Carlota Ciganda: the five-time Solheim Cup star was delighted to record a fourth Ladies European Tour win in her home national championship, the Ladies Spanish Open.
Lee Elder: Trailblazer, Ryder Cup player, four-time PGA Tour winner and eight-time Senior PGA Tour winner, Lee Elder died on November 28, aged 87. In 1975 he became the first African American golfer to play in the Masters tournament, and in so doing provided one of the pivotal moments in the history of professional golf.
Golf World Top 100: Best Golf Courses in Europe. From France to Spain to the Netherlands and Norway, the Golf World Top 100 panel reveals the places you have to play (published 20 October 2021).
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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