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Sardinia Golf - A different kind of airshow!

Neil Sjoberg — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:36:20 +0000

Mosquitoes and Lightening - A different kind of airshow!

Sardinia is an exciting place to go, crystal clear warm sea, friendly people and easy access (Under 3 hours from Stansted Airport, London about £60 return on Ryanair) and lovely winter golf.

We are lucky enough to have some German friends with family there and an open invitation to visit.

As part of Italy, Sardinia has benefited from much EU development funding; familiar blue and white EU development signs appear everywhere.

These development sites are not without their amusement value. Yes, there are super new roads everywhere but there are also scented paved disabled gardens marooned miles from any road or path, new wind turbines that don’t turn because of a coal contract with China and a super golf course with no access road. (more…)

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Italy Golf Hotels

admin — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:42:58 +0000

Hotel Golf

Location - Viale Rosselli Fratelli, Florence

Details - The palazzo style Hotel Golf is located in the historic and commercial district of Florence, Italy. It is 500 metres from both
the Palatina Gallery and Michelangelo Square……

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Golf Parco de’Medici Hotel and Resort

Location - Via Salvatore Rebecchini, Rome

Details - The charming Sheraton Golf Parco de Medici is located next to a 24 hole golf course just 18 kilometers from the center of Rome, Italy…..

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Costantino Rocca

admin — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:02:10 +0000

Costantino Rocca (born 4 December 1956) is the most successful male golfer that Italy has produced. After a long career on the European Tour he is now playing on the European Seniors Tour.

Rocca was born in Bergamo. He started out as a caddy, winning the Italian Caddie Championship in 1978, and turned professional in 1981 at the age of 24.

Career outline
In the 1980s, Rocca struggled to retain a European Tour card and made several trips to the Qualifying School. He began to make major strides in his career in 1990, which was the first season that he finished high enough on the Order of Merit to gain a tour card automatically. By 1993, he had risen to sixth in the Order of Merit, and his two best seasons were 1995 and 1996, when he finished fourth. He won five titles on the tour, the first of which was the 1993 Open de Lyon and the most prestigious of which was the 1996 Volvo PGA Championship. (more…)

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15 Day Weather Italy

admin — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:54:43 +0000

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Emanuele Canonica

admin — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:09:04 +0000

Emanuele Canonica (born 7 January 1971) is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.

Canonica was born at Moncalieri in the province of Turin. He won the Italian National Juniors Championship in 1990 and was part of the gold medal winning team Italian team at the European Youths’ Championship that year. He turned professional in 1991 and qualified for the European Tour at the 1994 Qualifying School. For the first few seasons he struggled to keep his tour card, but he never actually lost it, and from 1999 his performances improved. His best Order of Merit finish through 2004 was 27th in 2000. In 2005 he won for the first time on the European Tour at the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.

Canonica has topped the European Tour driving distance statistics several times.

Professional wins (1)

European Tour wins (1)
2005 Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles

Team appearances
Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Italy): 1996, 1999
World Cup (representing Italy): 1999, 2006
Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2005

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Silvia Cavalleri

admin — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:08:00 +0000

Silvia Cavalleri (born 10 October 1972 in Milan, Italy) is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the US based LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour. She was the first Italian to win a tournament on the LPGA Tour.

Amateur career and education
Cavalleri was the 1990 British Girls’ champion and represented Europe in the Vagliano Trophy five times between 1989 and 1997. She represented Italy in the Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Team Championship in 1992 and 1996, was the 1996 World Amateur individual champion, and the 1997 United States Women’s Amateur Champion.

She graduated from Politecnico di Milano university in 1998 with a degree in architecture.

Professional career
Cavalleri turned professional in 1997 and played in 1998 on the Ladies European Tour. She joined the LPGA Tour in 1999. She won her first professional tournament in 2007 at the Corona Championship, becoming the first Italian to win an LPGA tournament.

Professional wins (1)

LPGA Tour (1)
2007 (1) Corona Championship

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Edoardo Molinari

admin — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:06:17 +0000

Edoardo Molinari (born 11 February 1981) is an Italian golfer. In 2005 he became the first Italian and the first Continental European to win the U.S. Amateur Championship. He turned professional in 2006. In 2007 he won the Club Colombia Masters and the Kenya Open on Europe’s second tier professional golf tour, the Challenge Tour.

Edoardo Molinari’s younger brother Francesco is a European Tour golfer.

Amateur wins (6)
1996 English Boys Under 16 Championship
2001 Italian Amateur Championship
2002 Italian Amateur Foursomes Championship (with Francesco Molinari)
2003 Turkish Amateur Open Championship
2004 Italian Amateur Foursomes Championship (with Francesco Molinari)
2005 U.S. Amateur Championship

Professional wins (2)

Challenge Tour wins (2)
2007 Club Colombia Masters, Tusker Kenya Open

Team appearances

Amateur
Eisenhower Trophy (representing Italy): 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004
St Andrews Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2004
Bonallack Cup: 2002, 2004
Jaques Leglise Trophy: 1998

Professional
World Cup (representing Italy): 2007

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Francesco Molinari

admin — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:04:05 +0000

Francesco Molinari (born 8 November 1982) is an Italian golfer. Molinari became a professional in 2004, and, at that season’s qualifying school, earned full status on the PGA European Tour for the 2005 season, in which he ultimately finished in eighty-sixth place in the Tour’s Order of Merit standings.

In May 2006, Molinari claimed his first Tour victory, becoming the first Italian since Massimo Mannelli in 1980 to win the Telecom Italia Open. He finished the year ranked 38th on the Order of Merit.

Molinari is the younger brother of Edoardo, the 2005 United States Amateur Champion.

Amateur wins (5)
2002 Italian Amateur Stroke Play Championship, Italian Amateur Foursomes Championship (with Eduardo Molinari)
2004 Italian Amateur Stroke Play Championship, Italian Match Play Championship, Sherry Cup (ESP)

Professional wins (1)

European Tour wins (1)
2006 Telecom Italia Open

Team appearances

Amateur
Eisenhower Trophy (representing Italy): 2002, 2004
St Andrews Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2004
Bonallack Cup: 2004
Palmer Cup (representing Europe): 2004 (winners)

Professional
World Cup (representing Italy): 2006, 2007

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Italy Golf Photos

admin — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:15:06 +0000

Photo Images of some of the Best Golf Courses in Italy.

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Golf in Italy The New Roman Holiday

admin — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:20:56 +0000

Our friends at Rough Guides toiled with the classification conundrum when it comes to Italy. ‘Of all European countries, Italy is perhaps the hardest to classify. It is a modern, industrialized nation. It is the harbinger of style, its designers leading the way with each season’s fashions. But it is also, to an equal degree, a Mediterranean country, with all that that implies.’ When you think of Italy - you think of the wonderful landscapes around Tuscany & Lake Como, you think of the wine from the sun kissed south, you think of the Mediterranean culture that is evident much further north than the geography would suggest and ever increasingly you think of Italy as a golf destination.

A melting pot of cultures sitting pretty like a comfortable shoe in the Mediterranean, Italy promises great golf, great food and nation of gregarious people; its a promise few can resist. If you are planning to go on a golf tour to Italy, take some time to get the best out of your trip. There is a lot more golf to be played than you can pack into one golf vacation and you still get to see all the sites, eat pizza and pasta whilst drinking all the wine you can wish for.

Northern Italy, the region surrounded by the Alps is home to some fabulous courses that one must include in your visit. Three top lake side courses that immediately spring to mind are Arzaga Golf Club, Garda Golf Club and Iles des Borromees Golf Club.

Arzaga resort is in fact made up of two courses an 18-hole Jack Nicklaus design and a smaller 9-hole course designed by Gary Player. Overlooking the Lake Garda, Arzaga is famous for the huge bunkers and large open greens. It will set you back by EUR 115 on a weekend and EUR 88.50 on a weekday but the experience is worth it.

The Garda Golf Club is a 27-hole course set between Rocca di Manerba and Valtenesi hills, overlooking Lake Garda. A tough course, Garda GC was designed by Cotton, Pennick, Steel & Partners to spread over 110 hectares of land liberally peppered with cypress trees and olive groves. With some very interesting holes to play at affordable rates (EUR 70), Garda can make your golf holiday memorable.

Another fabulous course that you can try on your golf holiday is the Iles des Borromees Golf Club planted strategically in the middle of the Lake Maggiore area. Just 45 minutes from Milan, Borromees is an 18 - hole toughie designed by Marco Croze. Hazards are aplenty and all are naturally created making Iles de Borromees a test of a golf holiday makers skills. While you are at Borromees take a visit to The Alpino, Italys first course and play one of the most scenic courses the country has to offer. Another interesting course in the northern part of Italy is the Golf Club de Castelconturbia a mouthful when spoken and when played.

Other courses and this may need you to take more than one golf vacations to Italy that no self respecting golf holiday can drop are the Golf Club Trieste with a charming sea view and Golf & Country Club Travisio, designed by Graham Cooke. Add to the list the 1993 Italian Womens Open site Golf Club Lignano and the parkland style Golf Club Castel DAviano located in Villa Poliicreti and your first round of golf travel to Italy would start looking a little tasty.

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