MARCO SIMONE GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB IS THE HOST VENUE OF THE 2022 RYDER CUP MATCH

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club is the official hosting venue of Ryder Cup 2022. The assignment of the tournament to Italy and Rome is a significant success achieved by the Italian government and in particular by the support of the Italian premier Matteo Renzi, Coni and its president Giovanni Malagò, the Italian Golf Federation led by Franco Chimenti and Marco Simone Golf & Country Club with its president Laura Biagiotti and vice president Lavinia Biagiotti Cigna. In addition, a special support was given by important entrepreneur groups coupled with professionals in sport disciplines and in life. Marco Simone Golf & Country Club is an ambitious project created in the late 1980s by the fashion designer/entrepreneur Laura Biagiotti with the aim to transform 150 hectars of the Roman country in 27 spectacular golf holes surrounding Marco Simone castle with its antique tower of the year 1000.

–My daughter Lavinia and I, are proud and happy to host for the first time in Italy Ryder Cup, the third most popular sport event in the world, followed by an audience of two billion people.” This extraordinary opportunity was made possible thanks to the great commitment and vision of the Chairman of Italian Golf Federation, Franco Chimenti, and of the Coni ‘s Chairman, Giovanni Malagò affirms Laura Biagiotti.

CELEBRATING THE RYDER CUP Golf Marco Simone, 13 settembre 2016

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club, official host of the Ryder Cup 2022, celebrated the arrival of the trophy with an extraordinary day of sport and solidarity. There was on “stage” an exceptional performance of two Ryder Cup Legends: Costantino Rocca (3 Ryder Cup) and Sam Torrance (8 Ryder Cup and one as a team captain), which competed in a 9 holes match play.

The president Laura Biagiotti and the vice presidents Lavinia Biagiotti Cigna and Fabio Virgilii, together with the honorary president Nicola Pietrangeli, several sport representatives and show celebrities, welcome the Trophy in the club’s house amphitheater starting with a ceremony led by the journalist Massimo Caputi which gives attention to Marco Simone’s young regional golf players under 12. A perfect passage of the baton between the icons of golf history Costantino Rocca, Sam Torrance and the young talents which represent the golden future of the Italian flag’s golf swing.

The event takes place thanks to the support of the institute “Credito Sportivo”, with the support of the Italian Golf Federation and BMW Rome.