Gardagolf Country Club

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Gardagolf Country Club
Gardagolf Country Club, hole 5, Red Course.jpg
5th hole, Red Course
Club information
Location Soiano del Lago, Brescia, Italy
Established1986
Total holes27
Events hosted Italian Open,
Ladies Italian Open,
Kronenbourg Open,
Texbond Open
Website gardagolf.it
Designed by Cotton, Pennick, Steel & Partners
Par 72
Course record64 - Bernhard Langer (1997 Italian Open)

The Gardagolf Country Club is an Italian golf course located in Soiano del Lago, but the playing field also occupies with the municipalities of Polpenazze del Garda and Manerba del Garda; close to the Lake Garda in the Province of Brescia.

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The first 18 holes (Red and White Course) designed by Cotton, Pennick, Steel & Partners were inaugurated on the 28th of June 1986, while the Yellow Course was added in 1990. The club hosted the Italian Open three times in 1997, 2003 and 2018, the Kronenbourg Open in 1993, and the Ladies Italian Open in 1990. [1]

On 12 December 2017 the Italian Federation announced that Gardagolf would host the Italian Open (this time a Rolex Series event) in 2018 for the third time.

Gardagolf is the home club of the 4 times European Tour winner Matteo Manassero where he started playing the game as a kid with the club pro Franco Maestroni. Nino Bertasio and Challenge Tour player Andrea Maestroni also play for Gardagolf.

Italian Open

The 1997 Italian Open will be remembered for the final head to head between Bernhard Langer and José María Olazábal: they arrived tied at the uphill 18th hole when the Spaniard hooked the driver, hit the big tree on the left and ended up losing the tournament. Since then, that tree is referred to by many members as the Olazábal Tree. Langer closed the tournament with a final 64 which is currently the course record.

The 2003 Italian Open marked the last appearance in the competition for Severiano Ballesteros. [2]

YearWinnerScore
Open d'Italia
2018 Flag of Denmark.svg Thorbjørn Olesen  262 (-22)
Italian Open Telecom Italia
2003 Flag of Sweden.svg Mathias Grönberg  271 (−17)
Conte of Florence Italian Open
1997 Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer  273 (−15)

Kronenbourg Open

YearWinner
1993 Flag of Scotland.svg Sam Torrance

Ladies Italian Open

YearWinner
1990 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Florence Descampe

Texbond Open

YearWinnerCountryScore
2006 Carlos del Moral Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 270
2005 Fredrik Widmark Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 269
2004 Sam Little Flag of England.svg  England 269

References

  1. Gardagolf Country Club, Hall of Fame
  2. "Seve Ballesteros all'Open d'Italia". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-11-13.

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