Golf in Italy

Five star accommodation and excellent, well-designed courses set in beautiful Italian countryside make Italy an unmissable golfing holiday destination.

Many people purchasing a property in Italy have an interest in golfing. The Italian Golf Federation Federazione Italiana Golf (web site in Italian) was founded in 1927, while the first golf club was founded in 1903. Currently the Italian Golf Federation is joined by more then 225 clubs and 90,000 golfers. This means that finding an Italian property for sale near a golf resort is relatively easy.

Golf is a very modern game and yet maybe it is one of the most ancient. The love for nature,for the environment and for natural landscapes, today unites in the name of Golf more than 60 million people in the world, overcoming barriers of all kinds. Golf in Italy most likely started with the Romans. They used to play this sport, the "paganica", with a stick and a leather ball stuffed with feathers. Ancestors of Golf are also the English "cambuca" of the 13th and 14th century, the "jeu de mail" in France, the "Het kolven" in the Netherlands. Golf as we know it today is played in magnificent landscapes dotted with thousands of natural hazards.

Golf resorts in Italy

Here are some popular golf resorts listed with contact details,

Emilia Romagna

* Adriatic, golf club Cervia, 18 buche, tel. 0544/992786
*Argenta golf club, Argenta, 9 buche, tel. 0532/852545
*La Bastardina golf club Agazzano, 18 buche, tel. 0523/975106
*Bologna golf club, Chiesa Nuova di Monte San Pietro, nei dintorni di *Bologna, 18 buche, tel. 051/969100
*Castell'Arquato golf club, Cortina, nei dintorni di Castell'Arquato, 18 buche, tel. 0523/895544
*Castenaso golf & country club - nei dintorni di Bologna, 9 buche, tel. 051/6050164
*Cento, golf club (percorso promozionale) - nei dintorni di Ferrara, 9 buche, tel. 051/6830504
*Croara country club - Croara di Gazzola, nei dintorni di Piacenza, 18 buche, tel. 0523/977105
*Faenza golf club (percorso promozionale), 4 buche, tel. 0546/622410
*Ferrara C.U.S. (percorso promozionale), 6 buche, tel. 0532/750396

Liguria

*Arenzano golf club - Arenzano, 9 buche, tel. 010/9111817
*Garlenda golf club - Garlenda, 18 buche, tel. 0182/580012
*Marigola golf club - Lerici, 9 buche, tel. 0187/970193
*Rapallo golf club - Rapallo, 18 buche, tel. 0185/261777
*Degli Ulivi circolo golf - Sanremo, 18 buche, tel. 0184/557093

Piedmont

*Le Betulle golf club Biella - Magnano, nei dintorni di Biella, 18 buche, tel. 015/679151
*Il Bricco golf club, (percorso promozionale) - Venasca, nei dintorni di *Cuneo, 9 buche, tel.0175/567565
*Castelconturbia golf club - Agrate Conturbia, nei dintorni di Novara, 27 buche, tel. 0322/832093
*Cherasco associazione sportiva golf club - nei dintorni di cherasco, 18 buche, tel. 0172/489772
*Claviere golf club - Claviere, 9 buche, tel. 0122/878917

Tuscany

*Wine & Golf Toscana - Lucca
*Acqua Bianca golf club - Chianciano Terme, 18 buche, tel. 0578/31073
*Casentino golf club - Poppi, 9 buche, tel. 0575/520167
*Castelfalfi golf club - Montaione, nei dintorni di San Gimignano, 18 buche, tel. 0571/698093
*Cosmopolitan golf club - Tirrenia, 18 buche, tel. 050/33085

Marche

*Conero golf club - Sirolo, nei dintorni di Ancona, 18 buche, tel. 071-7360613