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.
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.Gardagolf Country Club, Hall of Fame
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.
YearWinnerScore Open d'Italia 2018 Thorbjørn Olesen 262 (-22) Italian Open Telecom Italia 2003 Mathias Grönberg 271 (−17) Conte of Florence Italian Open 1997 Bernhard Langer 273 (−15)
Kronenbourg Open YearWinner 1993 Sam Torrance
Ladies Italian Open YearWinner 1990 Florence Descampe
Texbond Open YearWinnerCountryScore 2006 Carlos del Moral 270 2005 Fredrik Widmark 269 2004 Sam Little 269
References
External links Gardagolf Country Club Official Website
Gardagolf on the Golf in Lombardy website