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GOLF Golf Club Bellosguardo Golf Club Vinci

Golf lovers will find a brand new field that thanks to its configuration is able to satisfy different types of enthusiasts, combining pure fun with the pleasure of a challenging competition.

The Bellosguardo club enjoys an exclusive position on the hills that dominate the city of Vinci where you can feel the atmosphere of the unique genius in a historical and cultural context that is offered to those who loves art and science.

In fact it is here that Leonardo da Vinci had his first epiphany for his studies about the knowledge of the human being.

ITINERARY: 9 holes, PAR 73, 6.028mt.

SEASON: open everyday, all year round, except 2 weeks in August.

CLOSING DAY: Monday November – February.

EQUIPMENT: driving range, 2 puttinggreen, 1 pitching-ring, changing rooms, bouvettes, rental equipment, golf carts, electric carts, bar-restaurant.

Golf Club Poggio de Medici

Opened in 1992, with 18 holes, par 73, and a Championship course of 6,468 meters, the field of UNA Poggio dei Medici Golf Club is one of the most prestigious in Italy.

Designed by the architect Alvise Rossi Fioravanti and by the player Baldovino Dassù according to the standards of the USGA, Poggio dei Medici was recognized as “Best New Field”.

It has been awarded recently by “Condè Nast Traveller” in their hot list for Best Golf Club overtaken other clubs like K Club in Ireland and Greenbrier in Usa.

The course immersed in the Mugello valley, protected by the Apennines, offers 5 different starting tees for an exciting match for all levels.

The field has one big experience part with Pitching, Putting Green, bukers, 6 driving range with teacher PGA available for individual and group lessons.

Golf Carts, manual carts and bags are available for hire, caddies on request.

The camp is open all year, every day.

From 1999 to 2003 Poggio dei Medici hosted the Italian Women’s Open of the European Tour. The winners in this field were: Samantha Head, United Kingdom, in 1999; Sophie Gustafson, Sweden, in 2000; Paula Marti, Spain, in 2001; Iben Tinning, Denmark, in 2002; Ludivine Kreutz, France, in 2003.

Golf Club Ugolino

It was 1889 when the English colony of Florence established the Florence Golf Club, the first italian association of golf.

The field, located in the Cascine area, hosted the first Italian national championships in 1905, and immediately after the First World War it moved to the area of ​​the current Florence airport, to Osmannoro, where the number of players increased rapidly.

The idea of ​​creating a new path began to take shape in the late twenties and early thirties of the last century.

The impetus for the construction of the new field came above all from the Autonomous Company of Tourism which considered golf a great tourist attraction, and had placed throughout Italy a series of signs dedicated to the city of Florence that simply announced “Florence: golf 18 holes “.

The Ugolino was founded in 1933 in Via Chiantigiana, designed by the English architects Blandford and Gannon (the same ones who designed the Monza camp), who created a par 69 course, but challenging for the differences for the difference in height and obstacles represented by trees and small greens.

In the ‘60s, the route was expanded to par 72 by the engineer Piero Mancinelli.

The creation of the Club-House and the swimming pool was entrusted to the architect Gherardo Bosio who succeeded in designing a structure that is still perfectly usable and “functioning”, which represents one of the most beautiful examples of rationalist architecture and  it was placed under the protection of Fine Arts.

The Ugolino is an essential part of the history of Italian golf: on its way, along the Chiantigiana road, countless races and many national championships have been hosted and there are many players of national and international stature who have ventured into it.

The Ugolino medal collection is one of the most important and glorious among the Italian clubs and it is impossible to mention all the players who contributed to these success.

The Ugolino was also home to numerous International Open and the most striking memory was the dispute of the International Open of Italy in 1983 which was won by Bernard Langer after an exciting play-off with Severiano Ballesteros and Ken Brown, at the end of a race that also saw Greg Norman, Mark James, Costantino Rocca, Baldovino Dassù, and many other stars of the European Tour.

Golf Club Montelupo

The Par 5 hole 7/16 has been designed to arrive in greens in two long and precise strokes. The fairway is undermined by five bunkers along the right side, then it takes a direction to the right to reach a green defended by three other bunkers.

These holes, very lively in their composition, will undoubtedly stimulate the needs of many golfers.

TECHNICAL INFORMATIONS

Foundation: 1996

Designer: Christopher Cowie

Hole Course: 9 par 36

Lenght: 2.877m

CR: 69,4

SR: 119

Alternative nail: obligatory

Versilia Golf Resort Forte dei Marmi

The Forte dei Marmi Golf Club and the Versilia Golf Resort, in a privileged and unique position between the cities of Pietrasanta, Forte dei Marmi and Montignoso, a few kilometers from the beach and the Apuan Alps, offer a pleasant reason for leisure and absolute holiday tranquility, surrounded by a natural oasis of extraordinary beauty.

18 hole golf course, par 71, 5873 meters long, course rating men 71.7, slope rating 123.

Available to customers: club house, master caddy, driving range, putting green, golf cart rental, bags and trolleys.

Other services: American Bar with terrace overlooking the field, restaurant rooms and meeting room.