ROME — In Italy, there are 150 golf courses with at least 18 holes. Some are beauties, like Franciacorta Golf Club in the sparkling wine hills east of Milan, or Golf Des Iles Borromées, which has views across Lake Maggiore to the Simplon Alps and Switzerland. But the entire country has only 10 more golf courses than the total in Los Angeles County, where Italy’s greatest ever golfer, Francesco Molinari, now lives.
The former Open champion, who hails from Turin in the north but lives in L.A. and is a member at Riviera Country Club, knows Italy’s golf landscape has a long way to go. According to a 2021 report commissioned by the R&A and the European Golf Association, Italy has about 87,000 registered golfers and about 430,000 total including casual players.
It’s why he’s hoping the first Ryder Cup ever held in Italy kicks off a long-term golf participation and…
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