At the Circolo Golf Torino, from 25 to 28 June, the champions of the DP World Tour, the highest European circuit, will compete: the event was presented at the Grattacielo Piemonte. The blue patrol led by Migliozzi, Manassero and Paratore
Great golf returns to Turin. The next Italian Open, now in its 83rd edition, was presented at the Grattacielo Piemonte. The tournament which is part of the DP World Tour will be played from 25 to 28 June and will see the protagonists of the top European golf circuit compete at the Circolo Golf Torino. Four days of competition with many important names on the field: above all the American Patrick Reed who won the Masters in his career (2018) along with eight other tournaments on the PGA Tour and became “Captain America” after the exploits with which he dragged the USA to win the Ryder Cup in 2016. After leaving LIV Golf, Reed left Europe with two successes in the season which took him to the top of the Race to Dubai (order of merit). On the field there will be another green jacket, the Englishman Danny Willett who won the Augusta National in 2016.
the blues
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The DS Automobiles Open of Italy was presented in a press conference which saw the presence of Paolo Zangrillo, Minister for Public Administration; Alberto Cirio, President of the Piedmont Region; Paolo Bongioanni, Councilor for Sport and Tourism of the Piedmont Region; Domenico Carretta, Councilor for Sport, Major Events and Tourism of the City of Turin and Cristiano Cerchiai, President of the Italian Golf Federation. With them also Costantino Rocca, legend of Italian golf, and Edoardo Molinari – vice-captain of Team Europe for the third consecutive time, from Turin who grew up at the Circolo Golf Torino – who described the emotions of playing an Open “at home”: he and his brother Francesco will be leading a large group of Italians including Guido Migliozzi, Matteo Manassero and Renato Paratore, who have also already won on the circuit, Francesco Laporta, Gregorio De Leo, Filippo Celli and Stefano Mazzoli. Absent Andrea Pavan, currently injured. Lorenzo Scalise, Jacopo Vecchi Fossa, Matteo Cristoni, Aron Zemmer, Alessandro Nodari and Andrea Romano have an excellent opportunity and the opportunity to shine, with the latter having just obtained passage onto the HotelPlanner Tour thanks to his three exploits this season on the Alps Tour. The three amateurs Giovanni Binaghi (Monticello), who won the Italian International Championship, Filippo Ponzano and Michele will be able to have a good experience Ferrero, both members of the Turin Golf Club.
EIGHT ITALIAN SUCCESSES IN THE ROLL OF HONOR
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In 82 editions there have been eight Italian victories in the Italian Open, with doubles by Ugo Grappasonni (1950 and 1954) and Francesco Molinari (2006 and 2016), the feats of Francesco Pasquali, Aldo Casera (1948), Baldovino Dassù (1976) and Massimo Mannelli (1980). The record of victories (four) is shared by the Belgian Flory Van Donck (1938, 1947, 1953 and 1955) and the French Auguste Boyer (1926, 1928, 1930, 1931). Since 1972 the Italian Open has entered the calendar of the European Tour, the highest continental circuit which, from 2022, is called DP World Tour.
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