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Title: Golf Marco Simone
Post by: Tommy Williamsen on September 27, 2021, 11:43:03 AM

It is the next Ryder Cup venue in Rome. Anyone play it?


https://www.golfmarcosimone.com/ryder-cup-2023-course/?lang=en (https://www.golfmarcosimone.com/ryder-cup-2023-course/?lang=en)


https://www.romeandgolf.com/golf-course-rome/marco-simone-golf-club.html

Title: Re: Golf Marco Simone
Post by: Will Lozier on September 27, 2021, 11:51:03 AM

After a quick 5 min. look around the intraweb...I could not be less excited about the course itself.  :'(

Title: Re: Golf Marco Simone
Post by: Adam Lawrence on September 27, 2021, 11:52:52 AM

Totally rebuilt from the previous course by Dave Sampson of European Golf Design. Reopened quite recently. My colleague Richard Humphries was there a couple of weeks ago -- there will be a review of the place in the next issue of GCA.

Title: Re: Golf Marco Simone
Post by: Will Thrasher on September 27, 2021, 05:28:28 PM

The opinions expressed in this article are, well, interesting....

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/marco-simone-golf-club-2023-ryder-cup-course-gets-mixed-reviews-debut

Title: Re: Golf Marco Simone
Post by: Kalen Braley on September 27, 2021, 06:03:30 PM

If i didn't know where this was, I would have guessed CordeValle near Gilroy, CA


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Title: Re: Golf Marco Simone
Post by: Paul Rudovsky on September 28, 2021, 01:19:19 AM

Played it April 2016 and was singularly unimpressed (but to be fair...it has been totally redone since I gather).  I also find it interesting that Europeans accuse the USA of being too "commercial" in sports...yet just look at the courses that have hosted a Ryder Cup...against the courses in Europe that are available.  It goes to the highest bidder every time, in part because the European Tour has needed the $$ to stay alive.