The transformation of the Marco Simone Golf Club in Guidonia Montecelio, Rome – host venue to The 2022 Ryder Cup – is underway with architects, engineers and agronomists starting work on the first phase of the project which will see the construction of a state of the art, purpose-built venue for Europe’s next home Ryder Cup match. Led by European Golf Design and co-design with Tom Fazio II (son of the original architect of the Marco Simone Golf Club, Jim Fazio), the Roman site, controlled by the Biagiotti family, will undergo a complete overhaul with an entirely new golf course being built to stage golf’s greatest team event in four years’ time. The vast infrastructural demands of the modern-day Ryder Cup will also see new roads, lakes, cart paths and irrigation systems incorporated into the redesign of the Marco Simone Golf Club to ensure the venue can accommodate the huge grandstands and hospitality structures required to accommodate the huge crowds in attendance at The 2022 Ryder Cup. Marco Simone is an ambitious project created in the late 1980s by the fashion designer/entrepreneur Laura Biagiotti with the aim to transform 150 hectars of the Roman country in 27 spectacular golf holes surrounding Marco Simone castle with its antique tower of the year 1000. The Golf Club is located at 10.5 miles from the heart of Rome and offers numerous views of St. Peter’s dome. Marco Simone hosted the Italian open in 1994. The entire project will be divided into four phases, with the golf course scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2020. The 2021 Italian Open will then be staged at Marco Simone before the Ryder Cup takes centre stage in September 2022.  The four phases of the project will allow the members and visitors to play on a course of 18 holes during all the works and enjoy the change of Marco Simone Golf into an iconic Ryder Cup course. Giovanni Malagò, President of CONI, stated: “The beginning of the works at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club is a confirmation of the strength and credibility of a project that is the pride of all the Italian sport movement. The Ryder Cup represents golf, i.e. history, tradition and charm and I am grateful to all those committed with their skills in this road to excellency. My special thanks goes to the Italian Golf Federation, headed by President Chimenti, Ryder Cup Managing Director Montali, the Biagiotti family and all those involved in this great adventure. I am sure it will be a great success for all the golf movement and for Italy, as well as a great reward for all stakeholders”. Franco Chimenti, President of the Italian Golf Federation, stated: “After signing the agreement with Terna for removing the pylons present on the course and the beginning of the works to restructure Marco Simone – as agreed with the Board of Ryder Cup Europe – I am happy to announce that the Ryder Cup 2022 Project is finally taking shape.

Jumeirah Golf Estates (JGE), the world-class residential golf destination offering luxury homes and leisure facilities among two internationally-acclaimed championship golf courses, has announced the launch of an attractive offer on Alandalus and Redwood Park, as it prepares to host the 10th DP World Tour Championship (DPWTC) from 15-18 November. The offer is in response to significant interest from buyers and extremely positive response to market research conducted by the developer during Cityscape Global. For Alandalus, buyers can benefit from a flexible plan that would see them paying 5 per cent on booking and 25 per cent during construction, with the balance spread across a four-year period post-handover. Buyers of Redwood Park, which is now ready to move in, can look at plan enabling them to forward plan payments into the future with an attractive offer during the week of the DP World Tour Championship that would see them pay only 5 per cent on booking, 15 per cent on handover, and settle the remaining across four years post-handover. Buyers in both developments can also enjoy a 100 per cent waiver on Dubai Land Department fees. Yousuf Kazim, CEO of Jumeirah Golf Estates said: “The DP World Tour Championship is our flagship event and the season finale of professional golf’s European Tour. It’s a perfect opportunity for us to celebrate our position as the region’s leading golf and residential community by showcasing Jumeirah Golf Estates to local and international investors and residents. “DPWTC allows us to create an annual experience that brings the wider community in the UAE together. And as its popularity continues to grow each year, so too does JGE’s reputation as the premier residential golf destination in the region.” JGE encompasses two Greg Norman-designed Championship layouts in the Earth and Fire courses. The Earth course has been the permanent home of the DPWTC, Dubai for the last nine years. Designed to offer a state-of-the-art outdoor living that combines luxury, Andalusian-inspired living with affordable prices, Alandalus offers 715 apartments, 95 townhouses, a mosque, a hotel, and a community retail centre, making this a complete, integrated community. Overlooking the spectacular fairway views of the Fire Course and inspired by the Tuscan countryside, Redwood Park is a unique, ready to move in, collection of spacious three- and four-bedroom townhouses, set among beautiful landscaped gardens and located within walking distance of the Jumeirah Golf Estates Clubhouse and its extensive amenities.       About Jumeirah Golf Estates Host to the DP World Tour Championship since 2009, Jumeirah Golf Estates is one of the Middle East’s most prestigious residential golf communities, offering a wide range of world-class golfing facilities and individually designed homes in the United Arab Emirates. Situated just 15 minutes from the Palm Jumeirah and Dubai Marina and only minutes away from the site of Dubai Expo 2020 and Al Maktoum International Airport, Jumeirah Golf Estates is well placed to provide an unforgettable experience for golfers at its two world-class Greg Norman-designed golf courses, Fire & Earth, and residents seeking quality,

With 18 km of beaches of sand dunes and pine forests, Troia has been consolidated as one of the most attractive and exclusive tourist destinations, sought by Portuguese and by an increasing number of international clients and investors. Less than an hour from Lisbon, offers owners and visitors a seaside destination and is a strategic starting point to explore the peninsula and region of Alentejo. It is in a landscape shaped over time and subject to strict environmental protection directives which, in a of 1100 hectares with only 6% of the land area construction and more than 80% of the entrepreneur sold, are currently the last units for sale, between dwellings ready to inhabit and lots for construction. Lots for housing construction located between the beach, the lake, the golf course and the areas between 1150 m2 and 2850 m2, starting from € 419,000. Inserted in the private condominium ATLANTIC VILLAS, these lots allow you to develop unique dwellings. The projects are designed by the architects João Paciência, J.J. Silva Garcia or the Intergaup Architecture Office. The benefits of a modern resort, perfectly inserted in a landscape of exception, make Troia in a singular place, either by the concept or elegance and quality. Always with a beach lifestyle o in a private and exclusive environment.        

London Golf Club has the perfect offer to your group this winter. Available Sunday* to Thursday, the package includes: Sausage & Bacon Roll with Tea or Coffee Range Balls & use of Practice Facilities 18 Holes on the International, Home of the 2018 Staysure PGA Seniors Championship Lunch in the Spike Bar after golf Please contact George Moss on 01474 875 729 (*Sunday limited tee times only; £85 per person), from 15th October 2018 to 31st March 2019, subject to availability. Must be booked in advance. Driving Range closed Mondays from 11am – 3pm & Thursdays 1pm – 3pm for maintenance. Timings subject to change. Excludes Bank Holidays.