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Webb simpson -
Charlotte’s u.s. open Champion
Music idol / Golf Addict
– Rocker Alice Cooper
PGA Welcomes
Changes at Quail Hollow
Charlotte City Amateur
Top Field Qualifies
Beech Mt. Club
Cool Golf or Free
Also in this Issue:
• rocky river Changes Greens .................. Page 7
• Nationwide tour Gets New Name ......... Page 22
• rader and Cole top teachers ................ Page 30
• Carolinas Reviews:
rumbling Bald resort ..........................Page 2
Mt. Mitchell Golf Club........................Page 32
iN eVery issue:
Edwin Watts Golf Profile ................................Page 8
Area Golf Map .............................................Page 17
Mental Approach ..........................................Page 24
Charity Golf Events ......................................Page 34
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Summer 2012
From the Publisher: Sam Smith
Since our last issue in May I have
had the pleasure of traveling to Europe,
mainly in the Tuscany region of
Italy. I was in hopes of finding some
golf locations to share with you, but
found out that in Tuscany a golf
course is not a priority since the land
is primarily used for vineyards.
One golf course owner that I contacted
said, “Golf hasn’t caught on in
Italy yet. Outside of the Molinari brothers, Edoardo and
Francesco, no golfer of any note hails from Italy.”
The Molinari brothers were both members of the 2010
European Ryder Cup team that
defeated the Americans at the
Celtic Manor Resort in the city
of Newport, Wales. A late sin-
Edoardo Francesco
gles win by Edoardo over rookie
Ricky Fowler helped the Europeans
win the Cup 14 ½ to 13 ½.
There are fourteen nice 18-hole par-72 courses in Tuscany,
but only a handful are listed as “golf courses to
play” in the region. The best is the Golf Club Castelfalfi
close to the medieval city of San Gimignano. Called a
mountain course, it features the subtle elevation changes
of Tuscany with picturesque scenery.
Also to be considered are:
Golf Club Ugolino: southeast of Florence
– The oldest Italian golf course
Golf Club Toscano: north of Grosseto
– Best new course in Italy
Argentario Golf Club: in Orbetello
– Hilly landscape of Mount Argentario
Saturnia Golf Club: near Grosseto – Land of the Etruscans
Looking for golf in Tuscany may not be high on your
“bucket list” but the landscape, vineyards, food, people
and an occasional golf course to play, makes this ancient
region south of Florence and northeast of Rome a place to
remember.
I had to smile when the
description “mountain courses”
came out about several golf
courses in Tuscany, after all
some of the finest highaltitude
golf is available right
here in the Carolinas. I hope
you will enjoy the reviews on
Golf Club Castelfalfi -
top rated course in
Tuscany region of Italy
two of those locations in this issue of the Carolina Golf
Journal. Page 2 - Rumbling Bald Resort at Lake Lure, and
Page 32 -Mt. Mitchell Golf Club near Burnsville.
Thanks for picking up the CGJ up this month, enjoy the
read. Arrivederci!
Next ISSue: Late Summer 2012