Video: Rory Anderson visits Piemonte
I’ve been lucky enough to do some amazing things during my years travelling the world making golf videos, and one of the most memorable came six years ago when I had the chance to play golf with Edoardo Molinari in Piemonte in Italy.
Dodo, as he’s affectionately known and brother of 2018 Open champion Francesco, was back at his home club, Royal Park I Roveri, shooting a video for the European Tour while I was playing and filming at a number of courses in the region on behalf of Italy Golf & More.
I can honestly say that Edoardo is one of the nicest and most entertaining people I have ever filmed with – he was up for a laugh in everything we did as we made our way around the Allianz Course at Royal Park and I walked off the 18th green smiling and very much a Molinari fan.
I’m not sure Edoardo was smiling quite as much after being forced to put up with me spraying shots to all corners of the course for 18 holes, but that’s by the by. This all happened during a spell when I was visiting and playing golf in Italy pretty regularly, it got me hooked on golf in this fantastic country and made me determined to promote it any way I could.
And so, when the opportunity came this summer to return to Piemonte to host a group of media from the UK and Europe, it was one that I jumped at.
In Ryder Cup year, with Italy hosting the golf’s greatest team competition for the first time ever, the timing couldn’t have been better for me to showcase just how good the courses are in the Piemonte region and why, when you factor in the many attractions to be found off the course, I have grown to prefer it to more traditional “golfing hotspots” such as Portugal and Spain.
Make no mistake about it, Piemonte is a region that is serious about golf.
Located in Italy’s north-west and home to the iconic city of Torino, as well as being a haven for food, wine and skiing, Piemonte is one of Italy’s biggest regions and features more than 50 golf courses covering a variety of different terrain – from mountainous, elevated layouts to flat courses in the plains surrounding Novara.
With many of them regularly featuring in leading national…
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