Well organised
Easy access and nicely organized.
Very limited facilities for spectators. Toilets were awful , hardly any food & drink options on blisteringly hot days. No attempt to provide extra shade for spectators- why they couldn’t provide sponsored gazebos for shelter. Very limited scoreboards on the course.
Parking was poorly marshalled ( they made us park right at the back of second field when arriving early ) but shuttle buses were very good & ran frequently
All such a shame because it’s lovely course & we saw some great golf
It has always been a great pleasure to attend the Italian Open, starting when located at Garda lake, as far as we are concerned. We had a fantastic experience at Marco Simone Golf course. We enjoy the spirit of the Italian Open , every time we have attended, its managing organization, shuttle buses, not to forget, free entrance and last but not least, the dolce vita spirit..
The golf course was great and should provide an excellent and interesting challenge to the Ryder Cup teams.
Getting to the event was a total disaster as i was dependent on public transport. Awareness level amongst the general public and especially representatives of various public transport companies was shockingly non existent. This lead to a lack of atmosphere at the venue.
Why did each group not have a board displaying each player's current score to par?
Lovely course but based on this year I would not want to return to the Italian Open.
Was this intended to be the dress-rehearsal for Ryder Cup? When walking around the holes, that was fine. (But you need a different solution for spectators after Tee on hole 6!!!)
BUT - if spectators arrive by any means other than own car - you need to have some solutions in place!!! Help calling/ordering a taxi, shuttles to the train-station or something!!!
Also, the girls in the information-desk hardly understood English :-( If you are arranging international competition, not everyone will know Italian, and you need to be able to help people. It was also VERY unclear where to go and where you could NOT go. (We arrived by taxi, not own car, and we almost had to walk to the train-station so leave!!! Not so helpful staff for this when we asked for assistance.)
Also, a "VIP" ticket so that you could buy a seat at the restaurant or the viewing box at 18th hole would have been nice. Other competitions have had this, why not here? It seemed the 18th hoe "terrace" was only for corporate sponsors?
The course was excellent and layout great for the fans. Staff all very welcoming and facilities first class. The transport links were very poor and there was no assistance on the web site regarding public transport.
Golf great , but getting transportation from central Rome to there was a joke 😞
Manque de leader boards sur le parcours.
Staff mal répartis dans les différentes parties.
What a great golf course