Italy To Host The 2022 Ryder Cup
The Italian capital city of Rome will host The Ryder Cup for the first time in 2022, which will be the third time the event has been staged in Continental Europe.
Hosted at The Marco Simone Golf and Country Club, the 44th edition of the tournament between Europe and the United States will be in autumn 2022.
Austria, Germany, Italy and Spain participated in a bidding process to identify the best qualified country to follow Hazeltine National in Minnesota next year, France in 2018 and Whistling Straits in Wisconsin in 2020, as host of the biennial contest.
Keith Pelley, chief executive of The European Tour, led the Bid Evaluation Committee comprising of Europe’s Ryder Cup director Richard Hills, Ryder Cup match director Edward Kitson, The European Tour’s director of property and venue development David MacLaren and European Tour chief financial officer Jonathan Orr, who examined and evaluated all four bids, including undertaking a series of site inspections.
Keith Pelley said: “I would like to offer my congratulations to Italy whose bold and ambitious bid has seen them become the host nation for The 2022 Ryder Cup. History has shown time and again that The Ryder Cup is pure theatre with the players the stars, and there is no question that the Eternal City of Rome will provide a wonderful backdrop for one of the great occasions in world golf.
“With Paris in 2018 and now Rome in 2022 being the respective host cities for Europe’s next two stagings of biennial contest against the United States, the magical appeal of The Ryder Cup is set to continue.
“In addition, we have exciting plans for the development of The European Tour and our International Schedule for the benefit of all our players, and Italy shares this ambition. Their commitment to the Italian Open will provide an inspiring benchmark.”
Richard Hills added: “The Italian bid was consistently strong and impressive across the board in terms of infrastructure, commercial structure and Government support. It was a worthy gold medallist in this particular contest, although there were three impressive silver medallists too in Austria, Germany and Spain, who conducted themselves in a professional manner throughout the process.
“The plans outlined for the golf course at Marco Simone are spectacular alongside the commitment to develop all levels of golf in Italy, and we look forward very much to working with the Italian 2022 Ryder Cup team over the coming years.”
Following this announcement, there will be an official press conference to celebrate the awarding of The 2022 Ryder Cup, in Italy on Wednesday 16th December.
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