Veteran Italian golfer Costantino
Rocca, who came second in the British Masters in 1995, put on a
great show in Bergamo Saturday along with 3,000 other
enthusiasts in the second event on the Road to Rome's Ryder Cup
2023, Golf In Piazza.
Six months out from the Europe-USA clash at the Marco Simone
Golf & Country Club outside the Italian capital, the fans
competed in the centre of the northern Italian city.
A Bergamasco born and bred, 66-year-old Rocca was the first
Italian to take part in a Ryder Cup, in 1993, when he scored a
hole in one.
In 1997 he beat Tiger Woods, fresh from his rampant first
Masters win, in the singles.
Rocca was visibly enthused by the arrival of the Ryder Cup
trophy in his home town.
As for this year's event on September 29-October 1 in Rome,
Rocca said "I expect a great show, in the most beautiful country
in the world and in a unique city like Rome. I hope there is at
least one Italian player in Team Europe. And I hope Tiger Woods
makes it to Rome, he's an infinite champion".
2018 Open winner Francesco 'Chicco' Molinari and the current
Italian number one Guido Migliozzi are hoping to be picked for
the European team, with Molinari hoping to replicate his
brilliant performance the last time the tournament was played in
Europe, in Paris in 2018, when he became the first European to
win five points from five matches.
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