Federgolf president Franco Chimenti has died

Federergolf president Franco Chimenti died at 85

Italian golf è in mourning: è Franco Chimenti, president of the Italian federation since 2002, died at 85. He was born in Naples on Aug. 7, 1939, and only a few weeks ago was re-elected for his fourth term.

È was the one who, last year, brought the Ryder Cup to Italy for the first time, specifically to Guidonia Monticello, just outside Rome, at the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club.

The Italian golf movement under his leadership è has grown a lot and can boast of players such as Matteo Manassero and the Molinari brothers, Edoardo and Francesco, the latter of whom in 2018 won the Open Championship, considered the most important golf tournament in the world.