The Sicilian Open was a
European Tour
The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fift ...
men's professional
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
tournament. It was played for the first time in 2011. The event was held in
Sicily
(man) it, Siciliana (woman)
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at the
Donnafugata Golf Resort & Spa. In 2012 the event was held at
Verdura Golf & Spa Resort on a links-style course running up to the coastline. After a four-year hiatus, the tournament returned to the European Tour schedule in 2017 and 2018 at Verdura, with
Rocco Forte Hotels
Rocco Forte Hotels is a British hotel group that was established in 1996 by hotelier Sir Rocco Forte and his sister, Olga Polizzi. Their 14 hotels are located in European cities, as well as beach resorts in Sicily and Apulia. Sir Rocco Forte is Ch ...
the title sponsor. As of 2019, the event is no longer held.
Winners
External links
Coverage on European Tour's official site
* ttps://www.roccofortehotels.com/hotels-and-resorts/verdura-resort/2017-rocco-forte-open/ 2017 Rocco Forte Open on Verdura Resort site
Former European Tour events
Golf tournaments in Italy
Sport in Sicily
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