The project to build a golf course in Valtènesi, just a few kilometres from the southern part of Lake Garda, originated in 1984 in the minds of Riccardo Pisa and Giorgio Simonini, capable and courageous entrepreneurs who understood the potential of combining a sports venture with an ambitious real estate development plan.

The vision of welcoming high-class tourism accompanied every phase of GardaGolf’s design and development, with the imperative to scrupulously respect the local environment of the time. For Pisa and Simonini, the game of golf had to be the ideal complement to a holiday characterised by a high standard of services.

This is why the investment in the course was decisive. Two leading design studios of the time were involved in the construction of the first 18 holes, which opened on 28 June 1986. These studios were Golf & Gardens and the British firm Cotton, Pennick, Steel & Partners. A further nine holes, the Yellow Course, were opened in 1990. A further nine holes, the Yellow Course, were opened in 1990.

The Anglo-Italian concept of the GardaGolf Country Club is immediately noticed by visitors, who find in the 27 holes of the course a perfect combination of playing technique and beautiful landscape.