The Ryder Cup will be played in Italy for the first time in 2022 after the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome was confirmed as the host venue Monday.
It will mark just the third time the biennial tournament will have been played on mainland Europe. The Club de Golf Valderrama in Spain hosted in 1997 and Le Golf National in France is set to be host in 2018.
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Keith Pelley, chief executive of The European Tour, 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.
Italy fought off rival bids by Austria, Germany and Spain to win the event, with a five-man Bid Evaluation Committee led by Pelley reaching the decision.
Denmark, Portugal and Turkey had also shown interest but withdrew their bids early in the process.
A statement on the Ryder Cup's official website said that the Italian bid was strong in all of the assessed criteria, while the bid's promise to completely rebuild the Marco Simone course to meet Ryder Cup standards was also an influential factor.
The bid also promised a "hugely significant commitment to the Italian Open in terms of guaranteeing a €7million prize fund (approximately $7.7 million) for the championship for 11 years, beginning in 2017."
The U.S. hosts the 2016 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National Golf Club in suburban Minneapolis.