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Junior golfer Riccardo Fantinelli downplays his humor, claiming he “tries, but rarely succeeds at being funny.” Indeed, his game is no laughing matter to Ivy League competition. With a Ping All-American selection, an Ivy League Player of the Year award, an Ivy League Rookie of the Year award, and two-time first-team All-Ivy selections, in his first...

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Four years ago, when PGA Class A head professional Tim Frazier was interviewing a young woman for a job at his club, the familiarity of her name puzzled him. But it all became very clear when Sabrina Bonanno met again with Frazier for her second interview and told the club professional that she had played at his Sycamore Hills Golf Club course in F...

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The Sister Cities Open Golf Tournament took place the first week of October. The tournament began Oct. 2 and teams played over a two-day, 42-hole challenge in both Italy and Toledo. Five teams of two played between Ferrara and Sylvania during the first edition of the tournament. The second edition will take place as part of the Italian Bowl week in...

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The Columbia County Sons and Daughters of Italy #659 will kick off Italian American month on Monday, Sept. 23, when it will be hosting its 26th annual John V. Florio Columbia County Sons and Daughters of Italy #659 Golf Tournament. The event will be held at Columbia Golf and Country Club in Claverack, NY. It will be a 4-person scramble format. The...

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Join us on October 4th for the 1st Annual Carabetta Cares Golf Tournament! All proceeds go to helping children & their families in our community. 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM. Meriden, 688 Westfield Rd, Meriden, CT 06450. RSVP here Carabetta Cares Inc. has collected & distributed toys to many boys & girls throughout Connecticut. This year the organization wil...

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Certainly leading up to the 2023 biennial tournament, Italian Golf was not the first thought in the minds of many around the world. Architecture? Yes, of course. I dream of visiting Firenze and taking in the remarkable structure of Giotto’s Campanile or the beautiful façade of the Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, walking along the streets once used...

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The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is proud to announce its first-ever Celebrity Golf Classic, scheduled for Monday, September 16, 2024, at the prestigious Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. Chaired by NIAF board member Dominic Caglioti, this inaugural event aims to celebrate Italian heritage while raising fun...

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The words came haltingly at first from Mike Roberts on Saturday upon learning that he and his partner, John L. “Judge” LaMancuso, were the winners of the 53rd Italian-American Charity Golf Tournament in Ellicottville, NY. And then, well, they didn’t stop.  “First off, it’s one of the toughest competitions you’re ever going to play,” an emotional Ro...

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Chautauqua Hospice & Palliative Care has announced the Italian-American Charity Golf Association has contributed a third installment of $28,000 towards their $100,000 pledge to the Star Hospice House. Opened in July 2022, the Star Hospice House is a compassionate extension of CHPC’s Services. It provides comfort and dignity in a home-like setting f...

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Beyond the fancy hospitality tents, the Ryder Cup’s food scene is decidedly local at the Marco Simone club outside Rome. There’s an “APECESARE” food truck named after Julius Caesar selling “Street Food Romano,” where the menu highlight is a carbonara burger — a spinoff on Rome’s most famous pasta dish — with Damini beef, carbonara sauce, guanciale,...

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