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Motivation · Golf Escapes

Italy has golf clubsyou cannot book.

Unless you know who to call. For thirty years, we've been the name that unlocks the gate.

Rome-based DMCEst. 30 yearsBy application
The quiet truth

Nobody tells you where the members go.

Golf Escapes is for the player who refuses ordinary access. Private clubs. Preferred tee times. The Italy you play is not the Italy they sell in brochures.

30yrs
Opening doors in Italy
48h
To your first proposal
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Before, during, after
A golfer driving off the tee at sunrise on a links course, driver high at the top of the swing
Chapter one — The game

Members-only fairways. Preferred tee times.

We open doors that tee-time sites never see. Historic parkland, estate courses and coastal links — arranged privately, played on your terms.

Private clubs · North to south
A cypress-lined road winding through the golden hills of the Val d'Orcia, Tuscany, at sunset
Chapter two — The country

A tour inside the tour.

Every round is framed by Italy itself — cypress approaches, vineyard lunches, Alpine light, Mediterranean wind. Golf and place, inseparable.

Golf & Italy · Inseparable
The courses

Five Italys. None of them on tee-time sites.

A parkland golf course wrapped around a still lake 01 Private access

Lombardy · Northern Italy

Lakes & Alps

Historic parkland between the lakes and the mountains. Pine-cool air, and a view that stops your backswing.

A medieval castle and cypress trees rising above an estate lawn in Tuscany 02 Members' club

Florence & Chianti · Central Italy

Tuscan Estates

Vineyard fairways and cypress approaches. Morning round, lunch at the castle.

Fairways running along a cliff edge above the open sea 03 Exclusive access

Puglia & Sicily · Southern Italy

Coastal Links

Mediterranean light, winter greens that stay fast. Italy's best-kept golf secret.

A flowering alpine meadow beneath the jagged peaks of the Dolomites 04 By invitation

Dolomites · Northern Italy

Alpine Meadows

Summer golf at altitude. Crisp air, fast greens, peaks in every direction.

A Tuscan villa with a private pool framed by tall cypress trees 05 Private compound

Villas across Italy

Where You Stay

Every course comes with a residence. The round is the centerpiece; the living is the frame.

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The other journey

A tour inside the tour — for whoever isn't playing.

You play eighteen. Your partner discovers Italy. We design both journeys to the same standard — so no one's waiting, and no one's missing out.

The Colosseum in Rome glowing at dusk

While you play

Their Italy, privately

  • Private guided tours — art cities, markets, ateliers
  • Spa mornings and vineyard walks at the villa
  • Personal shopper and stylist on request
  • Cooking classes with private chefs
Fine wine bottles and a glass in a dim estate cellar

Together, after the round

Evenings, elevated

  • Dinners at estates and private castles
  • Boat days on the lakes and the coast
  • Opera, concerts and festival access
  • One itinerary. Two experiences. Zero compromise.
The method

Three moves. Zero logistics.

01

The brief

Course wishlist, dates, who's playing — and who isn't. One email is enough; your assistant can send it.

02

The unlock

We call the clubs, the members, the villas. Within 48 hours you hold a first itemized proposal.

03

The round

You land. Everything after the runway is done. Play Italy — we handle the rest, invisibly.

An aerial view of a golf green cut into dark woodland
The house behind the gate

Thirty years of keys.

Motivation is a Rome-based DMC trusted by the world's leading travel houses. Golf Escapes is the vertical built for players — and the people they travel with.

48-hour proposal

A first, itemized outline of courses, stays and flow — within two days of your brief.

One planner

Your named contact before, during and after. Problem prediction, not damage control.

A selected few

We don't do volume. Every Golf Escape is built once — never repeated as a template.

Licensed & insured

Fully licensed coverage across the Italian peninsula, thirty years deep.

Agency & private

For travel houses and private clients alike — same standard, same discretion.

Italy, entire

From Alpine meadows to Mediterranean links — wherever the best golf asks you to go.

In their words

The partners who set the standard.

Paola leads a knowledgeable, creative and efficient team that opens up an insider's view of Italy.

Cheryl SturmR. Crusoe & Son

Everything turned out perfectly. The team always thinking of the details and anticipating every inconvenience.

Santiago BellDafing Group

The best partner to work with in Italy. Skilled, professional, driven and loyal.

Jeroen BerensFirst Incentive NL

Your next round starts with a brief.

Tell us who's playing — and who's not. Which courses you've heard about. We reply within 48 hours with a first proposal for everyone travelling.

Motivation · Golf Escapes — Via Lorenzo Bonincontri 58, 00147 Rome