Carlo Mornati, the extraordinary commissioner

In recent days, the sudden death of Franco Chimenti, president of the Italian Golf Federation, has shocked the world of Italian sport, especially at management level. It was necessary for the president of CONI Giovanni Malagò to assign the administration of Federgolf.

Golf, Italy

This is the official press release: “The President of CONI, Giovanni Malagò, has decided to appoint the Administration of the Italian Golf Federation, with the relative appointment of Carlo Mornati, Secretary General of CONI, as Extraordinary Commissioner, so that, with all powers of the President and the Federal Council, he ensures the regular implementation of the activity and ensures the convening and celebration of the federal election meeting no later than March 15, 2025, as well as the appointment of the deputy extraordinary commissioner in the person of Avv.

Michel Signorini. The presidential resolution will be submitted for ratification at the next meeting of the CONI National Council. The commissionership was made necessary after the sudden death of the chairman of the Federation, prof.

Franco Chimenti – re-elected after the national electoral assembly of September 16, 2024 – which did not allow the Federal Council to appoint the Vice-Vice President of the Federation”. The Rules of Golf are a set of rules and standard procedures by which the sport of golf must be played.

They are jointly written and administered by the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, the governing body of golf throughout the world, except in the United States and Mexico, which are governed by the United States Golf Association.

An expert committee, made up of members from the R&A and the USGA, oversees the rules and refines them every four years. The last revision came into effect on January 1, 2016. Changes to the Rules of Golf generally fall into two main categories: changes that improve understanding of the rules and changes that reduce penalties in certain cases to ensure balance.

The rulebook, entitled “The Rules of Golf”, is published regularly and also contains rules for amateur status. In Italy, Federgolf is responsible for supervising competitions by enforcing the rules of the R&A, monitoring compliance with these rules by clubs, associations and their members and administering the resulting sporting justice, taking into account their interests. are protected abroad.