Lindt Becomes Title Sponsor of 2013 Italian Open

The Open de Italia, herbal which will be celebrating its 70th birthday this year, has announced Lindt Italia, the Italian arm of the premium Swiss chocolatier, as the new title sponsor of the European Tour event.

The 70th Open de Italia Lindt will take place at Golf Club Torino, the home club of the Molinari brothers, Edoardo and Francesco from September 19-22.

Fabrizio Parini, CEO of Lindt Italia, said: “Lindt Italia has chosen to sponsor the 70th Italian Open because we share completely golf’s values, which are synonymous with tradition, history and excellence. For 160 years our company has been recognised for the very high quality of its chocolate created every day with passion by our Maître Chocolatier, the same passion which inspires all those who chose golf as a life style.”  

George O’Grady, Chief Executive of The European Tour, said: “We are delighted to welcome Lindt Italia as title sponsors of the Open de Italia for this special 70th anniversary edition of the tournament. 

“Italian golf is in the middle of an unprecedented period of success, through the accomplishments of players such as the Molinari brothers Francesco and Edoardo, and Matteo Manassero, who won our flagship event at Wentworth. The Open de Italia is an important part of this and having Lindt on board as title sponsor is an important boost for this prestigious event.” 

Franco Chimenti, President of the Italian Golf Federation, added: “To have as title sponsor such as Lindt, who are an important group, is a further confirmation of the strong promotional impact of our national Open.”

Lindt joins several other famous companies which are also sponsoring the event, including Rolex, Regione Piemonte, Lavazza and Golf Club Golf Torino..