With great sorrow, the Italian Golf Federation announces the passing of its historic President, Professor Franco Chimenti. With his usual grace, on tiptoe, he left us at the age of 85. A point of reference for the entire movement, with foresight, vision, wisdom and tenacity he led the Italian Golf Federation for 22 years.
Elected for the first time in 2002, he joined the CONI National Council of which he became a member of the Executive Board from 2004 to 2008 first and from 2012 to 2021 then. On 19 February 2013 he was appointed Deputy Vice President of CONI, a position from which he resigned on 11 June of the same year to take up the role of President of CONI Servizi S.p.A.
On December 20, 2021, he received the Collare dOro al merito sportivo the highest honor awarded by CONI crowning a long and great career as a manager at the service of sport. Thanks to his vision, he brought the Ryder Cup to Italy for the first time.
Last September 16, for the seventh consecutive time, he was re-elected number 1 of the FIG for the four-year period 2025-2028.
Franco Chimenti, bio
Born in Naples on August 7, 1939, for a long time Full Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University La Sapienza of Rome, where he then held the position of Dean, already a member of the New York Academy of Sciences, from 1970 to 2000 he was President of the Dermocosmetic Research Institute.
Academician of Medical Biological Sciences, Academician of the Nobile Collegio Chimico Farmaceutico, author of multiple manuscripts and communications published by International Journals, from 1981 to 1985 he held the position of Vice President of the Societ Sportiva Lazio of which he became President in 1986.
The entire Italian Golf Federation joins in the immense pain of the family and mourns the loss of an essential manager and a man of absolute depth, with great human values, an example for all. On Friday, October 4th, from 1:00 p.m.
to 6:00 p.m., and on Saturday, October 5th, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the funeral chapel was set up in the Salone dOnore del CONI. The funeral was held on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at the Church of San Roberto Bellarmino
