{"id":14244,"date":"2012-02-14T16:00:52","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T16:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.golf1.is\/?p=14244"},"modified":"2012-02-14T22:37:26","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T22:37:26","slug":"introducing-mauricio-veloccia-from-italy-plays-golf-with-dino-zoff-former-national-goal-keeper-of-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/introducing-mauricio-veloccia-from-italy-plays-golf-with-dino-zoff-former-national-goal-keeper-of-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing: Golf Pro Maurizio Veloccia from Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maurizio Veloccia is an Italian Golf Pro and pilot from Rome, Italy \u00a0who won a prize at the C\u00e1diz Cup at Arcos Gardens, in Andalucia, Spain on May 5th 2011.<\/p>\n

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Maurizio Veloccia receiving a prize at the Cadiz Cup at Arcos Gardens in Andalucia, Spain, May 5th 2011. Photo: Golf1.<\/p><\/div>\n

Name: <\/em>Maurizio Veloccia.<\/p>\n

Where and when were you born? \u00a0<\/em>I was born in Rome on Valentinesday, 14th of February 1968.<\/p>\n

What is your family status?<\/em> \u00a0I have a girlfriend, I\u00b4ve never been married and have no children.<\/p>\n

When did you start playing golf?<\/em> In 1996, 16 years ago.<\/p>\n

Why did you start playing golf?\u00a0<\/em>Caso (Italian.: coincidence). I met a friend holding this strange thing (a golfbag) and I started playing out of curiosity.<\/p>\n

What\u00b4s your occupation: I\u00b4m a pilot and a qualified golf instructor. I teach golf in Rome, Italy.<\/p>\n

How\u00b4s the salary of a golf instructors in Italy<\/em>? It\u00b4s OK up to \u20ac9.000 per month.<\/p>\n

What golfteacher do you most admire? Hank Haney.<\/p>\n

Which one do you like more parkland courses og links style courses? <\/em>Parkland courses.<\/p>\n

How many golfcourses are in Italy? \u00a0<\/em>Approximately 250.<\/p>\n

Which one is\/are your favorite course(s) in Italy? \u00a0Olgiata GC<\/strong>, in the Northern Part of Rome \u00a0and Le Querce<\/strong> in Sutri a suburb of Rome.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Olgiata GC north of Rome, Italy - the favorite golfcourse of Maurizio Veloccia.<\/p><\/div>\n

What is your favorite golfcourse in the world apart from Italy? \u00a0<\/em>Augusta National.<\/p>\n

What is the most special course you have played on and why? La Querce because I got qualified there to become a pro.<\/em><\/p>\n

What is your handicap?<\/em> 0.<\/p>\n

What is your lowest score and on which golfcourse did you get it? \u00a0<\/em>65 on Eucalyptus GC, 60 km south of Rome.<\/p>\n

Have you participated in other sports? \u00a0Yes, pentathlon.<\/em><\/p>\n

Maybe this is a sterotypical question: Since your from Italy – do you like football and if so what\u00b4s your favorite team? Of course I like soccer and my favorite team is AC Milan. I\u00b4ve played golf with Dino Zoff \u00a0(former Italian national goal keeper).<\/em><\/p>\n

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Dino Zoff, former Italian national goal keeper in soccer. He\u00b4s started to play golf.<\/p><\/div>\n

What kind of a golfer is Dino Zoff ?\u00a0<\/em>He is the perfect gentleman. He practices alot about 1\/2-1 hrs per day and has played for 4-5 years now. He has a handicap of 18 and has a beautiful swing and good timing.<\/p>\n

Are there any other Italian stars that are interested in golf? <\/em>Yes, for example\u00a0 Zebina, Claudio Amendola (former mayor of Rome) Rutelli, CoNi and more.<\/p>\n

What is your favorite food, favorite drink, favorite music, favorite movie and favorite music?<\/em>\u00a0 My favorite food is\u00a0Spaghetti alla Carbonara<\/strong>. I can tell you the story of it. It\u00b4s originally from \u00a0up north in Rome Rieti. It was a poor mans dish. It was originally made from the cheeks of the pork, guanciale<\/strong>, which is still the most common ingredient and is different from pancetta. The pork cheeks are fried in lard and black pepper, eggs, parmigiano regiano added and then the spaghetti;\u00a0my favorite drink is Prosecco Valdodiadene<\/strong>; my favorite music is Fusion Icognito<\/strong>; my favorite movie is Pulp Fiction<\/strong>and my favorite book is\u00a0Odyssea.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who are your favorite golfers name one male and one female golfer<\/em>? \u00a0Male:\u00a0Rocca\u00a0 Manasetroo. Female: Stefani Croce in Italy but of the international golfers my favorites are: male:\u00a0Ben Hogan and female.: Michelle Wie.<\/p>\n

What\u00b4s in your golf bag and what\u00b4s your favorite club?\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>In my golfbag there is the driver, <\/em>a putter\u00a0,<\/em> irons \u00a03-PW and wedges 52\u00b0 and 56\u00b0. My favorite iron is the 7-iron.<\/p>\n

Is golf a public sportsart in Italy or something reserved for the well off? <\/em>Golf is the sport of the rich and well off, unfortunately.<\/p>\n

Finally: What is your maingoal in life? \u00a0<\/em>Having true people around me.<\/p>\n


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Maurizio Veloccia is an Italian Golf Pro and pilot from Rome, Italy \u00a0who won a prize at the C\u00e1diz Cup at Arcos Gardens, in Andalucia, Spain on May 5th 2011. Name: Maurizio Veloccia. Where and when were you born? \u00a0I was born in Rome on Valentinesday, 14th of February 1968. What is your family status? \u00a0I have a girlfriend, I\u00b4ve never been married and have no children. When did you start playing golf? In 1996, 16 years ago. Why did you start playing golf?\u00a0Caso (Italian.: coincidence). I met a friend holding this strange thing (a golfbag) and I started playing out of curiosity. What\u00b4s your occupation: I\u00b4m a pilot and Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","cat-7-id"],"acf":[],"views":2298,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}