| Fast cars, fine
wine, vintage golf
 The
spectacular, time filled mountains, valleys and shores of Italy
continue to inspire works of art, only now they are signed by
Nicklaus, Trent Jones and Player. 249 courses welcome your visit,
offered in equal parts of resort and private layouts then a host
of nine hole village favorites. Play is found primarily clustered
in four regions. The Lombardy Lakes District around and north
of Milan boasts some of the best, with Lake Como leading the way.
There you will find La Pinetina Golf Club covering 158 acres of
Tradate-Appiano Gentile parkland in wonderfully unspoiled
countryside near Brianza. Golf Club le Robinie is Nicklaus' lone
Italian project and one of the country's most prestigious. Situated
at 1200 feet, the Villa d'Este Golf Club lies splendidly in sunny
Brianza as one of Europe's most entertaining par 69s. The Milano
Golf Club, founded in 1928, is frequent home to the Italian Open.
 Tuscany is captivating many ways. It is home to
Florence. It is a cradle of art and architecture, offering examples
from the Etruscan civilization to Roman ruins, Gothic cathedrals
and the prolific Renaissance. The landscape is a spectrum of forms,
mostly mountainous and hilly, ranging from the Apennines to the
coast which offers sandy beaches, headlands, and then the enchanting
islands of the Tuscan archipelago. Set among the splendid hills
of Mugello, the Poggio Dei Medici Golf Club makes it own contribution.
It opened for play in 1995 and was promptly recognized as the
best new course in Italy. Condè Nast Traveller has compared
this par 73 favorably to the impressive standards of Ireland's
K Club and West Virginia's Greenbrier. The Golf Club Le Pavoniere,
five miles from Prato, features a wood of holm-oaks, cluster pines
and the ever-present cypresses of Tuscany. Prato possesses one
of the very rare Italian museums of contemporary art, the Pecci
Foundation.
 Sardinia will reward your visit with the Pevero
Golf Club and her views over one of the most spectacularly beautiful
parts of the Costa Smeralda. Robert Trent Jones fashioned this
site between tree-covered hills, and a rocky coastline broken
by coves and a sea of ever changing color.
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