Golf Club Biella Le Betulle

“Le Betulle” translates to “The Birches,” apt as this course plays deep in a forest of northern Italy hardwoods and evergreens about 90 minutes west of Milan near the border of Piedmont. The design, dating to 1958, has a fine lineage and quiet, Old World feel—it was built by British architect John Morrison, a partner in the design firm of Harry S. Colt and Charles Alison in the 1920s and 30s. The playing corridors are generous but several small burns cut across the property to make players think about shot placement, slicing across the fairway short of the 11th green and running between the 12th and 13th holes.