The Club at Castiglion del Bosco

Golf in Italy ranks somewhere below wine, art and cuisine. But The Club at Castiglion del Bosco, near Montalcino in the wine heartland of Tuscany, synthesizes all of it. The 2012 Tom Weiskopf design is set on a broad, medieval 2,000-acre estate in the Tuscan foothills that includes both castle ruins and luxury suites and villas. Its holes are wide and elegant, bordered by long fescue roughs with 360-degree panoramic views and significant ridges and kettles shaped into the fairways. Highlights include a quartet of lovely par 3s, a 680-yard par 5 and the potentially drivable par-4 ninth, a Weiskopf staple. The golf course is reserved for members and resident guests of Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco resort.