Verdura Resort : Shore

American architect Kyle Phillips designed both courses at this resort on the south coast of Sicily in 2009, then returned a decade later to rebuild them after they were damaged by floods. The Shore Course, formerly known as the West, is slightly shorter than the Links course and actually plays more linksy than the Links course with broad, rambling fairways outlined by deep fescue roughs. The name comes from the final stretch of holes that play close to the Mediterranean Sea, including the scenic 14th, 17th and 18th that run along the length of the shore.