Arona

Golf arrived in this corner of Piedmont in the shadow of one of northern Italy's great waterways. Borgo Ticino sits in the Ticino River valley, just south of Lake Maggiore, where the foothills of the Alps begin to flatten into the Po Plain. The landscape here is defined by poplars, heathland, and the particular light that comes off that stretch of water — a setting that gives any round a distinctly cinematic quality, even on an ordinary Tuesday morning.

The course takes its name from Arona, the lakeside town a few kilometers to the north that has anchored this stretch of Piedmont since Roman times, best known today for its views across Maggiore toward the Borromean Islands. Playing golf here puts you within that same geography — a deeply cultured, quietly beautiful region that rewards slow travel.

A par 70 layout tends to emphasize precision over raw power, and a course set among river-valley terrain typically rewards players who work the ball and read the ground. This is Piedmontese golf: unhurried, scenic, and serious.