Golf Course:

Pevero Golf Club, Costa Smeralda

The Aga Khan deserves credit for first suggesting that a golf course should be built at Il Pevero on the Costa Smeralda in northern Sardinia. Upon seeing the two bays of Cala di Volpe and Pevero, he declared that the space between them would be perfect for a golf course.

Although cleverly designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr, nature rather than man could be said to be responsible for making this masterpiece such a tough challenge. And its difficulty increases when the northwest wind is blowing, a regular feature of the Sardinian land of Gallura. Those unused to playing in the wind will have to adapt their game to cope with the conditions even though, in truth, the effect of the wind is perhaps more psychological than technical.