My first Italian golf experience was at
Golf Club Castello La
Bastardina in Strada Bastardina, (Piacenza) Italy. It’s only 20 minutes drive from the New Amazon Fulfillment Center in Piacenza, Italy. It reminded me of a Montana golf course
that was tucked into farmland between villages. Driving and playing there would
prove to be a good adventure.
The global position of Piacenza, Italy is 45.0500º N, 9.7000º E and the global position of the Little
Snowy Mountains in Montana is 46.7575º N, 109.1599º W. The similarities of the terrain made
me feel quite at home as I spent many summers as a child in this same type of
climate in Montana.
Driving the twisting roads to Golf Club Bastardina was a little tricky as the two-lane road in most places was faintly marked and shoulders small. The driving
adventure was as much charming as adventurous. Chickens, horses, dogs and farm
cats did not notice my lonely rental car passing bye. Contemplating what the
hotel clerk told me that I might get lost finding the course I was relieved to
see a newly placed golf sign at a “y” in the road. There was even a quaint
little church; well I think it was a church?
Golf Club Bastardina was a friendly open to the public golf club with dinning and a bed and
breakfast. It boasted of a Castle with a moat inside of its golf course. The
clerk at my hotel also told me the golfing management wanted me to know the
course was playable but “under maintained” at the moment. I wondered on that statement?
“Fantastic Fun” would have been a better choice for the clerk at my hotel to tell me. Even
with the “under maintained” holes, playing the course was still challenging and
enjoyable. The bees and I were the only ones on the course that morning. The
hilly holes, twists and turns and variety of holes made for fun play. Wild sage,
lavender and mint aromas of the grounds were lovely. I would play and bring my
fellow friends to golf at Golf Club Castello La Bastardina in Strada Bastardina.
Narrow Par 3
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Par 3 on Top/ Bellow and far Par 4
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