Argentario Golf Club, Tuscany, fairways across the Monte Argentario promontory above the lagoon
Ranked · our verdicts, 2026

The Best Golf Courses in Tuscany

Tuscany plays golf the way it does everything else: among cypress avenues, vineyards and hilltop towns, with the light doing half the work. The headline is Castiglion del Bosco, Tom Weiskopf's private course in the Val d'Orcia, but the region runs from the PGA National at Argentario on the coast to a Robert Trent Jones Jr course that ends in sight of Siena and the historic Ugolino above Florence. Here are the seven rounds we would build a Tuscany week around, ranked.

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By the GolfForKings editorial desk · Editorial policy · Last reviewed June 2026

Photograph: Argentario Golf Club, via Google

How we chose them

We rank on the quality and character of the golf first, then on what each course adds to a traveling golfer's week: variety against the others on this list, the welcome, and what the green fee buys. Tuscany is not a golf factory; it is one of the world's great cultural landscapes that happens to have a small, high quality scatter of courses woven through it. That suits the golfer who wants two or three memorable rounds wrapped around Florence, Siena, the wine country and the coast, rather than a tee time every morning. Where we quote a fee it is the club's published or operator listed 2026 rate, marked indicative; access at the private and resort courses is arranged through the property, so always confirm directly before booking.

The ranking

01

Castiglion del Bosco Golf Club

Tom Weiskopf · Montalcino, Val d'Orcia · Italy's only private club · access via the Rosewood resort

The finest and most exclusive golf in Tuscany. Tom Weiskopf, the Open champion turned acclaimed architect, routed Castiglion del Bosco across a private estate in the UNESCO listed Val d'Orcia near Montalcino, threading the holes among Brunello vineyards, olive groves and oak woods below a restored medieval borgo. It is the only fully private golf club in Italy, attached to the Rosewood resort, and it offers exactly the discreet, manicured, gloriously sited golf that setting implies. Play is for members and resort guests, so the round is arranged through the property, but for the traveler who can get on it is the unforgettable Tuscan round. Confirm access and rates directly before booking.

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02

Argentario Golf Club

PGA National Italy · Monte Argentario · par 71 · indicative 90 to 160 euro

The coastal flagship, and the only PGA National course in Italy. Argentario sits on the Monte Argentario promontory in the Maremma, a once island now joined to the mainland by causeways that form two lagoons, and the course climbs and falls across Mediterranean scrubland with sea and lagoon views from the high holes. Since 2019 it has carried the PGA National Italy designation, the country's only one, and it anchors a five star golf and wellness resort that makes it the most complete stay and play on the Tuscan coast. Indicative 2026 fees run around 90 to 160 euro depending on season.

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03

Royal Golf La Bagnaia

Robert Trent Jones Jr · near Siena · par 71 · indicative 80 to 140 euro

The Siena round, with one of the best closing views in golf. Robert Trent Jones Jr designed La Bagnaia across 130 hectares of wooded hills just south of Siena, an 18 hole par 71 that rolls through forest and open Tuscan countryside before the 18th delivers a closing hole played toward the towers of Siena on the skyline. Attached to a restored borgo resort, it is a polished, scenic, well conditioned course and the natural base for a trip built around Siena, the Chianti and the wine towns. Indicative 2026 fees run around 80 to 140 euro depending on season.

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04

Golf Club Punta Ala

Giulio Cavalsani, 1964 · Maremma coast · par 72 · indicative 80 to 130 euro

The classic coastal round, and a Maremma institution. Giulio Cavalsani laid out Punta Ala in 1964 on the coast south of Follonica, a mature par 72 climbing through umbrella pines and Mediterranean maquis with sea views toward the island of Elba from the higher ground. It is a proper, established course rather than a modern resort build, a regular host of national amateur events, and its setting on the wild Maremma coast, near beaches and the wine of the Costa degli Etruschi, makes it a favourite of golfers who know Italy well. Indicative 2026 fees run around 80 to 130 euro.

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05

Circolo Golf Ugolino

Blandford and Gannon, 1934 · Chianti hills near Florence · par 72 · indicative 70 to 110 euro

The historic Florence round, and a slice of Italian golf history. Founded in 1934 to a design by the British architects Cecil Blandford and Peter Gannon, Ugolino sits in the Chianti hills at Impruneta just south of Florence, a short, tight, beautifully mature parkland framed by cypress, olive and pine where placement beats power and the views over the vineyards are pure Tuscany. It is not long or modern, and that is the charm: this is one of the courses that made Italian golf, ten minutes from the Duomo. Indicative 2026 fees run around 70 to 110 euro, the easy round of a Florence trip.

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06

Il Pelagone Golf Club

Keith Preston, 1999 · Gavorrano, the Maremma · par 71 · indicative 65 to 100 euro

The Maremma hideaway, embedded in the hills near Gavorrano. Keith Preston designed Il Pelagone in 1999, a championship par 71 woven into the rolling inland Maremma landscape of woods, lakes and open hillside, and it was named among the best new courses in Europe in its early years. Attached to the Toscana Resort Castelfalfi style country hotel, it is quieter and better value than the bigger names, a relaxed, scenic round for the group that wants golf as part of a wider Maremma and Etruscan coast holiday. Indicative 2026 fees run around 65 to 100 euro depending on season.

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07

Cosmopolitan Golf and Beach Resort

Near Pisa · Tirrenia · par 72 · indicative 65 to 100 euro

The convenient coastal round, minutes from Pisa airport. Cosmopolitan sits at Tirrenia on the coast between Pisa and Livorno, a flat, watery par 72 laid through pine woods and a regional nature park close to the beach, with a hotel on site and the easiest access of any course on this list. It is a friendly resort layout rather than a championship test, but its position, ten minutes from the airport and walking distance from the sand, makes it the natural first or last round of a Tuscan trip, or the base for a relaxed golf and beach week near Pisa and Lucca. Indicative 2026 fees run around 65 to 100 euro.

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Fees are indicative 2026 rates from club and operator listings, verified June 2026; Castiglion del Bosco is private and rates swing with season, so always confirm directly before booking. Check tee time availability.

Building the trip

Split the week between the hills and the coast. A Siena or Val d'Orcia base puts Royal La Bagnaia and, for the fortunate, Castiglion del Bosco within reach, wrapped around Montalcino, Pienza and the Brunello vineyards, the most beautiful golf and wine leg in Italy. Then move west to the Maremma coast for Argentario, Punta Ala and Il Pelagone, three contrasting rounds among the beaches, lagoons and Etruscan ruins of Tuscany's quietest shore. If the trip flies into Pisa or centres on Florence, bookend it with Ugolino in the Chianti hills and Cosmopolitan by the sea. None of it is a hardcore golf schedule, and that is the point: this is golf as the thread through a Tuscan holiday. For the wider country see our Golf in Italy hub, the best courses in Italy ranking, the Tuscany itinerary and our luxury golf tours of Italy for how a concierge builds the week.

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A Weiskopf course among the Brunello vines, a PGA National on the coast and a closing hole framed by Siena: tell us roughly when and who is traveling, and one concierge prices the week to the head, with no obligation.

Tuscany golf questions

What is the best golf course in Tuscany?

Castiglion del Bosco, the Tom Weiskopf course on a private estate in the UNESCO listed Val d'Orcia near Montalcino. It is Italy's only fully private golf club, set among Brunello vineyards below a medieval borgo, and rates as the finest and most exclusive course in the region. Access is for members and resort guests of the Rosewood property, so play is arranged through the resort. Always confirm access and rates directly before booking.

How much do green fees cost in Tuscany in 2026?

Roughly 70 to 160 euro depending on course and season at the public and resort courses, with Argentario, Royal La Bagnaia and Punta Ala in the upper band. Castiglion del Bosco is private, with play arranged through the Rosewood resort. All fees are indicative for 2026; always confirm directly before booking.

Which is the oldest golf course in Tuscany?

Circolo Golf Ugolino, in the Chianti hills south of Florence, founded in 1934 and designed by the British architects Cecil Blandford and Peter Gannon. It is one of the historic clubs of Italian golf, a short, tight, cypress lined parkland full of character, and the natural round to play on a Florence based trip.

When is the best time to play golf in Tuscany?

Spring and autumn, roughly April to June and September to October, give the best combination of warm dry weather, firm turf and the famous Tuscan light, and avoid the heat of high summer inland. The coastal courses at Punta Ala and Argentario catch the sea breeze in summer; winter is quiet and mild but can be wet, with some courses on reduced hours.

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Researched and written by the GolfForKings editorial desk. Rankings are our editorial verdicts; fees verified June 2026. Last reviewed June 2026.