ART IMITATING GOLF
swilcan bridge
& 18th hole,
old course
at st andrews
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Linda Hartough, world-renowned golf-landscape artist,
is the only artist ever commissioned by the united States
Golf Association and the Royal and Ancient Golf Club
of St Andrews to do the annual paintings and prints for
the u.S. Open and British Open Championships. This
year, 2011, marks 22 years since Hartough was first
commissioned by the uSGA to create annual paintings
and prints of u.S. Open venues. She painted the first
of her u.S. Open series in 1990, when Hale Irwin won
at Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill. Known for
extraordinary attention to detail in her recreation of
some of golf’s most beautiful holes, Hartough imbues
her paintings with admiration for the scenery’s natural
beauty and respect for the game’s history and tradition,
elements which seem to emerge from the canvas.
augusta national golf club, hole 12
A slide show of Hartough's work can be seen at her website.
Click on "Studio" and then "Art Show." You'll want to start
collecting too. hartough.com
