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Renowned for its storied past and ocean front setting, Pebble Beach Golf Links hosted the U.S. Open for the fifth time in 2010. With this fine art limited edition, renowned golf landscape artist Linda Hartough has painted what the official Pebble Beach website refers to as “truly the most difficult hole on the course.” However, its difficulty is tempered by the spectacular setting, and recent course enhancements under the direction of Arnold Palmer.
“When I look at a golf hole,” says artist Linda Hartough, “I have to see what players like about it — how a golfer plays it. Then I see it as landscape — as a work of fine art.” This print is remarqued with a sketch of the hole, the official 2010 US Open logo, and the official USGA logo. Hartough’s original paintings are in the private collections of Jack Nicholaus, Robert Trent Jones and Rees Jones among other greats of the game. Enliven your office or home with this signed and numbered fine art edition of the most famous location in golf, by the best artist of the subject.
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When you look at a painting of a golf course, it is important to see it as a
golfer sees it and listen to what a great golfer has to say about it. "I am
the
proud owner of several paintings by Linda Hartough," says golf legend Jack
Nicklaus, one of the greatest golfers in all sport, "and each time I look at
one I see something new. Linda has a true feel for a golf course."
"Whenever you see a Linda Hartough golf course rendering," says renowned golf
course designed Robert Trent Jones, Sr., "you have to resist the urge to grab
a
club and drop a ball. Linda has the unique ability to capture, in a single
solitary perspective, the very essence of the course itself."
An interesting fate for a person who didn’t grow up sharing her father’s
passion for playing the sport. But Linda Hartough is an artist first and
foremost. She instinctively knew that something as complex and beloved as a
golf course would have to be an exceptional landscape, with an attention to
detail and clarity that surpasses a camera.
Calling upon her experiences at the University of Louisville and the Art
Institute of Chicago, Hartough approaches each work with an understanding but
objective eye. The results have made her one of the popular and prominent
artists in the field. In fact, she is the only artist ever commissioned by
both
the United States Golf Association and the Championship Committee of the Royal
& Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews to create the official paintings and prints
for the U.S. Open and British Open championships.
A veritable championship tournament of her work was released as Hallowed
Ground: Golf’s Great Places, a book with text by Jaime Diaz, published by The
Greenwich Workshop Press.
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