One-of-a-kind masterworks by Linda Hartough are available exclusively though The Linda Hartough Studio
Linda Hartough is widely considered to be the foremost golf landscape artist in the world. She is the only artist ever commissioned by both the United States Golf Association (USGA) and The Championship Committee of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club at St. Andrews to paint their respective Opens.
She received her Fine Arts Degree from the prestigious School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
In 1984, she was commissioned by Augusta National Golf Club to paint her first golf landscape. She has been painting the official U.S. Open commemorative image since 1990. She has painted nine British Open Championships.
When The Met Golfer asked venerable course designer Robert Trent Jones, Sr., what single golf object he would rescue from a devastating fire, he chose Linda Hartough’s painting of the 16th hole at Hazeltine National Golf Club, site of the 1970 and 1991 U.S. Open.
In 1992, Jack Nicklaus invited Linda to paint five originals for his ABC television special, The Most Dramatic Holes in Golf. “I am the proud owner of seven paintings by Linda Hartough,” says Jack, “and each time I look at them, I see something new. Linda has a true feel for a golf course.”
In 2001, Linda received Golf Digest’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural Art of Golf Festival in Pinehurst, NC. The Festival honored 24 of the golf world’s most talented artists, writers, sculptors, and photographers. The award is the first of its type ever given.
“Linda is the golf world’s painter laureate,” says Bob Carney, Creative Director of The Golf Digest Companies. “There’s a tranquility about her paintings that is absolutely beautiful. When you view them, the paintings have the effect of actually putting you there. They’re beyond real.”
Linda’s original works are displayed in the permanent collections of such legendary clubs as Augusta National, Laurel Valley, Pinehurst, and Pine Valley, as well as in the personal collections of Jack Nicklaus, Ray Floyd, Robert Trent Jones, Sr., and Ian Baker Finch.
She was a founding trustee of The Academy of Golf Art, a professional society of golf artists established in 2004 to create an awareness and appreciation of golf art as a valuable segment of fine art.
