HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (January 12, 2010) – Linda Hartough, world-renowned golf-landscape artist, will exhibit some of her work at the PGA Merchandise Show Jan. 28-30 in Orlando, Fla. She will display the 21st painting in her U.S. Open series, the 9th hole at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, Calif., commissioned by the U.S. Golf Association for the 2010 U.S. Open. Hartough will exhibit the painting in The Booklegger booth, #3773.
“I look forward to exhibiting some of my art at this year’s PGA Merchandise Show,” said Hartough. “This is the twenty-second consecutive year to display my artwork at the PGA Merchandise Show. Every year it is a pleasure to talk with attendees about my U.S. Open paintings and my other golf art.”
Linda Hartough Studio and The Booklegger will be announcing a new line of Linda Hartough signature gift items based on Hartough’s golf-landscape paintings. Examples of Hartough’s golf-art products will be on display at the booth.
A drawing will be held for an unframed Hartough 2010 U.S. Open print of the 9th hole at Pebble Beach. Interested PGA Merchandise Show attendees are invited to leave a business card at The Booklegger booth any time during the Show. The drawing will take place Saturday, Jan. 30, at 2:00 p.m., at The Booklegger booth. Entrants do not need to be present to win. The winner will be notified and the print will be shipped to the winner after the Show.
“It’s not often that you have the opportunity for a world-famous artist to appear in your booth,” said Robert Kraut, president & CEO of The Booklegger. “We are honored to have Linda Hartough join us to share her art with the golf community. We also are excited about working side by side with Linda to create the Linda Hartough Gift Collection of fine products.”
Known for quality service since 1974, The Booklegger is the world’s largest distributor of golf books, DVDs, gifts and other golf-related products. The Booklegger offers more than 800 products and serves nearly 4,000 golf-retail outlets nationally and internationally. These retailers consist of on-course pro shops, off-course golf stores, sporting-goods stores and golf-specialty shops, as well as Internet sales through golf Web sites and golf e-commerce business.
This year marks 21 years since Hartough first was commissioned by the USGA to create annual paintings and prints of the U.S. Open. She is the only artist ever commissioned by the USGA and the R&A to do the annual paintings and prints for the U.S. Open and the British Open Championships. Hartough painted the first of her U.S. Open series in 1990, when Hale Irwin won at Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill. Each year, in addition to her original U.S. Open painting, limited-edition prints and artist proofs are available for sale.
A confirmed artist since childhood, early in her career Hartough painted landscapes, portraits and horses. In 1984, Augusta National Golf Club commissioned her to paint its famous 13th hole, an event which propelled Hartough toward specialization as a golf-landscape painter. Since then, her work has achieved a distinguished status, 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 such golf notables as Jack Nicklaus, Raymond Floyd and Robert Trent Jones, Sr. 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.
Hartough is 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.
For more information, visit www.hartough.com or www.lindahartoughoriginals.com.
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