HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (December 8, 2015) – Linda Hartough, world-renowned golf-landscape artist (www.hartough.com), is featured in “Links to St Andrews – Love Letters to the Home of Golf,” a beautifully-crafted, large-scale casebound volume that makes for a highly collectible book and a welcome gift. It contains a compendium of tributes to St Andrews. Hartough’s homage to the home of golf, replete with memories of her visits and insights into her St Andrews paintings, is noteworthy. In addition, every one of Hartough’s St Andrews paintings is included in the book.
“It is a privilege to have my reminiscences and my artwork as part of this magnificent volume,” Hartough said. “For those who enjoy learning about golf’s St Andrews origins, history and tradition, this is a book to be treasured.”
The 100-plus contributors include revered amateurs and international pros, including Arnold Palmer, Sir Michael Bonallack, Rory McIlroy, Ben Crenshaw, Jack Nicklaus, Jackie Burke Jr., Tom Watson, Gary Player, Annika Sörenstam, Greg Norman, Lorena Ochoa and many more; course architects and golf historians; Royal and Ancient members; University of St Andrews graduates; caddies, greenkeepers, coaches, artists, photographers and many others (even a chef who offers favorite drinks and dishes for golfers at the “19th hole”)-all joining their voices in a uniquely conceived volume.
Also among the treasures within are a thoughtful and personal 18-hole analysis of the mother of them all, the Old Course at St Andrews; a history of women in golf; a look at how St Andrews has inspired course architecture and golf culture around the world; detailed portraits of life at St Andrews and much more.
Links to St Andrews is colorfully embellished with more than 400 images, from commissioned fine art and inspired photography to vintage posters and seldom-seen archival photos. Written contributions range from the poignant to the bawdy, from astute scholarship to the deeply personal.
“Links to St Andrews – Love Letters to the Home of Golf” may be purchased from Hartough’s website, www.hartough.com.
About Linda Hartough
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 Rees Jones. Her work is included in the collections of the USGA Museum, in Far Hills, N.J., and the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Ga.
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’s paintings of various holes at Augusta National Golf Club are prized by collectors the world over. In addition, Hartough painted the first of her U.S. Open series in 1990 – commissioned by the U.S. Golf Association – a 25-year series she completed in 2014, as well as her official British Open Championship series from 1990-1999.
Hartough has been honored with the Golf Digest Lifetime Achievement Award. She 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.
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