Hallowed Ground: Golf's Greatest Places [Hardcover]

Jaime Diaz (Author), Jack Nicklaus (Introduction), Linda Hartough (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 10, 1999

Top golf landscape artist and top golf writer combine talents to produce a glorious visual book about the places we worship in the game of golf. Here are the green "cathedrals," sublime arenas of the sport, courses where giants have walked and stars have been born. Hallowed Ground is divided into three sections: "U.S. Championship Courses," "The Beautiful Golf" (the eight courses of the British Rotation), and in a stunning section of its own, "The Augusta National Golf Club." Renowned golf writer Jaime Diaz brings to this book his encyclopedic knowledge of the sport, the courses and the players, with wit and wisdom. Combined with Linda Hartough's lush and meticulously researched landscapes, Hallowed Ground is the most unique golf book published in years.

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About the Author

Linda Hartough was born in New Jersey and raised in Delaware. Although her father was an avid golfer, Linda had absolutely no idea what fate had in store for her art career. After attending the University of Louisville and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Linda started selling her paintings (with non-golf themes) at art fairs in the Chicago area. She soon moved to the South Carolina area and took commissions to paint portraits, landscapes and horses. She entered into golf landscape painting with a commission from Augusta National to paint the 13th hole. Hartough was able to approach golf landscapes with an understanding but objective eye. She instinctively knew that each work had to be more than a view of a golf course; it also had to work as a landscape painting. Her success in the genre has been extraordinary. Both the United States Golf Association and the Championship Committee of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews chose Linda for ongoing commissions; she creates the official course paintings that are exhibited at the U.S. and British Opens. Five of her paintings were included in “The Most Dramatic Holes in Golf,” an ABC-TV special hosted by Jack Nicklaus and Jack Whitaker. Perhaps the highest accolade for her work came from renowned golf course designer Robert Trent Jones Sr. When asked what one thing he would save from a fire, he chose Hartough’s painting of the 16th hole at the Hazeltine National Golf Course.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 156 pages
• Publisher: The Greenwich Workshop Press (January 10, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0867130571
• ISBN-13: 978-0867130577
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 10 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,523,373 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hallowed Indeed, January 30, 2000

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Preston A. Hawkins - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hallowed Ground: Golf's Greatest Places (Hardcover)

I recently purchased Hallowed Ground and was completely blown away by the sheer beauty of the pictures in the book. All the sections are great and any true golf enthusiast absolutely must this treasure.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific!, May 9, 2000

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John E. Grossi (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hallowed Ground: Golf's Greatest Places (Hardcover)

I was fortunate to have the Golf Channel on a few months ago. Linda Hartough, the artist featured in this book was on with a few of her originals. I immediately purchased the book. After browsing the book 3 or 4 times, taking in her breathtaking artwork, I decided to read a few of the writings by Jaime Diaz on some of my favorite courses. The writings are as enjoyable as the artwork. This book should become required reading for anyone playing the game, especially for golfers new to the game. They would gain a greater appreciation for golf. Thank you Linda Hartough and Jaime Diaz

5.0 out of 5 stars Masterpiece Art of the Greatest Places on Earth, May 12, 2006

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Bradford VS "Bradford V." (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hallowed Ground: Golf's Greatest Places (Hardcover)

This "coffee table" style book works for me because of my passion for golf and my love for famous golf courses. Linda Hartough may be the best landscape artist I've seen in rendering these classic courses with the precision of modern day photography.

What I really got out of this book was a memory recollection of playing a majority of these courses. Looking at these paintings I was thrown into the distant memory of playing Pebble Beach, Olympic Club (Lake Course), Carnoustie, St. Andrews (Old Course), Royal Lytham, Royal Birkdale, and Royal Troon. It was like de ja vu all over again!

Also worth checking out are the Augusta National paintings. This might be her finest work. I especially liked her work on hole #'s 10,11,12, and 15. Augusta is the best course in the world. Second to none.

If Linda Hartough ever publishes paintings of the century old courses of Ireland, in particular the courses designed by Old Tom Morris and Alister Mackenzie; I will buy it. I would really like to see her render and paint the "classic" Irish courses of Ballybunion, Lahinch, Ardglass, Royal Portrush, Newcastle, and Royal County Down. Those classic links style courses are some of the finest on the earth.