If you’re a private golf course general manager, director or member and you are looking for an golf artist to paint your signature hole, you do have options. And just like buying a watch — all watches tell the time, but how they look and who made it makes all the difference in the world. No matter what the economic situation, when it comes to commissioning a golf artist, never compromise your eyes. When your signature hole is painted by the most famous golf artist, Graeme Baxter, rest assured your clubs prestige level just went up with your members and their guests.
Graeme Baxter continuous to be the official artist for the most famous golf tournaments around the world. He is also the only Scottish artist who has been internationally acclaimed for painting life-like paintings of the most prestigious golf courses such as St. Andrews, Kingsbarns, Turnberry, Carnoustie, Dubai Creek, Pine Valley China, Royal Melbourne, Royal Liverpool, Augusta, Valderrama and Pebble Beach to name just a few of his over two hundred valued original paintings.
At times, you may feel that it is beyond your clubs budget to commission an original oil painting of your golf courses signature hole and a Graeme Baxter original starts at $14,000 (or about £8,800). Paintings of renowned golf courses are masterpieces and are best left to the most acclaimed artists ensuring your investment and clubs image is sustained. Here are just a few top golf courses and why Graeme chose to have them be a part of his collection.
Royal County Down
The 9th hole at Royal County Down is a masterpiece of the 9th fairway towards the Clubhouse with the Mountains of Mourne dominating the scene.
As you approach this terrific course, you’ll encounter rugged sand dunes covered in yellow gorse and purple heather. With a length of 7,000 yards from the back tees, it has the most memorable holes in the history of golf. Be prepared to face the wicked burrows in the small greens and a number of bunkers fringed with coarse grasses and blind drives that add a touch of eccentricity to the course. The fairways have become naturally undulating with the passing of time.
Enjoy the beauty of the magnificent Mountains of Mourne and the beauty of the Bay of Dundrum that reaches out to the Irish Sea. This classic links golf course, located in Newcastle in Northern Ireland, was designed by Old Tom Morris and was opened for play in 1889.
Cypress Point
The 15th hole at Cypress Point was chosen since it is highly regarded as one of the best golf holes in the world or the worst if the approach shot ends up in the Pacific Ocean!
The diverse terrain of the top of the cliff at Cypress Point golf course offers an exhilarating experience. Located at Pebble Beach in California, it is considered as the best 17-hole course in the world. The views from this course include breathtaking views of the foothills of the Santa Lucia Mountains in the Monterey Peninsula.
St. Andrews
St. Andrews is the home of The Open and who is more eligible to paint St. Andrews’ many famous signature holes than the Official Open Artist, Graeme Baxter.
St. Andrews Old course usually looks flat on television, but when you reach on location, you’ll be surprised to see the depth of the humps, hollows, pot bunkers and the ripples on the fairways. Popularly known as the “Spiritual Home of Golf” and “Mother of Golf”, it is one of the oldest courses in the world, located in St. Andrews, Scotland and not far from Graeme’s home town.
Full of many memorable holes, the 17th hole (known as the Road Hole since it parallels the road) is perhaps the world’s most well-known hole in golf. As a first timer you may be disappointed with the course and be beaten up a little bit, but as you get to know this nature-made course better, slowly but surely you’ll fall in love with it. The gigantic greens, seemingly more than one acre in some areas, are the most remarkable and amazing ones for putting. The fairways are much faster and undulating than the usual greens at other golf clubs.
Pebble Beach
The 5th, 8th and 18th holes have all been graced by Graeme’s brush and are displayed in the clubhouse. Situated besides the Pacific Ocean, Pebble Beach was designed by Chuck Dunbar and is a picturesque California golf course. If you can afford it, then Pebble Beach is a dream course for golfers around the world. Opened for play in 1919, this simple course is thrilling to play at. The beauty of the course is so distracting it often becomes difficult for players to keep their focus on the game.
As mentioned earlier, commissioning an artist to paint your clubs signature hole is very much like buying a watch and Graeme Baxter is widely considered the “Rolex of Golf Landscapes” while others are the “Timex of Green Grass” – so choose your artists wisely since it’s getting your deposit refunded upon dissatisfaction is usually not part of the contract.
When your signature hole is painted by the most famous golf artist, Graeme Baxter, rest assured your clubs prestige level just went up with your members and their guests. To learn more visit
www.BaxterGolfArt.com.
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#1 by Jon walker - June 15th, 2009 at 13:12
I’ve met with Graeme at the last 4 Opens – he’s a wonderful persona and truly talented and a golfer inside and out when compared to others who are not. Graeme is the real deal.