Sports Art World

Though like many sports, golf is player-centric, the golf art community is unique in that it revolves around the course as much as a competitor. While stadiums are the subject of many panoramic prints and paintings, in no other sport does the mystique and beauty of the grounds in question surpass that of the world’s most hallowed golf courses. From Augusta National amid the green trees of Georgia to Pebble Beach on California Coast, the golf course provides not only an arena for athletic trials and tribulations but also a full scenic view of some of nature’s most blessed locales. Furthermore, the typical professional tournament grade golf course is made up of at least 18 holes, each of which contain their own inherent difficulties from the tee box to the green, often doubling as breathtaking intricacies from spectators stand point. Cliffs diving down into rough water hazards, thick forests full of flowers in full spring bloom making entry much easier than exit, carefully placed white sand beaches beneath which balls are buried, all of which is easy on the eye yet rough on the scorecard. Golf lends itself naturally (no pun intended) to the world of art through pictures. Many collectors have a favorite course or even hole that they pay tribute to on walls and mantles across the country.From a competitive perspective, signed scorecards are extremely valuable. As a player only gets one scorecard per round they are also extremely rare. Pictures of famous golfers in defining moments, flags from certain courses and golf balls used/marked by tour pros are just a few of the many potentially collectible items related to the links. Of course, of equal or greater value might be one’s own hole-in-one ball or lowest-reading scorecard, though these items can be equally tough to come by and hold little to no value on the open market.