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553 Premium: The Only Artist Commissioned by both the USGA & R&A for the Majors with Linda Hartough

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3577 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2016

⏱️ 36 minutes

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553: Here’s another fascinating story of someone who has found a way to make a living in golf without playing golf. Linda Hartough is a landscape painter who has recreated some of the world's most beautiful golf holes. She is the only artist ever commissioned by the USGA and the R&A Golf Club of St. Andrews to do their annual, official paintings and prints for the U.S. Open and British Open Championships. She has painted prestigious golf courses from the U.S. to Scotland to Hong Kong. Her paintings have earned a place on two ABC Television Golf Specials on famous golf holes hosted by Jack Nicklaus.http://hartough.comWant to watch the full interview and see some of her work? Check out the complete conversation at GolfSmarter.com or our YouTube.com/GolfSmarterTV channel.  https://youtu.be/X-DnoZvrylw This episode is brought to you by Golf Overnight. If you’re about to take a vacation or golf trip, don’t have your golf clubs slow you down! This trip, have your clubs waiting for you...not the other way around! Save 20% when you use our exclusive promo code “gsmart" at GolfOvernight.com. Click on the ad at the bottom of the page at http://GolfSmarter.com and use the promo code “gsmart”.     At the end of this episode, Dean Knuth, founder of Knuth Golf and creator of the High Heat Driver, 3 Wood, and Hybrid join us to select at random a winner of a custom made High Heat 3 Wood. Knuth Golf has extended their exclusive discount for the Golf Smarter community. Mention “Golf Smarter” in your order and save on each of these clubs that are designed specifically to help amateurs play better golf. Driver regularly $399, your price $329. Fairway Wood regularly $299, mention Golf Smarter and it’s only $269. All new High Heat Hybrid, $249, but for you only $22For exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Golf Smarter Premium Number 553, published on August 16, 2016, is brought to you by Golf Overnight.

0:09.0

Now, if you're about to take a vacation or a golf trip, don't have your golf clubs slow you down.

0:14.7

This trip, have your clubs waiting for you not the other way around.

0:19.5

Save 20% on your next shipment when you use our

0:22.7

exclusive promo code G-smart. That's G-S-M-A-R-T to save 20% at gulfovernight.com or click on their ad on the

0:33.8

homepage of gulfsmarter.com. The only artist commissioned by the USGA and the RNA for the official paintings for the majors

0:43.1

with Linda Hartow.

0:44.6

This is Golf Smarter Premium.

0:47.9

Here's your host, Fred Green.

0:50.7

Welcome to the Golf Smarter podcast, Linda.

0:54.7

Glad to be here.

0:56.0

Thank you so much.

0:57.5

You know, I just got back from a European vacation.

0:59.8

I was in Amsterdam and I went to the Van Gogh Museum.

1:03.9

That's the one thing when you're in Europe, you learn how to pronounce things and you try to get rid of the anglicized pronunciation of Van Gogh. And everyone's like,

1:11.7

who's that when you're in Amsterdam? And he only had 10 years as a painter for his great works.

1:20.2

It was only a 10 year period. So I came home just fascinated and I started looking around and seeing

1:25.5

these beautiful paintings of golf courses and

1:28.6

tracked you down.

1:30.5

And so that's why I wanted to talk to you.

1:32.3

It's not a game improvement interview for sure, but it's fascinating golf lifestyle,

1:38.8

which I also very much love.

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