Three Famous Golfers You Should Hang On Your Wall

No collection of golf art is complete without photos of some of the most famous golfers of all time. If your golf art collection includes photos of golfers, there are a few names that should be an important part of your set. From early legends of golf to today’s biggest names, these are three famous golfers that should hang in a place of honor among your golf pictures collection.
Robert “Bobby” Jones
Bobby Jones is more than just the most successful amateur golfer of all time. He’s also one of the architects behind the Augusta National Golf Club and a founder of the Masters Tournament held there each year. In 1930, Jones accomplished something no golfer has managed before or since – he won all four of the major golf championships in a single calendar year.
Ben Hogan
Ben Hogan is best known for his golf swing, an iconic swing that, even now, is believed to be perfection. The Ben Hogan golf swing has been immortalized in photographs taken at every point, from addressing the ball to follow-through, but his swing is only part of the story of Ben Hogan, who survived a head-on automobile crash with a bus, a crash that left him with fractured collarbone, pelvis, ankle and rib. Doctors said his golf career was over, but just 16 months later, he won the U.S. Open at Merion. According to the stories of that day, Hogan played in such pain that he couldn’t even mark his own balls on the course. It was all he could do to walk from one hole to the next and take the swing. He clinched the match by forcing a par on the 18th hole – with a 1-iron, and famous sports photographer Hy Peskin captured the moment in a photograph that may be the single best-known golf picture in history: Ben Hogan, golf swing completed, standing in perfect form as his ball hits the green and sticks.
Sam Snead
Slammin’ Sammy Snead is another of the legends of golf who deserves a place in any golfer’s hall of honor. Though he never one the U.S. Open, he did win a record 82 PGA Tour Events and received the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998. His 1950 scoring average of 69.23 stood as a PGA Tour record until Tiger Woods broke it in 2000. There was more to Slammin’ Sammy than his golf swing, though. He once forfeited a game rather than play through an 18-hole playoff because he thought a course official had wrongly ruled in his favor on an out of bounds ball earlier in the match. In another match, he decided to deliberately lose after discovering that he had an extra club in his bag – after playing 12 holes in front of a televised audience.
You’ll find great golf autographs and vintage golf photos of famous golfers offered by reputable dealers in golf memorabilia and golf art. Take the time to get to know some of the legends of golf and build your collection of golf pictures with famous golf photos.

Last Minute Christmas Gifts? Golf Course Pictures for All Golf Fans

Has Christmas crept up on you again, leaving you short one or two gifts? If you’ve got golf fans on your list of gift recipients, there’s still time to order custom-framed golf course pictures to hang over the bar or in the office.
Why Choose Golf Art For Your Favorite Golfers?
There are a number of excellent reasons to choose a gift of golf art for your favorite golfing fans. Whether they like to play or just enjoy standing on the sidelines to watch, the subjects of most golf pictures are familiar ones to those who love the game of kings.
Meaning and Sentiment
Aside from the fact that many of the best golf scenes are absolutely stunning landscapes, golf course art also has meaning for those who love the sport. Most golfing fans will recognize a Linda Hartough painting of Augusta #12, the Golden Bell hole at Augusta National, the home of the Masters Tournament, or a photo of the Swilcan Bridge at the Old Course at St. Andrews. There’s a heritage and a history behind those photos and paintings that makes them mean so much more than just a pretty picture.
Value
You can choose from beautiful paintings and signed prints by a golf artist like Linda Hartough, Marci Rule and other famous golf artists. These signed, numbered prints have an intrinsic value and are likely to increase in value over the years. Golf autographs and golf memorabilia also carry their own intrinsic value and are likely to increase in value. Autographed photos of legends of golf like Robert “Bobby” Jones are fairly rare and quite valuable, but golf autographs of such golfers as Arnold Palmer, Phil Mickelson, Jack Nicklaus and Adam Scott, 2013 Masters Champion, are more plentiful and affordable.
Golf Photography
Few golf photographers have acquired the name recognition enjoyed by Joann Dost, whose photographs have graced the pages of GOLF magazine and the walls of the USGA museum and the World Golf Hall of Fame. Her stunning golf landscape photos have redefined the world of golf course art. Another golf photographer of note is Steve Heit, who has photographed golf courses and great moments in golf for more than 25 years. A retrospective of his work would make an imaginative and very special gift for any golf lover.
If you’re looking for an exceptional, thoughtful gift for a golf lover in your life, take a virtual tour of a golf art gallery to find golf course pictures and golf photographs that will delight them.