Ballybunion Paintings and Prints

Ballybunion Golf Club was founded in 1893 in County Kerry, on the west coast of Ireland, where the River Shannon empties into the Atlantic. The Old Course grew from a nine-hole layout into its present form over the following decades; the English architect Tom Simpson, working with the golfer Molly Gourlay, made important revisions in the 1930s.

The Old Course is a links of large dunes, deep hollows and small, raised greens, with the Atlantic along much of its length. Several holes play along the cliffs above the beach, exposed to whatever the weather brings off the ocean. The land does most of the work: few courses make such use of natural dunes, and many of its greens sit in hollows or on shelves between them.

Ballybunion was long known mainly to Irish golfers. That changed after Tom Watson first played it in 1981; he returned many times, spoke widely of its quality, and later advised the club on changes to the course. The club hosted the Irish Open in 2000.

The 11th is the hole most often chosen to represent the course. A par 4, it runs along the cliff edge toward the ocean, with the fairway falling in terraces through the dunes to a green set above the sea. Linda Hartough has painted the 11th, offered in two editions.

The collection holds 2 Ballybunion prints, available as canvas giclées and prints on fine art paper, in limited editions and artist proofs, in sizes from 12"x20" to 36"x60".