Secession Paintings and Prints

Secession Golf Club lies near Beaufort, South Carolina, in the heart of the Lowcountry, on a peninsula surrounded by tidal salt marsh. The club was founded in 1986 and the course opened in the fall of 1991.

Its design has two authors. Pete Dye and his son P.B. Dye began the routing, but after a disagreement with the developers, the Australian golfer and architect Bruce Devlin was brought in to finish the course. Most of the holes run along the marsh, and several sit on their own small islands. The greens are set at ground level and guarded by low humps and pot bunkers, with open fronts for running approaches in the manner of a links.

The tide shapes the course. At high tide, water comes up to the edges of the fairways and the targets look small; at low tide, the marsh flats are exposed and the same holes feel different.

The club leans into the Civil War history of the region: its tees are named for Civil War generals, and its traditions include a Civil War–era cannon.

Bruce Devlin has said that it is the only course among the roughly 200 he has designed that has no prevailing wind, despite its closeness to the Atlantic. Golf Digest has ranked it among the ten best courses in South Carolina.

Linda Hartough painted the 18th, a par 4 through the marshes.

The Secession print is available as a canvas giclée, in a limited edition and as an artist proof, in sizes from 12"x20" to 21"x36".