U.S. Open Paintings and Prints

The U.S. Open is the national championship of American golf, conducted by the United States Golf Association. The first was played in 1895 at Newport Country Club in Rhode Island, the same week as the first U.S. Amateur, and was won by Horace Rawlins. It is open, as the name says, to any professional or qualified amateur who can earn a place, and thousands enter local and final qualifying each year for a spot in the field.

The U.S. Open is known for being the hardest test in golf. The USGA prepares its courses with narrow fairways, deep rough and firm, fast greens, and the winning score is often close to par. It moves among a small group of great courses, many of which have hosted it several times: Oakmont has hosted ten U.S. Opens, and Pebble Beach, Winged Foot, Shinnecock Hills and Oakland Hills six each.

Many of the courses in Linda Hartough's collection are U.S. Open courses, and her connection to the championship is a long one. In 1989 the USGA commissioned her to paint the first of 25 U.S. Open course paintings. The first painting completed was the 13th Hole at Medinah, for the 1990 U.S. Open.

Prints in the collection named for a specific U.S. Open include the 13th at Medinah (1990), the 16th at Shinnecock Hills (1995), the 16th at Oakland Hills (1996), the 17th at Congressional (1997), the 12th at Southern Hills (2001), the 4th at Bethpage Black (2002), the 12th at Olympia Fields (2003), the 9th at Shinnecock Hills (2004), the 9th at Winged Foot (2006), the 14th at Oakmont (2007), the 3rd at Torrey Pines (2008), the 17th at Bethpage Black (2009), the 9th at Pebble Beach (2010), the 10th at Congressional (2011), the 8th at the Olympic Club (2012), the 16th at Merion (2013), the 9th at Pinehurst No. 2 (2014) and the 9th at The Country Club (2022).