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Peter Munro's
golfing art prints featuring famous golf courses around the UK. Peter
Munro is one of the worlds leading golfing artists. Golf Courses include.
Portmarnock, Royal County Down, Carnoustie, Waterville and The Belfry
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| Royal Aberdeen (18th Hole) by Peter Munro Golf as it is known and played around the world today first took shape on the low-lying links of Scotlands east coast. The sport officially had its beginnings in Aberdeen in 1780 and the Royal Aberdeen Golf Club was founded in 1815, making it the sixth oldest club in the world. Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Image size 14 inches x 21 inches (36cm x 53cm). Price £94.00
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| Carnoustie (14th Hole) by Peter Munro This magnificent limited edition print by Peter Munro depicts the fourteenth hole at cite of the worlds finest golf courses, Carnoustie. Once described by Walter Hagen as the greatest and toughest course in the British Isles, the links at Carnoustie are one of the most difficult in the world when the wind starts to blow. Famous for the challenging burns which traverse the links and, in particular, for the ever-present Barry Burn which winds its way from fairway to fairway. Carnoustie is also particularly renowned for its tough finishing stretch. The first official club at Carnoustie was founded in 1842, when golf was played over only a ten hole course. The links were later extended by Old Tom Morris to a full eighteen holes but the Course really took shape in 1926 when James Braid made the alterations which enabled Carnoustie to stage its first Open Champions hip in 1931. Some of the great Open Champions at Carnoustie have included Tommy Armour (1931), Ben Hogan (1953) and Tom Watson (1975) There are presently three eighteen hole courses at Carnoustie: the Championship, the Burnside and the Buddon. Peter Munros limited edition shows the Championship Courses infamous fourteenth hole, with the stunning Clubhouse in the background. Because of the shape of its double bunkers, the fourteenth is affectionately nicknamed The Spectacles. Signed limited edition of 600 prints. Image size 19 inches x 15 inches (48cm x 38cm). Price £85.00
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| Turnberry (9th Hole) by Peter Munro Turnberry, on the South West Ayrshire coast, is one of the most beautiful links courses in the world, offering stunning views of the Isle of Arran, the Mull of Kintyre and Ailsa Craig. Tumberry is also now a regular host to the British Open and it was the venue for one of the most memorable Opens of all time, when Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson fought the titanic Duel in the Sun on the final day in 1977 in which Watson was eventually victorious. There are two eighteen hole Championship courses, the Ailsa and the Arran. The Open is heid on Ailsa Course which is marginally longer than the Arran but still a relatively short par 70. A famous feature of the course is the Turnberry Lighthouse, which was built over the remains ofTurnberry Castle. Turnberry Castle was the birthplace of Robert the Bruce, which explains the ninth holes famous nickname Bruces Castle. The Championship tee for the ninth hole is perched on a rock pinnacle with the sea crashing far below, making it one of the most memorable, and beautiful, holes in Championship golf. Signed limited edition of 600 prints. Image size 19 inches x 15 inches (58cm x 38cm). Price £85.00
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| Ballybunion (15th Hole) by Peter Munro. Peter Munros latest golfing lunited edition is this delightful tribute to the links at Ballybunion. Located on the Shannon Estuary in Ireland, a visit to Ballybunion can be a breathtaking experience. With ocean on one side and river on the other, tumbling dunes and long grasses roll throughout the course and bring to it a wild, organic quality. With great playing conditions, peace and scenic beauty. Ballybunion is considered by many to be one of the best links in the world. Originally founded in 1893, there are now two courses at Ballybunion, the Old Course and the Cashen Course. The latter was founded on land bought in 1971, when a new clubhouse was also built between the two. Golf writer Herbert Warren Wind then wrote an article ranking Ballybrinion among the worlds Top Ten Courses, which truly thrust the links to international prominence. Particularly associated with Ballybunion has been the American great, Tom Watson, who is described by the club as a favourite adopted son. He updated the Old Course in 1995 and also became the Clubs Millennium captain. Ballybunion is a true seaside links course, virtually treeless with a course of sharp contours throughout. Covering 6542 yards, the Old Course is a challenging par 72, particularly difficult to play in the wind. Peter Munro has chosen in this tribute to paint the famous fifteenth hole on the Old Course, which is a 212 Yard par 3. Signed limited edition of 600 prints. Image size 19 inches x 15 inches (48cm x 38cm). Price £94.00
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| Druids Glen (18th Hole) by Peter Munro. Peter Munros latest golfing limited edition is this delightful tribute to the course at Druids Glen, which was voted European Golf Course of the Year in 2001. Druids Glen Golf Club is situated south of Dublin in the heart of beautiful County Wicklow, nestling between the Irish Sea and the stunning Wicklow Mountains. Although only founded in 1995, the course designers, Pat Ruddy and Tom Craddock used the existing rugged landscape to produce what is considered by many to be the best parkland course in Ireland. With its 18 challenging holes, many over water, Druids Glen offers an unique golfing experience to champion and club golfer alike. Each hole encompasses a distinct Irish flavour, including an ancient Druids Altar on the 12th hole and frequent water hazards, including streams, lakes and an island green on the 17th. Water is again ominously present on the 450 yard par 4 18th, where three lakes surround the green in what Eamonn Darcy has described as one of golfs great finishing holes. Druids Glen was host to the Irish Open from 1996-1999 and in 2002 hosted the first Seve Trophy, a European Tour event pitting a combined Great Britain & Ireland team against the best from continental Europe in true Ryder Cup fashion. Signed limited edition of 600 prints. Image size 19 inches x 15 inches (48cm x 38cm). Price £94.00
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| Blairgowrie (18th Hole) by Peter Munro Old Tom Morris played in the first match at Blairgowrie and commented: I think that this is the most beautiful inland green I have ever seen. Typical of the three courses at the club are the beautiful heathland fairways, which are lined with forests of pine and silver birch, and the surrounding carpet of purple heather, broom and gorse. Signed limited edition of 600 prints. Image size 15 inches x 19 inches (38cm x 48cm). Price £94.00
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| Waterville, County Kerry (12th Hole) by Peter Munro
Limited edition of 600 prints. Image size 15 inches x 19 inches (38cm x 48cm). Price £94.00
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| K Club (7th Hole) by Peter Munro Peter Munro has chosen to extend his series of Limited Edition prints depicting the great golf courses of Ireland with a pair featuring two of the most remarkable new courses created anywhere in the world, The K Club and The Old Head at Kinsale. The Kildare Country Club, better known as The K Club, was developed by the Jefferson Smurfit Group and its famous parkland course was designed by golfing legend Arnold Palmer. Already acknowledged as one of the greatest courses in the world, The K Club hosts The Smurfit European Open, which is ranked in the top five tournaments on the European Tour. The Club will also be the first Irish venue to host the Ryder Cup. Opened in 1991, the course has three playing options, the Palmer, Jefferson and Barton, to offer varying levels of difficulty. The par 72 Championship course covers 220 acres of Kildare woodland and incorporates 11 lakes and the River Liffey as well as a series of strategically-placed sand traps and tree-lined fairways. Perhaps the best known of the 18 holes is the 605 yards par 5 seventh, which Peter Munro has taken as the inspiration for this striking limited edition print. The hole double doglegs its way over sand, rough and water to reach a sanctuary-like green which occupies its own little island, sandwiched between two arms of the River Liffey. Limited edition of 600 prints. Image size 15 inches x 19 inches (38cm x 48cm). Price £94.00
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| Royal Troon (8th Hole) by Peter Munro The par 72 links at Royal Troon was founded in 1878 and designed by one of the greatest of the early British golfers, Willie Fernie. The character of his creation is summarised neatly by the clubs motto, Tam Arte Quam Marte, which means as much skill as by strength. signed limited edition of 600 prints. Image size 15 inches x 19 inches (38cm x 48cm). Price £94.00
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| The Belfry (18th Hole) by Peter Munro The Belfry, the subject of Peter Munros latest limited edition print, is now one of the best-known courses in the world. It is surprising therefore that the site only opened as recently as 1977, developed as a new home for the British Professional Golfers Association. The Championship Brabazon course was designed by Peter Alliss and Dave Thomas. Their achievement was considerable, given that the original Belfry site was flat and uninspiring, with one small lake, a stream and many acres of potato field! The result, with its small well bunkered greens and narrow rolling fairways winding intermittently through lakes and across streams is one of the greatest courses in the world and the Ryder Cup of 2002 is the fourth year in which the worlds greatest golf tournament has been hosted at The Belfry. The Brabazon course covers 6,975 yards and is a par 72, rewarding golfers with power and courage and expecting expert players to carry vast stretches of water and other terrors. Perhaps the most notorious hole is the 473 yard, par four 18th, which has earned a reputation as one of the most famous and exhaustive finishing holes in all of golf. Players have to drive long over a narrow tree-lined and unseen section of lake to a small landing area guarded on the right by two fairway bunkers. From there, the ball has a long carry back across the lakes wide expanse to a three-tiered green, often blown by swirling winds. Many a promising round has ended here in disaster! Limited edition of 600 prints. Image size 15 inches x 19 inches (38cm x 48cm). Price £94.00
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| St Andrews (14th Hole) by Peter Munro Peter Munros new limited edition features the notorious Hell Bunker, on the fourteenth hole ofThe Old Course, with the town of St Andrews in the background. Documents record that a crude form of golf was being played at St Andrews as early as the mid- 1400s and the links are still considered to be The Home of GoIf today. The right to play golf on the site was embodied in a license drawn up by the Archbishop of St Andrews in 1552, which bound the proprietor not to plough up any part of the said golf links in all time coming. The license also confirmed the right of all citizens of St Andrews to play at golf, futeball, schueting, at all gamis with all uher, as ever they pleis and in ony time and included an extra provision which allowed the Archbishop to breed his rabbits on the links as well. Organised golf was played on the course from 1754, when twenty-two Noblemen and Gentlemen ferried the St Andrews Society of Golfers, which became the Royal and Ancient Golf Club in 1834. There are now a total of four eighteen hole links courses at St Andrews, including The New Course (dating from 1896), The Jubilee (1897) and The Eden (1914). However, the most famous of the four is undoubtedly The Old Course, with its many little pot bunkers and enormous double greens. The fourteenth hole on The Old Course is a very long par 5. It derives its nickname from one of the largest bunkers in the world of golf, Hell Bunker, which lurks unseen around 100 yards before the green and waits to catch the unwary. Over 10 feet deep at its most dangerous, Hell Bunker has trapped many of greatest players in the world of golf. Signed limited edition of 600 prints. Image size 15 inches x 19 inches (38cm x 48cm). Price £83.00
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| Old Head, Kinsale (16th Hole) by Peter Munro
Limited edition of 600 prints. Image size 15 inches x 19 inches (38cm x 48cm). Price £94.00
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| Portmarnock (18th) by Peter Munro Portmarnock, in the East of Ireland is one of the greatest of all Irish Championship Golf Courses. Signed limited edition of 350 prints. Image size 19 inches x 15 inches (48cm x 38cm). Price £72.00
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| Muirfield (18th Hole) by Peter Munro Muirfield is the home of the worlds oldest golf clubs, The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, which is a descendant of the Gentlemen Golfers who played at Leith links in the fifteenth century. The current course was originally marked out by Old Tom Morris in the 1890s and covers just over 6600 yards from the medal tees. It is a par 70, which loops cleverly to ensure that golfers will not have to play several successive holes into or against the wind. The 18th hole, like every other hole on the course, is unnamed and is a challenging and lengthy par 4. Signed limited edition of 600 prints. Image size 15 inches x 19 inches (38cm x 48cm). Price £94.00
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| Gleneagles (2nd Hole) by Peter Munro The golf courses at Gleneagles are situated in the heart of the beautiful countryside of Perthshire, nestling amongst the foothills of the Grampian mountains. Although the land was first surveyed before the First World War, the Kings and Queens courses at Gleneagles were opened in 1919. The two courses were designed by one of the great names of golf, James Braid, who was the first man to win five Open Championships. The Kings Course, a par 70 measuring 6471 yards, is around 500 yards longer than the Queens, which is a par 68, and both courses were such an immediate success that a forerunner of the Ryder Cup was staged at Gleneagles as early as 1921. In 1993, the Monarch course, the first in Scotland to be designed by Jack Nicklaus, was also opened for play. The Monarch is the third Championship course at Gleneagles and measures over 7000 yards from the back tees, making it the longest inland course in Scotland. A feature of the Monarchs is the feast of views of the spectacular countryside in which Gleneagles is set and Peter Munro has chosen to depict one of the courses most stunning holes in this, his latest work. The 2nd hole is named Wester Greenwells after the adjoining ruined croft. The most memorable par 5, with a two-tier narrow green, which rises from front to back and which is well protected by fierce bunkers and a small loch. Signed limited edition of 600 prints. Image size 15 inches x 19 inches (38cm x 48cm). Price £83.00
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| Portmarnock (18th) by Peter
Munro Portmarnock, in the East of Ireland is
one of the greatest of all Irish Championship Golf Courses.
Founded in the 1890s and offering
spectacular views of the surrounding coastline and countryside: Dublin
Bay and the Mountains of Mourne. Peter Munro has chosen the famous 18th
hole at Portmarnock as it concludes one of the most celebrated and
challenging eighteen holes in the world.
Carnoustie (14th Hole) by
Peter Munro Depicts the fourteenth hole at one of
the worlds finest golf courses, Carnoustie. Because of the shape of its
double bunkers, the fourteenth is affectionately nicknamed The
Spectacles. Once described by Walter Hagen as 'the
greatest and toughest course in the British Isles', the links at
Carnoustie are one of the most difficult in the world when the wind
starts to blow. Famous for the challenging burns which traverse the
links, Carnoustie is also particularly renowned for its tough finishing
stretch.
Waterville, County Kerry (12th Hole) by
Peter MunroThe Belfry (18th Hole) by
Peter Munro
Old Head, Kinsale (16th Hole) by
Peter Munro K Club (7th Hole) by
Peter Munro
Royal County Down (9th) by
Peter Munro Royal County Down is a
long-established links course with stunning views of the coast of
Northern Ireland and some of the most picturesque and challenging holes
in Irish golf. The ninth at Royal County Down crosses
hill and valley to reach a beautiful and well-guarded plateau green to
conclude what many people consider to be the finest nine holes in golf. |
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