"The Opening Tee Shot"

"The Opening Tee Shot" by Steven Anthony Salerno. Visit SASgolf.com

"The Opening Tee Shot" by Steven Anthony Salerno. Visit SASgolf.com

I recently released a new limited edition golf art print, available on my site SASgolf.com, entitled, "The Opening Tee Shot." 

This nostalgic drawing depicts an early 1930's scene from the North South Women's Championship, held at Pinehurst, with one of the top ranked female players of the day hitting her opening drive off the 1st tee. The sizable gallery intently watches the flight of the ball. With a minimal, impressionistic background of a hazy fairway and shadowy bank of pine trees, this drawing also has over a hundred and thirty distinct characters in the gallery, seen in their period fedoras, caps, suits, furs, dresses, and knickers... with the player on the tee at center stage, poised in her lanky follow through, looking equally fashionable. The original art was created with pastel, crayon, and gouache on paper, with added digital color enhancements.

Posted here is a full view, as well as a close-up detail of the main player hitting her drive.