Golf as we know it was played in Scotland throughout the 1400s, but it was not until 1764 that the first 18-hole course was created on the St Andrews Links. There are many ancient variations of club and ball games, from Song Dynasty China (960–1279) to 13th-century Holland.
This Curation looks from early 17th-century Dutch colf to a 2004 statue of distinguished Scottish professional golfer Ben Sayers. Lavery's sunny golf course at North Berwick, Mancini's young golfer in a kilt and Ian Greig's sympathetic 1946 portrait of Toby Johnson, the last caddy master of North Berwick Golf Club, are among my own favourites.
Whether your game is played mainly off the fairway or out of the rough, if you love golf, this Curation is for you.
Esaias van de Velde I (1587–1630)
Oil on oak
H 25.9 x W 30.4 cm
The National Gallery, London
Adriaen van de Velde (1636–1672)
Oil on oak
H 30.3 x W 36.4 cm
The National Gallery, London
Pieter de Hooch (1629–1684)
Oil on panel
H 63.5 x W 46.5 cm
National Trust, Polesden Lacey
David Allan (1744–1796)
Oil on canvas
H 129.5 x W 105.1 cm
National Galleries of Scotland
Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760–1803) (after)
Oil on panel
H 40.6 x W 29.2 cm
National Trust for Scotland, Hill of Tarvit Mansionhouse & Garden
Charles Lees (1800–1880)
Oil on canvas
H 131 x W 214 cm
National Galleries of Scotland
George Earl (1824–1908)
Oil on canvas
H 77.2 x W 115.2 cm
National Railway Museum
Robert Clarkson (c.1853–1924)
Oil on canvas
H 35.5 x W 96.5 cm
Atkinson Art Gallery Collection
Charles Andrew Sellar (1855–1926)
Oil on board
H 54 x W 36.8 cm
Perth & Kinross Council
Briton Riviere (1840–1920)
Oil on canvas
H 127 x W 101.6 cm
Nottingham City Museums & Galleries
Joseph Syddall (1864–1942)
Wood
H 40 x W 8 x D 10 cm
Chesterfield Museum & Art Gallery
William Reid Dick (1878–1961)
Bronze
H 40 cm
National Trust, Knightshayes Court
Edmund Walter Wimperis (1865–1946)
Oil on paper
H 25.5 x W 35 cm
Towner
Antonio Mancini (1852–1930)
Oil on canvas
H 213.3 x W 152.2 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries
John Archibald Alexander Berrie (1887–1962)
Oil on canvas
H 127 x W 101.6 cm
North Yorkshire Council
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Kyffin Williams (1918–2006)
Oil on board
H 20.3 x W 26.7 cm
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales
Alfred Egerton Cooper (1883–1974)
Oil on canvas
H 116.8 x W 91.5 cm
Royal Air Force Museum
Harold Riley (1934–2023)
Oil on canvas
H 101 x W 76 cm
University of Salford
Terry Duffy (b.1948)
Oil on paper
H 147 x W 108 cm
Leicestershire County Council Artworks Collection
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Joseph Syddall (1864–1942)
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Terry Duffy (b.1948)
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John Lavery (1856–1941)
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Harold Riley (1934–2023)
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Robert Clarkson (c.1853–1924)
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Sidney Pike (1846–1907)
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Edmund Walter Wimperis (1865–1946)
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Ed Robinson
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Charles Andrew Sellar (1855–1926)
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William Bradley (1801–1857)
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