The 14th& 4th Holes, Championship Course
Carnoustie, as we know it today, had its first ten holes laid out by Allen Robertson in 1842 under the title of Carnoustie and Taymouth Golf Club. Twenty-five years later Tom Morris extended it to a full 18 holes. The first Open was played in 1931 and was won by an expatriate Scot, Tommy Armout. Henry Cotton won in 1937. The third winner of The Open at Carhoustie was acclaimed the greatest of them all, before or since, Ben Hogan in 1953. 1968 was won by Gary Player and the last victor was Tom Watson, who beat Jack Newton in an 18 hole play-off in 1975.

The 18th Hole at Muirfield, 447 Yards, Par 4, The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, Gullane, Scotland
The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers has been playing golf since 1741, originally on the Leith Links, then on the Musselburgh Links and finally to the Muirfield Links. The first winner of the Open at Muirfield was Harold H. Hilton in 1892. Since then there has been a long list of illustrious winners at this very prestigious venue who include Harry Vardon, James Braid, Walter Hagen, Henry Cotton, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Nick Faldo.

The 18th Hole, 473 Yards, Par 4, The Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England
The Open Golf Championship was first played over this great seaside links course in 1954 when the legendary Australian player, Peter Thomson, won his first Open with an aggregate score of 283. Royal Birkdale has been the venue of many events including the Ryder, Curtis and Walker Cups, as well as six Open Championships. Great play has come with these events-the spectacular shot to the green from behind a bush by Arnold Palmer in his prime (now commemorated by a plaque) to win the 1961 Open; Trevino recording a seven at the 71st hole and still winning; and Tom Watson winning his fifth Open in nine years.

The 17th Hole, Royal Dornoch Golf Club, Dornoch, Scotland
Next to the old cathedral town of Dornoch, birthplace of Donald Ross, is one of the finest and most famous golf courses in the world. Golf has been played here for hundreds of years on the links land beside the cold North Sea waters. Organization as a golf club came in 1877 and it was not until the spring of 1886 that Tom Morris extended the course from nine to eighteen holes. On first sight of the location he was charmed by the terrain and remarked, There canna be a better found for golf.

The 18th Hole, 465 Yards, Par 4, The Royal Lytham and St. Annes Golf Club, Lytham St. Annes, England
Founded in 1886, it was in 1926 that Lytham earned instant fame, the year that legendary Bobby Jones won his first title in Britain. Playing with Al Watrous at the 71st hole, Watrous was on the green intwo. Jones was in a sandy waste 175 yards from the green hidden from view, with little chance of the then hickory-shafted club dispatching a ball that distance to the green. A plaque marks the spot upon which Jones nipped his mashie-iron perfectly when as Bernard Darwin observed later, "a teaspoon more sand would have meant irretrievable ruin."

The 17th Hole, 427 Yards, Par 4, The Royal St. George's Golf Club, Sandwich, England
Golf has been played at the Royal St. George's Golf Club since 1887. Incredulous though it may seem, seven years later they hosted their first Open Golf Championship. The fickle wind can be a huge factor at the 427 yard 17th, where in one round of the 1985 Open, Seve Ballesteros failed to reach the raised green with two wood shots in the morning and then Sandy Lyle got home with a driver and a nine-iron in the afternoon.

The 8th Hole, 126 Yards, Par 3, Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon, Scotland
The Postage Stamp came into being in the winter of 1909-10. Later in 1910, in a Scotland versus England match, the famous quartet of James Braid, Sandy Herd, J.H. Taylor and Harry Vardon failed to master the hole, but immediately wrote a letter of unanimous approval. This famous hole, with a view of the beautiful Isle of Arran in the distance, is the shortest of all holes of the Open Championship Courses, and has withstood the rigors of six "Opens": 1923, 1950, 1962, 1973, 1982 and 1989. In the first round of the 1973 Open Championship, Gene Sarazen holed in one and followed with a two in the second round.

The 17th Hole, 223 Yards, Par 3, Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon, Scotland
The first clubhouse at the Royal Troon Golf Club was a Caledonia railway carriage with the wheels removed, which was soon replaced by a modest wooden building in 1879. In 1885 a committee approved plans to build the present clubhouse, in some respects similar to the Royal and Ancient Clubhouse in St. Andrews, at a cost not to exceed £1900. The 17th Hole, named Rabbit, with its location as the penultimate hole, has proved over the years a formidable task for many players nearing completion of a major championship. It brings to mind the club's motto: Tam arte quam marte - As much by skill as by strength.

The 18th Hole "Craigend," 452 Yards, Par 4, The Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon, Scotland
Royal Troon Golf Club was formed in 1878 with 58 members and five holes fashioned out of heather, whins and dunes. This same turf was the scene of the Open's first three-man playoff with Mark Calcavecchia defeating Greg Norman and Wayne Grady in 1989. Royal Troon has hosted seven Open Golf Championships with such great champions as Arnold Palmer, Tom Weiskopf, Tom Watson and in 1997 Justin Leonard.

The 14th Hole, 567 Yards, Par 5, The Old Course, St. Andrews, Scotland
Mr. James Balfour wrote of the links in 1887: "If there be added to its golfing charms the charms of all its surrounding - the grand history of St. Andrews and its sacred memories - its delightful air - the song of its numberless larks, which nestle among the whins - the scream of the sea-birds flying overhead - the blue sea dotted with a few fishing boats - the noise of its waves - the Bay of Eden as seen from a high hole when the tide is full - the venerable towers and the broken outline of the ancient city, and in the distance the Forfarshire coast, with the range of the Sidlaws, and, further off, the Grampian Hills, it may be truly said that, probably, no portion of ground of the same size on the whole surface of the globe has afforded so much innocent enjoyment to so many people of all ages from two to eighty-nine, and during so many generations."

The 17th Hole, "The Road Hole", The Old Course, 461 Yards, Par 4, The Royal and Ancient Golf Club Of St. Andrews
The most famous golf tournament in the world returns to an equally famous golf course - The Old Course at St. Andrews - every few years. First played here in 1873, the tournament was won by Tom Kidd with a score of 179 from a then-record entry of 26 players. "The Road Hole," scene of so many historic shots, great and ghastly, plays havoc in the player's mind with the very thought of the gathering deadly embrace of the Road Bunker, and the awareness of the macadamized hazard beyond the green.

The Swilcan Bridge, The Old Course at St Andrews
The golf world's penultimate landmark - The Swilcan Bridge crossing the Swilcan Burn on the 18th Hole of The Old Course at St. Andrews - marks the first time that Linda Hartough has focused her considerable talents on both an historic structure and a breathtaking course landscape. From Old Tom Morris and Wille Park, to Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods, the Swilcan Bridge has come to represent the crowning moment of each Open Championship played at The Old Course. As the player crests the Swilcan Bridge and pauses to acknowledge the spectators, flashbulbs erupt and the images resonate through history. Linda's unique perspective - which transcends any photographic image - captures not only this hallowed stone bridge, but also the intrinsic beauty of the Village of St. Andrews. With the Royal and Ancient Clubhouse looming majestically in the background, The Swilcan Bridge is sure to become one of Linda's most recognized works.

New in 2010: The Road Hole at Dawn, St Andrews by Linda Hartough is now available on canvas measuring 10" x 20".

New in 2010: The 9th Hole, "Bruce's Castle", Turnberry Golf Club by Linda Hartough is now available on canvas measuring 10" x 20".

10th Hole, "Dinna Fouter", 452 Yards, Par 4, The Turnberry Golf Club, Turnberry, Scotland
The Turnberry Hotel, in Scotland's south west Ayrshire coast, was built at the turn of the century and has maintained its' tradition of Edwardian elegance. The inaugural Open Golf Championship of 1977 culminated in the now historical shoot-out between Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus, with Watson the eventual winner. In that Turnberry is beyond compare is probably best summed up in a tribute by Henry Longhurst, by saying that, "in those long periods inseparable from wartime service, when there is nothing to do but sit and think, I used often to find myself sitting and thinking of the time when once again we might be playing at Turnberry."

New in 2010: The 11th & 12th Holes, "Monument", Turnberry Golf Club by Linda Hartough is now available on canvas measuring 10" x 20".