Golf at Greenhills

Golfed at Greenhills Golf Club yesterday. Very hot, very humid, but I like the heat, I usually play better. This is hole number 17. I was sitting to the left of the ladies tee box waiting. Yes, that is a tree in the middle of the fairway. If you hit a high ball its an easy hole, if you don't, it can be challenging to go under, thru or around. I hit my seven wood very high, so I have no problem to go over, then a wedge over the creek and on to the green, but I three putted for a bogey!

Sketchbook: Greenhills

Weekend of Golf

Canada Day Long weekend included lots of golf! On Saturday, we played RattleSnake Point Golf Club in Milton. On Sunday, we played Blue Springs Golf Club in Action. And Monday back to Greenhills to play in Canada Day Tournament.

 

While golfing I only have time for quick ink sketch. I apply watercolour when I get home.

 

Sketchbook, Rattlesnake Point

Sketchbook, Bluespring

Golf for a Cure

KOLF No. 13, Quotes

This is the drawing I am donating to Golf for a Cure to be held at Greenhills Golf Club on Tuesday, July 24.

Bobby Jones, arguably the best golfer that ever lived, said such things as ... "Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots, you get good breaks from bad shots - but you have to play the ball where it lies." This is the quote I started this piece of artwork with.I admire Bobby Jones not only because he was the most successful amateur golfer that ever lived. He exemplified the principles of sportsmanship and fair play. The most widely known incident - he called a two-stroke penalty on himself, and lost a tournament by one stroke. I believe golf is played against yourself or "old man par" as Jones said.

The golf hole pictured here is based on Greenhill's Hole No. 2, a long par five. It may be slightly downhill, but is always difficult to reach in 3 shots, as it is guarded by 4 sand traps.

Second Round, First 18

April 6th, Good Friday, weather warm enought to play golf, London, ON Canada. I was expecting it to be busier at Greenhills Golf Course, therefore waiting more, therefore drawing more, but there was no waiting. First chance to sketch was hole no 13, then a short wait on hole no 15, shown here. Had just enough time for very fast sketch, then added a little more when I got home. Happy to have day off and be golfing!

First Nine Holes

First nine holes of season and its March 25 ... seventeen degrees and sunny! Fast sketch started on Hole no. 3 at Greenhills Golf Course, worked on it again while waiting on no 5. Bare trees, but very green grass for so early. My golf game.... right from first swing, my driver works! the rest of my game always could use some improvement.

Spring weather

Missing golf... had to sketch a golf course tonight. This is hole number 13 at Greenhills from photo taken couple of years ago. This week is going to be warm enough to golf, but really, the conditions are not good enough to golf. As much as I want to get out there, walking on course too soon will do damage.

Greenhills No. 3



Greenhills No. 3 Sketch

Sunday afternoon golf at Greenhills. Quick sketch started to wait on hole no. 3 then finished by hole no. 6. Waited too much, so only played 9 holes. Feels like a nine hole course!

Golf Quotes

I received an email a couple weeks ago, with famous golf quotes superimposed on amazing golf courses photography. Some more searching turned up hundreds of quotes by many famous, not so famous and unkown persons. In this peice of artwork I have incorporated some golf quotes that relate to how I feel about the game. Of course, certain quotes bring to mind a specific person... everyone know someone who has thrown the putter!

This is a drawing in the KOLF series. "Walking down any fairway you can sense the tradition and history of the sport. You can almost feel the presence of the likes of Bobby Jones and Babe Zaharias." The hole depicted here is based on Number 1 at Greenhills.
To see more of this series and other works of my art, visit Sunset Gallery in Grand Bend, between July 10 and 23, where I will be the feature artist.

Friday Night Golf

Played nine holes of golf on friday night. I started double bogey, bogey, then I did this quick sketch on hole number three. A change of pace, getting my mind focused on being there "at the golf course" ... not thinking about work, what I should be doing at home, etc. made all the difference to my game. I then made par on the next 5 holes, then a bogey and ended with a par, for a 39. Very happy with that nine holes.

The Golf Seaon Ends

Greenhills No. 18 (9.5" x 6.5" Ink and Graphite, on pastel paper)

The 18th hole at Greenhills, a long par 5 with a pond on the left and a creek on the right is a tough finishing hole. After a great summer of golfing, the season is finished for me. Usually that means more time for art, but this winter it means more work. Not in a bad way. I am looking forward to doing some administration work with the London Potters Guild. This is an impressive organization that has bought and renovated an historic building in east London. The London Potters Guild is located at the London Clay Art Centre, 664 Dundas Street, London. "The Guild provides a genuinely warm and friendly environment for classes, workshops and clay art production."

Hole in One

Artwork for a "hole in one" at Greenhills. I have drawn a couple pictures of this hole in the past, so my challenge here was to make it more interesting for me to draw. I happen to have a few reference shots of him, so I have added the ghosted image of him, drawn in the similar style as my KOLF series.



Hole in One, Greenhills No. 3 (6.5" x 9.5", Ink and Graphite)

Greenhills No. 1

Greenhills, No. 1 (9" x 13", Ink and Graphite) This is the last drawing for The "Canadian Amputee Golf Association" tournament to be held at Greenhills Golf course in July. I have already completed the other nine smaller drawings of various holes at the course. This one is larger and is for the overall winner. I started this drawing on Saturday morning, and then worked on it before work this morning and finished it this afternoon. Because I am so familiar with this course, I find it easy to imagine the three-dimensional space working from the two-dimensional photo reference.