Golf is the focus of a new art exhibit at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art

The Oklahoma City Museum of Art has assembled an exhibit that examines the sport of golf.

 
BY JOHN BRANDENBURG | Published: July 31, 2012   

Visitors who love golf, and those who don’t, are apt to give it more respect — in Rodney Dangerfield terms — after seeing a show about the sport and its origins at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. “The Art of Golf” is organized by Atlanta’s High Museum of Art and the National Galleries of Scotland.

photo - “Tom Morris, Sr.,” a 1903 oil on canvas by Sir George Reid.  Photo courtesy of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews
“Tom Morris, Sr.,” a 1903 oil on canvas by Sir George Reid. Photo courtesy of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews

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Participants probably had no trouble keeping cool “Playing Games on the Ice” of a golf-like game called “kolf,” wearing dark hats and clothes, as depicted in a 1654 oil panel by Dutch...
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