A beautiful art work of the 12th hole at Augusta National was Michelle Obama's gift to her husband for Christmas in 2020. It is by Valentino Dixon, and you can see more of his incredible golf art at this link. When you scroll down, there is even one of the Royal Melbourne.
Valentino Dixon's instagram post is here.
Valentino Dixon was wrongly convicted of murder and was imprisoned for 27 years. He was finally freed and exonerated in September 2018, due in no small part to the coverage by Golf Digest and in particular, by their investigative reporter Max Adler. Here is a link to the Golf Digest wrap of Dixon's release.
Excerpt from that Golf Digest link:
Although Dixon had never hit a ball or even stepped foot on a course, the game hooked him when a golfing warden brought in a photograph of Augusta National’s 12th hole for the inmate to render as a favor. In the din and darkness of his stone cell, the placid composition of grass, sky, water and trees spoke to Dixon. And the endless permutations of bunkers and contours gave him a subject he could play with.
“The guys can’t understand,” Dixon has said. “They always say I don’t need to be drawing this golf stuff. I know it makes no sense, but for some reason my spirit is attuned to this game.”
An update on Dixon from October 2020 is here at Golf Digest - Golf World
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