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iPad Pro artists take a swing at capturing the PGA Players Championship
The PGA Tour hit a hole in one when it asked four iPad artists to capture the Players Championship this weekend.
While I appreciate the love many have for golf, it’s never been a sport I put on my calendar. But when you combine it with stunning landscape artwork from iPad Pro artists, it’s hard not to take a second look.
It’s the tack the PGA Tour took at the Players Championship over the weekend: The PGA invited several iPad Pro artists to stroll the green at TPC Sawgrass, sketching the course, crowds, players, swings, and more.
This isn’t the first time the PGA Tour has experimented with alternative artistic coverage of the sport: In 2016, the organization commissioned a photographer to capture the event solely with his iPhone. 2017 brings four artists illustrators to the course, along with their iPad Pro and Pencil of choice. Two of the illustrators, Kristian Champagne and Paul Winter, are senior graphic designers and illustrators on the PGA Tour’s staff; the other two, Jim Con…