THE JACK NICKLAUS of golf artists is a 52-year-old man who lives in Flagstaff, Ariz., named Lee Wybranski. Wybranski has provided the artwork for about two dozen USGA posters over the years, depicting courses that many golfers, Nicklaus among them, know well. Shinnecock Hills and Oakmont and Pebble Beach. More recently, working with Nicklaus and in watercolor, Amen Corner called his name.
Wybranski, in a new work, has reimagined the iconic par-3 12th hole at Augusta National, populating its green lawn, in between the tee and Rae’s Creek, with six depictions of Nicklaus in action. There’s never been an artwork quite like it. Any student of Nicklaus will recognize the six iconic moments Wybranski captures from the Nicklaus-at-Augusta canon:
• Nicklaus’ first Masters win, in ’63, Big Jack in the…