Jim Nantz

A family connection to Pebble’s founder.

- Kelli Uldall

IN 2012, shortly after we moved into our home at Pebble Beach, I spent a morning strolling about the colonnade at The Lodge, getting a feel for the surroundings. I walked into my favorite shop, a golf antiquity and collectibles store called Golf Links to the Past, one of the best on the planet. After exchanging greetings with the man in charge, Kip Opgrand, I glanced at his offerings. Within seconds, my eyes fell on a large painting propped on the floor. Moving closer, I saw it was a stunning landscape of a scene at Pebble Beach, with a hint of Stillwater Cove peeking through. It was enormous, and I immediately envisioned it hanging on the wall of our dining room. “Guess who the painter is?” Kip said. I stooped down and saw in the corner the signature, SFBM, 1968. I bolted upright. “That’s right, it’s by Sam Morse,” Kip said, smiling. “It’s an original. It just came in yesterday.”