When one thinks of the nexus of fine art and golf, George Pietzcker photographs, Valentino Dixon drawings, and Andy Warhol’s Jack Nicklaus silkscreen paintings may come to mind. But when it comes to resorts that draw an equal number of avid golfers as art connoisseurs, Nemacolin, home to a pair of Pete Dye beauties and over 1,600 works of art (three-quarters of which are currently on view), with dozens of pieces perched adjacent to airways, greens and tee boxes, is in a league of its own.

Nemacolin, owned by Lumber 84 CEO Maggie Hardy, is poised to draw more golfers and art aficionados following a substantial transformation. A recently wrapped-up, three-year, $500 million upgrade refreshed multiple touch points across the 2,200-acre resort including a refresh of The Chateaux, a hotel modeled after the Ritz in Paris where a 17-room club level with a private dining lounge was added, a sweeping revamp of The Grand Lodge where rooms were converted into suites, and a complete makeover of the golf academy.

The Hardy Family art collection, started by the building materials company late founder Joseph Hardy and continued by his daughter Maggie Hardy and her son PJ, is a vast and varied trove of paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, old maps and works on paper.

“The Hardy’s collected from the heart. It wasn’t necessary an investment, they wanted to collect what made them happy and what they wanted to share with other people,” Chantal Bernicky, the Hardy family art director, said adding that this focus has continued generationally. But while Mr. Hardy, who was the principal of the collection for decades collected both living and deceased artists, Maggie and PJ have primarily shown a predilection for acquiring the works of active artists.

Contemporary names on display in the collection include Brooklyn-based Dustin Yellin, known for his ‘frozen cinema’—layered collage laminated glass sculptures—and Valencian artist Manolo Valdés, a key figure in Equipo Crónica who has had major retrospectives in Guggenheim Bilbao and Museo Reina Sofía.

Nemacolin offers multiple art tours and new this year has been underwriting events with Pittsburgh institutions the Warhol Museum and the Carnegie Museum of Art and bringing in rotating shows into the resort. But even golfers who stick to the links will find themselves playing alongside dozens of outdoor sculptures as they wend their way around Shepherd’s Rock and Mystic Rock.

At Mystic Rock, which hosted the PGA Tour’s 84 Lumber Classic in the early oughts, even singles really don’t play alone. A statue of 34-time PGA Tour winner Vijay Singh welcomes golfers enroute to the opening tee, while a dapper Gene Sarazen, “the Squire,” looks out over the fairway on No. 2. Brawny and bronzed, a figuration of John Daly in full gripping-and-ripping glory looms in a pond by a waterfall adjacent to the 5^th green and an 8’4 depiction of Chief Nemacolin, the leader of the Delaware Nation and resort namesake, stands sentinel by the back tees of No. 16. The latter two figures are both the handiwork of acclaimed Ohio-based sculptor Alan Cottrill, who was a friend of Joseph Hardy. There are statues of golf luminaries at many courses, but having so many on one track is unique.

One of the most photographed works on the course where many foursomes grab a group shot is a gigantic picture frame by London based sculptor Wendy Taylor that was executed from 1990-91, and purchased by Maggie long before selfie spots became a thing.

“You can have a moment where you turn a corner and about to take your next drive and are like…wait what? It’s always about getting that aesthetic experience at the same time as you are having that golf experience,” Bernicky added.

And no matter what their scorecard reads, golfers will leave Mystic Rock with good vibes as they scope out Doyle Svenby’s ‘Hole Lotta Love,’ a giant metal heart sculpture perched on a berm overlooking No. 18.

Meanwhile, sister course Shepherd’s Rock, which meanders through the Allegheny range and features more dramatic elevation changes than its neighboring track, is also replete with sculptures. Playing off the course’s pastoral namesake, there are a myriad bronze sculptures of sheep by the tee areas by Jill Schwaiko, a sculptor inspired by the rock art of the Anasazi ruins, particularly the big horn sheep petroglyphs.

There are flesh and blood Icelandic sheep, that can often be seen grazing by the course and golfers can sometimes hear lions roaring when they reach the green on No. 5. The big cats reside in one of the resort’s nearby wildlife habitats.

Golfers with a penchant for modern abstract industrial minimalism will get a kick out of seeing a work by Esmoreit Koetsier, known for his colorful metal creations, popping up to the left of a green complex on the back nine.

“We are just going to grow this collection outside. Art is part of the experience of this interaction that we want and we are lucky to have the golf courses as welcoming grounds for these sculptures,” Bernicky explained.