Final Shot with Kirsteen Pieterse

Louie Chan talks to the Scottish-born, Hong Kong-based sculptor about her best ever round and who would be in her dream fourball

Do you have a favourite course?

I have 3. Turnberry in Ayrshire, New South Wales in Sydney and Kau Sai Chau North Course in Hong Kong. They are all similar; in isolated locations with dramatic landscapes.  

Who would be in your dream fourball?

Nancy Lopez, she is who my dad always used as an example to me, "hit the ball hard like Nancy Lopez". I don't think I ever saw her play on TV, women's golf wasn't very visible then, but I liked the fact he didn't use a male golfer as an example to motivate me. 

Seve Ballesteros of course. He was amazing and so handsome. I think he would have been fun to play with and I had a book of his 'get out of trouble' shots which I studied and enjoyed. His imagination was inspiring. 

My dad, Jim Bunting. He knows my game better than I do and can still club me better than I can myself, even though we only play together every July. And I'd like to play as well as I can in Seve and Nancy Lopez's company. 

Kirsteen Pieterse is a truly international artist as well as a Hong Kong golfer. Born in Ayrshire, Scotland, Kirsteen graduated from the Glasgow School of Art before moving to London to complete her MA in Architecture. She emigrated to Australia in 2001 and won acclaim and numerous sculpture prizes before moving to Hong Kong in 2009 where she now lives and works. Frequent flyers will recognise her installation “Clouds Peak" in the Cathay Pacific (The Pier) Business Class lounge (with more soon!), and more pieces can be seen at www.kirsteenpieterse.com 

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Written by Louie Chan

Photography by David Cannon

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