Hi, I’m Dave Sansom.

I photograph golf clubs for a living—which is a pretty good way to spend a career if you like beautiful landscapes, interesting people, early mornings, and occasionally standing on a ladder before breakfast.

After nearly 17 years and more than 250 clubs across the U.S. and abroad, I’m still fascinated by how different every one of them feels.

That’s really what I’m trying to capture.

Not simply what a golf course looks like, but what it feels like to be there: the first light hitting a fairway, mist hanging in a valley, a clubhouse glowing in the evening, a familiar view from a tee, or one of those rare moments when the light, the land, and the architecture all decide to cooperate at the same time.

I work with private clubs, resorts, golf course architects, developers, and management companies to create photography that tells the larger story of a property. Golf is obviously a big part of that story, but not the whole thing. Clubhouses... both interiors and exteriors, landscapes, wildlife, details, personalities—all of it helps make a club feel like its own place.

Most of my work starts at ground level, from the same perspective a golfer experiences the course. Sometimes I’m standing in the fairway. Sometimes I’m in the rough. Sometimes I’m on a ladder wondering why I didn’t get a taller one!

And always, I’m there before sunrise.

That’s my favorite time to work. The course is quiet, the light is changing by the minute, and there’s a short window when everything feels fresh and slightly unpredictable. Those are often the moments that produce my favorite photographs.

I use aerial photography too, but with restraint. Drones are wonderful for showing scale, routing, and context, but I’ve never wanted them to take over the story. The strongest collections, to me, still feel human—natural, believable, and rooted in the experience of actually being there.

Over the years, my photographs have been used for club branding and marketing, architecture portfolios, editorial projects, books, resort collateral, and fine art. The assignment may change, but my approach stays pretty simple:Find what makes the place distinctive.

Be there when the light gets good.

And create photographs that make someone want to be there.

That’s the job.

And I still really enjoy it.

Welcome. Take a look around.

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