Split Tee

Billy McCarroll (R.C.A. 2009) played competitively in the sport of golf during his youth in Santa Barbara, California. Receiving a golf scholarship to the California State University, McCarroll changed his direction and left with an Master's degree in Visual Art in 1969.The multi-media artist has spent the last 30 years as an instructor, artist and jazz musician at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta. He taught printmaking, drawing and painting from 1971 to 1994 and was director/curator at the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery from 1972 to 1981.He is best known for his witty paintings and prints about the game of golf. He was inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Art in 2009.