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oth Dost’s father and brother were profes- sional athletes, so it was no surprise that Joann excelled at sports.


Climbing through the ranks as a junior golfer, Dost proceeded to play on the Australian Tour before making the LPGA Tour in the late 1970s. Dost played professionally


for fi ve years, with tournaments taking her around the globe. But her travels inside the U.S. were just as memorable. Dost was fortunate to call Lee Tre- vino her mentor, once receiving a week of personal instruction from him in El Paso, and twice going to the Masters as his guest.


Dost collected seven top 10s


on the LPGA Tour, includ- ing a third-place fi nish at the Canadian Women’s Open. But of all the places she saw


during her travels, it was the Monterey Peninsula that called to her.


The beauty of the area had


always struck her from the air when she fl ew into Monterey during prior visits. Such a stun- ning landscape provided the setting for many of America’s greatest golf courses. It had also magnetized and inspired famous and aspiring artists of all media to respond with their creative pursuits.


Dost would be the next. Just prior to the 1982


U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, America’s preeminent landscape photographer Ansel Adams recommended Dost to photo- graph for the offi cial champion- ship publication. Adams poured over Dost’s portfolio of black and white prints and color transparencies for four hours at his house before making the life-changing recommendation. “Ansel saw that I used two


of his photo techniques: full- frame sharpness from using


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