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For the  week that’s in it.

He was the Rory of the day.

Joe Carr, Ireland’s first representive at the Masters in Augusta National, U.S.A in 1967.

Philip Read, of the Irish Times, wrote on the passing of Carr in 2004:

As Peter Alliss, the celebrated Ryder Cup golfer and broadcaster, asserted Carr was the finest amateur golfer in these islands over more than 20 years, during which he won 40 championships and was involved with 11 successive Walker Cup teams, 10 of them as a player.

Amateur!

J.B. Carr

seve

For the weekend that appears to be in it.

Seve Ballesteros could put a ball anywhere from the trees to the middle of a fairway.

Tom Watson said in the Irish Times in April 1983 after Seve’s second Masters win:

“Seve is an aggressive, flamboyant type of player. He’s an Arnold Palmer type of competitor. When he’s playing well, he can shoot the lights out”.

 

Seve would have turned 56 this week.

Previously: Augusta Defiance