The Open is the greatest ‘major’ golf event of them all. It is truly the peoples’ tournament. This year 240,000 spectators will grace the dunes of the Ayrshire coast, overlooking the Irish Sea. There, at Royal Troon, they will witness who will become the Champion Golfer of the Year. It […] The post Preview Of The 152nd Open Championship At Royal Troon appeared first on Carr Golf Travel ..read more

One of the great things about golf is that you can play it until you get very old. This sets the sport apart from most other active ball sports, where ‘father time’ dictates that it’s time to stop before your hurt yourself. The handicap system also ensures that both young […] The post Blasts from the Past at the OFX Irish Legends at Seapoint appeared first on Carr Golf Travel ..read more

I remember distinctly my first experience playing on ‘browns’. It was in my early years, on tour in the Nigerian Open in the 1970s. It took me completely by surprise to play golf to flat greens, that were just oiled sand, that had been rolled early that morning. They didn’t […] The post Roddy Carr Previews The 2024 Us Open appeared first on Carr Golf Travel ..read more

The names of the holes on Valhalla this week give some insight into the DNA and personality of the course designed by Jack Nicklaus in 1986. The 3rd ‘Honest Abe’, 7th ‘Genuine Risk’, 8th ‘Float Like a Butterfly,’ 12th ‘Sting Like a Bee’ 14th ‘On The Rocks’ and 18th ‘Photo […] The post Roddy Carr Previews the 2024 PGA Championship appeared first on Carr Golf Travel ..read more

There is something very grounding about the deep rich green colour that is known as Augusta Green. It’s actually Pantone 342, which would be the kind of streak my father would have loved on any course he attacked. He loved 2’s on his card as he reckoned they made up […] The post AUGUSTA GREEN 2024 appeared first on Carr Golf Travel ..read more

It is hard to believe ‘Pop’ as we called him left us 20 years ago at the age of 83. I often think of him when I look at where the game of professional golf is at present and the effect it is having on the image of the game […] The post Happy Birthday JB Carr appeared first on Carr Golf Travel ..read more

Roddy Carr December 2023 It’s great to see Christy and my father JB at the ages of 46 & 48 in the twilight of their careers promoting Irish golf in this 1970s Golf in Ireland video.  They were the two most famous names in Irish golf for 25 years during […] The post Ireland – Where Golf is the Most Natural Thing in the World appeared first on Carr Golf Travel ..read more

Not many come to Ireland for the sun, but the World Invitational Father and Daughter Golf Tournament always brings a unique warmth to Waterville, on the republic’s south-western tip. For the 15th edition in July 2023, in the middle of Ireland’s wettest July on record, the biggest surprise seemed to […] The post Creating Something Bigger Than Ourselves: The World Invitational Father and Daughter Golf Tournament appeared first on Carr Golf Travel ..read more

Roddy Carr previews the 2023 Ryder Cup Rome, where history whispers through the Colosseum’s ancient stones, once again plays host to a gladiatorial battle as the Ryder Cup heads to the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club. Seve Ballesteros was golf’s greatest gladiator. His Spanish matador ‘win or die’ passion […] The post Gladiators set for battle in Rome appeared first on Carr Golf Travel ..read more

From humble beginning as a caddie, caddie master and maintenance crew member, Ron Kirby became one of the world’s most highly respected golf course architects and a Fellow of the American Association of Golf Course Architects, during his five-decade golf design career. Ron was never an ego guy. It wasn’t […] The post Ron Kirby – Farewell my friend appeared first on Carr Golf Travel ..read more