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

The Open 2023 Preview: Liverpool’s Irish connection, this generation’s greatest putter and in-form Rory’s return St Andrews in Scotland is universally known as the Home of Golf. Everybody, everywhere, knows all about St Andrews. On the other hand, it’s fair to say that Royal Liverpool Golf Club, the venue for […] The post The Open 2023 Preview: Liverpool’s Irish connection, this generation’s greatest putter and in-form Rory’s return appeared first on Carr Golf Travel ..read more

There are two great movies for true golf aficionados. ‘A Stroke of Genius’ which chronicled the life of Bobby Jones, and ‘The Greatest Game Ever Played’, a biographical sports movie based on Francis Ouimet and his surprising victory over the legendary Harry Vardon in the 1913 US Open, played at […] The post The US Open Preview by Roddy Carr appeared first on Carr Golf Travel ..read more

Smyth & Carr to host 2023 Irish Legends Ryder Cup and Walker Cup heroes to host the third largest event on the Legends Tour at Seapoint Golf Links, 22nd-25th June 2023 Des Smyth, the former Ryder Cup and European Tour star and his fellow former Tour professional-turned-Irish golf business aficionado […] The post Des Smyth & Roddy Carr to host the 2023 Irish Legends appeared first on Carr Golf Travel ..read more

‘Mano A Mano’ At Augusta Well, what a fascinating event to attend and follow through the weekend. Dramatic, unpredictable and packed with undercurrents, flashbacks, reverence, blasts from the past and sad pictures of Tiger’s looming demise. Most exciting of all, it featured a classic duel between the two best players […] The post ‘Mano A Mano’ At Augusta appeared first on Carr Golf Travel ..read more