Roddy Carr looks back on the golden age of The Irish Open

Today’s generation will not have the fond memories of many older golfers in this country, who remember making the annual pilgrimage to what was recognized, outside of GAA events, as the biggest sporting event of the year in Ireland. The golden years of the Irish Open were 1975 to 1995. When the world’s greatest names […]
Preview Of The 152nd Open Championship At Royal Troon

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 was also at Royal Troon […]
Roddy Carr Previews The 2024 Us Open

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 take spin. The ball just plonked […]
Roddy Carr Previews the 2024 PGA Championship

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 Finish’. The last two winners […]
Gladiators set for battle in Rome

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.
‘Mano A Mano’ At Augusta

‘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 from two opposing factions in […]
WC – Bill Thompson Remembered
At Sutton Golf Club through the years, I always introduced Bill to my overseas friends by his two infamous nicknames, “Reasonable Bill’ and ‘Rent-a Row Thompson’.
Bye Bye Old Friend – A Tribute To John O’Leary – By Roddy Carr

BYE BYE OLD FRIEND – A TRIBUTE TO JOHN O’LEARY – BY RODDY CARR I went to visit him before Christmas in Richmond Hospital – he told me it was not good. That was it. We spent the next couple of hours talking about the times we had spent together since we first met at […]