Peter McEvoy, R.I.P.

[David_Tepper]

Peter McEvoy, two-time British Amateur champion has passed at 72 years. A life-long amateur, he finished as the low am at the 1978 Open. He was also the first British amateur to make the cut at the Masters. He had a successful record in the Walker Cup as a player and as team captain.


The BBC obit:  https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/articles/c3r8nqrny33o 


He also designed 12 golf courses: https://www.1golf.eu/en/golf-courses/by-architect/peter-mcevoy/   


I met him briefly in August 2015 when he was in Dornoch to captain the GB&I team in the Jacques Leglise Trophy matches.

[Chris Hughes]

Class act... 🙌

[Dónal Ó Ceallaigh]

A previous discussion about some of his courses:
Peter McEvoy as architect


Interesting that he did a lot of work in Ireland, perhaps more than in the UK.

[Tom_Doak]

One of my favorite rounds of golf ever [GCA-adjacent or not] was playing with Rich Goodale against Peter McEvoy and Robin Wiseman in an early BUDA event at Painswick.


Being able to compete and win against a Walker Cup caliber player [who played well that day, as did we all] was a revelation of how a short course can help to level the playing field.


Best of all, Peter took the match totally seriously [even though it was never going to be a career highlight for HIM], and he was very gracious all the way through.  Class act all the way.


This makes Robin and me the last two survivors of the match.  I hope we still have plenty of years in which to remember it. 

[Tom Dunne]

Ally McIntosh mentions it briefly in the old thread, but one McEvoy course that isn't listed in the link above is the Hill of Tarvit, aka Kingarrock, in St Andrews. Nine-hole hickory golf with tea and ginger cookies afterward--a storybook place. I haven't been there in a decade but the 9th hole, drivable with a spoon, is the one I remember best.

[archie_struthers]

 




Losing way too many good peeps lately. Enjoyed some time with McEvoy at the 85 Walker Cup. He was really nice, as were most of the Brits team. Monty was grumpy but all in all a great crew.


RIP Peter

[Robin_Hiseman]

One of my favorite rounds of golf ever [GCA-adjacent or not] was playing with Rich Goodale against Peter McEvoy and Robin Wiseman in an early BUDA event at Painswick.


Being able to compete and win against a Walker Cup caliber player [who played well that day, as did we all] was a revelation of how a short course can help to level the playing field.


Best of all, Peter took the match totally seriously [even though it was never going to be a career highlight for HIM], and he was very gracious all the way through.  Class act all the way.


This makes Robin and me the last two survivors of the match.  I hope we still have plenty of years in which to remember it.

Tom:


I had the exact same thought. It was 2004 by the way. A wonderful experience for the both of us and our playing partners sadly missed now.

[Marty Bonnar]

Ally McIntosh mentions it briefly in the old thread, but one McEvoy course that isn't listed in the link above is the Hill of Tarvit, aka Kingarrock, in St Andrews. Nine-hole hickory golf with tea and ginger cookies afterward--a storybook place. I haven't been there in a decade but the 9th hole, drivable with a spoon, is the one I remember best.

You’d best not tell the good burghers of Cupar that Kingarrock is in St Andrews…
 

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