Joe Carr
Summary
Wins
- 1953 The Amateur Championship Royal Liverpool Golf Club · 2 up
- 1958 The Amateur Championship St Andrews Links · 3 & 2
- 1960 The Amateur Championship Royal Portrush Golf Club · 8 & 7
Near misses
- 1960 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · finished 8 · 285
- 1968 The Amateur Championship Troon Golf Club · runner-up to Michael Bonallack · 7 & 6
Results by championship
Best day
1953 The Amateur
Royal Liverpool Golf Club · won 2 up
Joe Carr beat defending champion Harvie Ward 2 up at Hoylake for the first of his three titles.
Chosen by rule: the first championship title. Year page: 1953.
Career line, 1953–1968
5 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Other win
- Runner-up
- Top 10
Joe Carr was born on February 22, 1922, in Inchicore, Ireland. Carr won the 1953 The Amateur, the 1958 The Amateur and the 1960 The Amateur. Carr was runner-up at the 1968 The Amateur.
See Joe Carr in our rooms: The Open, Every Ground, U.S. Amateur and The Amateur Championship.
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The record
Amateur titles (3)
- 1953 The Amateur Championship Royal Liverpool Golf Club · 2 up
- 1958 The Amateur Championship St Andrews Links · 3 & 2
- 1960 The Amateur Championship Royal Portrush Golf Club · 8 & 7
Near misses
Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.
- 1960 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · finished 8 · 285
- 1968 The Amateur Championship Troon Golf Club · runner-up to Michael Bonallack · 7 & 6
Profile
Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.
Full name
- Joseph Benedict Carr Wikipedia
Status
- amateur Wikipedia
Died in
- Dublin, Ireland Wikipedia
Hall of Fame
- World Golf Hall of Fame (2007) Wikipedia
Beyond our rooms
- 1947 Walker Cup team (Great Britain & Ireland)
- 1949 Walker Cup team (Great Britain & Ireland)
- 1951 Walker Cup team (Great Britain & Ireland)
- 1953 Walker Cup team (Great Britain & Ireland)
- 1955 Walker Cup team (Great Britain & Ireland)
- 1957 Walker Cup team (Great Britain & Ireland)
- 1959 Walker Cup team (Great Britain & Ireland)
- 1961 Walker Cup team (Great Britain & Ireland)
- 1963 Walker Cup team (Great Britain & Ireland)
- 1965 Walker Cup team (Great Britain & Ireland)
- 1967 Walker Cup team (Great Britain & Ireland)
- 1958 Eisenhower Trophy team (Great Britain & Ireland)
- 1960 Eisenhower Trophy team (Great Britain & Ireland)
- 1965 European Amateur Team Championship team (Ireland)
- 1967 European Amateur Team Championship team (Ireland)
- 1969 European Amateur Team Championship team (Ireland)
- 1956 Amateurs–Professionals Match team (the Amateurs)
- 1957 Amateurs–Professionals Match team (the Amateurs)
- 1958 Amateurs–Professionals Match team (the Amateurs)
- 1959 Amateurs–Professionals Match team (the Amateurs)
Source: Wikipedia: Joe Carr (golfer)
Known for
- Joseph Benedict Carr (22 February 1922 – 3 June 2004) was an Irish amateur golfer. Wikipedia
Sources
Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata.
Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.