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1960 · date not yet researchedAmateurYear in Review

Carr wins the Amateur

Royal Portrush Golf Club, Portrush, Northern Ireland

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

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The name over time

  1. The Amateur

1885–2026 in our record, 131 editions.

The ones it got away from

Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.

Same week

Nothing else in our record that week.

Men's amateur championship

The Amateur

Royal Portrush Golf Club (Dunluce), Portrush

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Joe Carr

8 & 7 (36-hole final)Final

Runner-up: Bob Cochran

To par and margin not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1922-02-22, Inchicore, Ireland; Ireland

Joe Carr’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

No clipping yet