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""Over 100 Years of Golfing History""
County Sligo's most outstanding golfer was the late Cecil Ewing. Winner of the West of Ireland on ten occasions, twice winner of the Irish Close and Irish Open Amateur Championship, runner up in the British Amateur Championship, six times selected for the Walker Cup team - a member of the winning team in 1938 and he also represented Ireland on sixteen occasions. When taking into account the fact that there were no international events between 1939 and 1946 this is a remarkable achievement.
He was captain of County Sligo in 1950 and again in 1961 but he also represented Portmarnock G.C. with whom he won three Barton Shields and five Senior Cup medals. He was Captain of the Irish team on ten occasions with notable victories in the European Championships in 1965 and 1967. He was an Irish International and Walker Cup selector for many years. He also achieved the honour of being selected as the President of the Golfing Union of Ireland in 1970. His untimely death in 1973 was mourned by the entire golfing community and non-golfers alike. Cecil Ewing's legacy is unparalleled and is unlikely to be equalled.
County Sligo's favourite adopted son and Ireland's most illustrious amateur golfer. He won 4 Irish Amateur Opens, 6 Irish Close Championships. He was a 12 times winner of the West of Ireland Championship as well as 12 East of Ireland titles and 3 South of Ireland titles.
He also won 3 British Amateur Opens and also played in an amazing 11 Walker Cup teams and was an international for twenty years.
He was a semifinalist at the U.S. Amateur in 1961, and was top amateur at The Open Championship in both 1956 and 1958 (and finished 8th overall in 1960). In 1967, he became the first Irishman to play in the Masters Tournament (making the cut). Carr received the Bob Jones Award in 1961, the USGA highest honour, which is given for "distinguished sportsmanship in golf". He was the first non-American to win the award.
