From 11-12 April, the Peter McEvoy Trophy will be taking place at Copt Heath Golf Club and so we are celebrating the amazing achievements of another of the greats in our game in this country.
Peter McEvoy played 153 matches for England between 1976-1992, which included 103 wins and a staggering 111 points.
He won the Amateur Championship in 1977 and 1978, and was the low amateur at The Open in 1978 and 1979.
He became the first British amateur to make the cut at The Masters in 1978 while his other accolades included the Lytham Trophy in 1979, the Brabazon Trophy in 1980, and he was also a runner-up in the Amateur Championship in 1987.
McEvoy wasn’t just an integral part of England teams either. He featured in five Walker Cup teams for GB&I between 1977 and 1989, and later went on to become captain of the team in 1999 and 2001, leading the side to victory on both occasions – the first-ever time GB&I had won consecutive events.
McEvoy played in five Eisenhower Trophies, including 1988 when he won the individual event and helped GB&I win the team event. He later captained GB&I to victory in the tournament in 1998 and remains the only person to have won the individual event, team event as a player, and team event as a captain.
He captained the side again in 2000, where the team finished 2nd, while in 2002, England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales began sending separate teams to the competition, with McEvoy captaining the English team.
He also played in seven European Amateur Team Championships and enjoyed five wins from five St Andrews Trophy representations.
In 1978 he was awarded the Golf Writers’ Trophy for his Amateur Championship success and Masters performance, while he landed the award again 23 years later as captain of the 2001 Walker Cup team.
1999 saw McEvoy pick up the Gerald Micklem Award, given to those who have made an outstanding contribution to further the interests of amateur golf in England.
McEvoy has been involved in golf course design for over 20 years, was named Chairman of The R&A Selection Committee, and awarded an OBE in 2003.
A legend of our sport, Peter McEvoy is among the first 12 people inducted into the England Golf Hall of Fame.
