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1990

Marty and John Carr established Carr Golf. The initial office was a room in an office block in Abbey Street which is located in Dublin City Centre. At this point the company has 5 employees.
The original premise of the business was to target the US market offering a high end golf travel facility for American Golfers to play in Ireland.

“My first year was spent trying to establish a solid, business base for the company”

Marty Carr

Carr Golf enters into a three year deal with Fingal County Council advising on the commercial viability of public golf.

Nick Faldo retains The Masters and also wins The British Open
Nelson Mandela released from prison

1991

Carr Golf formally launches its Father & Son Tournament in Waterville, with 16 teams participating.

“The intention of the Father & Son was that it would be essentially a fun tournament, mainly involving Irish and American teams. And when it came to choosing a venue, Waterville seemed natural to me. My father JB loved the place and it has always been one of my favourite locations in the entire world”.

Marty Carr

Bernhard Langer misses a short putt at Kiawah Island to retain the Ryder Cup for Europe.

Gulf War takes place

1993

Carr Golf Services is launched. The premise of this company is that of a golf management company and provider of business solutions to the golf industry. Amongst the clubs managed by Carr Golf Services are: Elm Green Golf Centre, Corballis Golf Links and Navan Golf Club.

Greg Norman wins his second claret jug with a thrilling final round 64 at Royal St Georges
Bill Clinton becomes President of USA

1995

Carr Golf relocates to Elm Green Golf Centre in Castleknock, Dublin 15.

Europe wins back the Ryder Cup at Oak Hill after a thrilling final day fight back.
OJ Simpson acquitted of murdering his wife

1997

Carr Golf takes a party of 100 to the 32nd Ryder Cup in Valderamma, Southern Spain.

“This was the biggest undertaking that we had taken on up to this point. We rented an entire hotel for a whole week about one and a half hours from Valderamma. The event itself was fantastic with an extraordinary atmosphere especially around the 17th hole which is a natural amphitheatre and therefore perfect for the Ryder Cup. In fact that was the first time I laid eyes on a certain Mr Tiger Woods as he was partaking in his first Ryder Cup. There was a mix of Americans and Europeans on that trip which made for some good natured banter and thankfully for our sake Europe managed to win out by a solitary point”.

Peter Keighery
Customer Services Manager

Tiger Woods stuns the world of golf by winning his first major at Augusta by 12 shots.
Tony Blair elected Prime Minister of Great Britain
Princess Diana dies

1999

Carr Golf purchases its first multiple seater Caravalle vehicle to transport clients across Ireland and Scotland. Up to this point Carr Golf had been entirely outsourcing this operation.

Jean Van de Velde takes 7 on the 18th at Carnoustie to hand the Open to Paul Lawrie
Lance Armstrong wins his first Tour De France

2000

Carr Golf launches Online Golf Travel as a separate business unit to Carr Golf Travel.
Carr Golf employs the services of luxury bus company Buckley Coaches to provide high quality service for clients.

The Irish Open makes an historic visit to one of Ireland’s most famous courses; Ballybunion
George Walker Bush elected 43rd President of United States in closest election for 40 years

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2002

Carr Golf enters into an agreement with Links Helicopters to provide clients with the option of flying to various golf courses.

Irishman Paul McGinley holes the winning putt in the Ryder Cup at the Belfry
Legendary Golfer Sam Snead Dies

2006

Carr Golf Services commences European representation for the Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & Spa, home to the famous Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass where the Players Championship is held. 2006 also marks the year Carr Golf Services begins its involvement in the €100 million Zala Springs Resort development in Hungary where one of the world’s leading golf course architects, Robert Trent Jones Jnr, designed the championship course.

The 36th Ryder Cup Matches were held at The K Club in Ireland

Italy wins the 2006 Fifa World Cup, hosted in Germany

2007

Carr Golf rebrands the company as The Carr Group which contains 4 divisions
Carr Golf Travel :: Online Golf Travel :: Carr Corporate Events :: Carr Golf Services

Joe Carr becomes the first Irishman to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame
Padraig Harrington becomes the first Irishman to win a major since Fred Daly in 1947

Nancy Pelosi becomes first female Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

2008

The Carr Group employs 40 full time and 10 part time staff. The key objective for 2008 is to promote Ireland and Scotland to existing markets in addition to targeting new geographic markets across the US, Europe and Asia.

The USA retains the Ryder Cup after a thrilling performance at Valhalla Country Club
Beijing hosts the Olympic Games

2009

The Carr Group continues to focus on international markets, undertaking sales missions to both China and India, as well as further consolidating its presence in the US market. It celebrates it’s 20th Anniversary of the World Invitational Father & Son Golf Tournament.