Tributes on death of amateur golfer Peter McEvoy

Fota Island golf course is based on original design by English golfer and Christy O'Connor Jnr

Peter McEvoy played on five Walker Cup teams and captained the side to victory in 1999 and 2001. File Pic: David Cannon /Allsport

Peter McEvoy, who was the first British amateur to make the cut in the Masters, has died at the age of 72.

McEvoy finished 53rd at Augusta National in 1978, the same year in which he claimed the second of his back-to-back Amateur Championship victories at Royal Troon.