Carnegie Clark

Carnegie (Neg) Clark (1881–1959) was a champion golfer, golf club manufacturer, a golf course architect and an organiser of professional golf in Australia.[1]

Carnegie Clark, the Australian Golfing Champion, 1911

Early life

Clark was born on 27 July 1881 in Carnoustie, Scotland.[1] He was a member of The Carnoustie Golf Club.[2]

Golf champion

Clark won the following golf tournaments:

Golf course architect

Clark designed the following golf courses:

Professional golf in Australia

In 1911, Carnegie Clark organised a workshop at Royal Sydney Golf Club which resulted in the foundation of the Professional Golfers Association of Australia. Clark was its founding treasurer and served as president in 1920-1921.[2]

Later life

Clark retired on May 1930.[6] He died on 3 February 1959 aged 77 years.[7]

gollark: If there was a *simple* way to make us heal better, it probably would be prevalent in people already. Or not work (in pre-technological humans) because of (now less significant) nutritional constraints or something, actually.
gollark: For all of the design flaws of the human body, it is very... well, optimized, until it hits a local maximum.
gollark: And what DNA to put there, and whether anything will horribly break if you meddle with it.
gollark: CRISPR or generic cures of it?
gollark: I really need to make a script to do this caps-messing-up for me.

References
  1. Scarth, John; Crafter, Neil. "Carnegie Clark" (PDF). Golf strategies. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  2. "History - The Carnoustie Golf Club". The Carnoustie Golf Club. 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  3. "Past Results". The Emirates Australian Open. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  4. "Past champions". The Professional Golfers Association of Australia Ltd. 2014. Archived from the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  5. "History". Royal Queensland Golf Club. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  6. "CARNEGIE CLARK RETIRES". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 28 May 1930. p. 17. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  7. "Carnegie Clark". Ryerson Index. Retrieved 14 May 2015.


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