Peter McEvoy OBE was a leading British amateur golfer for many years, and is now a golf course designer, golf administrator, and golf writer.

He won The Amateur Championship in both 1977 and 1978, which kicked off an impressive amateur golf career spanning 26 years at the highest level of the amateur game. Sporting Concepts.

Highlights have included:

• Most capped English golfer (153 appearances)
• Highest career win ratio in internationals of any British amateur golfer
• Winner of Amateur Championship on two occasions
• Winner of individual event in World Amateur Championships and European Championship (twice)
• Captained England to a record 5 successive Home International victories
• Winner of Golf Writers award
• Making the cut in The Masters in 1978, a feat that remains unique for a British amateur through 2004
• 5 times Walker Cup player
• The only person to have played in the winning team, to have captained the winning team and to have won the individual trophy in the World Championships
• Winning Captain of the 1999 & 2001 Walker Cup side
• 1999 Winner of Gerald Micklem Trophy
• Awarded O.B.E. in Queen's New Year's Honours List of 2003
• Co-creator of PowerPlay Golf (with David Piggins, CEO of Playgolf Holdings Plc)

We asked Peter a number of questions about his life and career:

• When did you start playing golf?
• How did you become such a good player? (FREE for logged in members only)
• When did you start playing for your country? (FREE for logged in members only)
• What was it like to captain the Walker cup team? (Full Members Only)
• Why didn’t you turn professional? (Full Members Only)
• How did you manage to work and spend time playing in major tournaments? (Full Members Only)
• Are you actually working in the golfing industry? (Full Members Only)
• Tell me about Power Play Golf. (Full Members Only)
• Which ‘famous’ golfers have you played with and what was it like? (Full Members Only)
• What advice would you give to talented young golfers who want to be the next Lee Westwood? (Full Members Only)
• What advice would you give to parents who want to see their children progress? (Full Members Only)
• What sacrifices will parents have to make if they want their children to progress? (Full Members Only)
• Top amateurs on may sports seem to be professionals rather than amateurs, is this possible in golf? (Full Members Only)
• Tell me about your role within the R&A. (Full Members Only)