Pat Doyle (golfer)

Patrick Joseph Doyle (10 March 1889 – 29 March 1971) was an Irish professional golfer who played during the early 20th century. Doyle finished in tenth place in the 1913 U.S. Open.[1] Doyle was a frequent competitor in the PGA Championship. He posted particularly good results in the 1926 and 1928 PGA Championships. In the 1926 tournament, he lost to Walter Hagen by the score of 6 and 5 in the quarter-finals.[1]

Pat Doyle
Personal information
Full namePatrick Joseph Doyle
NicknameSmilin' Irishman
Born(1889-03-10)10 March 1889
Kindlestown Upper, County Wicklow, Ireland
Died29 March 1971(1971-03-29) (aged 82)
Mount Vernon, New York
Sporting nationality Ireland
 United States
SpouseCatherine Doyle
Career
Turned professional1908
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT5: 1926
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open Championship10th: 1913

Early life

Patrick Doyle was born in Kindlestown Upper, County Wicklow, Ireland, outside of Dublin.[2] He worked at several golf clubs in Ireland and finished second at the 1912 Irish PGA Championship.[2][3]

Golf career

Doyle came to the United States in 1908,[4] became a naturalized citizen in 1914,[4] and worked at various golf clubs including the Myopia Hunt Club (South Hamilton, Massachusetts),[3] South Shore Field Club (Long Island, New York),[2] Deal Golf & Country Club (Deal, New Jersey),[2] Elmsford (New York),[2] and Linwood Country Club (Linwood, New Jersey).[3] He won one event on what is now the PGA Tour, the 1918 Philadelphia Open Championship (co-champion with Arthur Reid).[3][5]

1913 U.S. Open

The 1913 U.S. Open was held 18–20 September at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, a suburb southwest of Boston. Amateur Francis Ouimet, age 20, won his only U.S. Open title in an 18-hole playoff, five strokes ahead of Britons Harry Vardon and Ted Ray. Doyle finished in tenth place, carding rounds of 78-80-73-80=311. He won $30 as his share of the purse.[1]

Death

Doyle died on 29 March 1971 at Mount Vernon, New York, aged 82.[2]

PGA Tour wins

Results in major championships
Tournament 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP 10 ? ? ? NT NT T18 T43 ? ? ? ? T34 T53 ? ?
PGA Championship NYF NYF NYF NYF NYF NYF DNP NT NT DNP R32 R32 DNP R64 DNP DNP QF DNP R16

Note: Doyle never played in the Masters Tournament or The Open Championship.

NYF = Tournament not yet founded
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
? = Unknown
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10

References
  1. Brenner, Morgan G. (2009). The Majors of Golf: Complete Results of the Open, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and the Masters, 1860-2008. Vol. 1. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3360-5.
  2. Gorry, Paul (Autumn–Winter 2014). "Pat Doyle". Irish Clubhouse. p. 5.
  3. Trenham, Peter C. (21 February 2018). "A Chronicle of the Philadelphia Section PGA and Golf in the Philadelphia Area: The Leaders & The Legends – 1922 to 1929".
  4. Doyle, Patrick. "1920 U.S. Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  5. Elliott, Len; Kelly, Barbara (1976). Who's Who in Golf. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House. pp. 235, 249, 254. ISBN 0-87000-225-2.
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