Pat Doyle (golfer)

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| fullname = Patrick Joseph Doyle

| nickname = Smilin' Irishman

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1889|3|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kindlestown Upper, County Wicklow, Ireland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1971|3|29|1889|3|10|df=y}}

| death_place = Mount Vernon, New York

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| spouse = Catherine Doyle

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| yearpro = 1908

| extour = PGA Tour

| prowins = 2

| pgawins = 1

| otherwins = 1

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| masters = DNP

| usopen = DNP

| open = 10th: 1913

| pga = T5: 1926

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Patrick Joseph Doyle (10 March 1889 – 29 March 1971) was an Irish-born professional golfer who played primarily in the United States. Doyle finished in tenth place in the 1913 U.S. Open.{{cite book |title=The Majors of Golf: Complete Results of the Open, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and the Masters, 1860-2008 |volume=1 |first=Morgan G. |last=Brenner |year=2009 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-3360-5}} 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.

Early life

Patrick Doyle was born in Kindlestown Upper, County Wicklow, Ireland, outside of Dublin.

Professional career

Early in his career, Doyle worked at several golf clubs in Ireland. Doyle came to the United States in 1908.{{cite web |last1=Doyle |first1=Patrick |title=1920 U.S. Census |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1920_US_Census-Patrick_Doyle_golf_expert.jpg |accessdate=25 May 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}} He would occasionally return to Ireland and finished second at the 1912 Irish PGA Championship. However, he primarily played in the United States. At the 1913 U.S. Open, Doyle finished in tenth place, carding rounds of 78-80-73-80=311. He won $30 as his share of the purse. However, Doyle ultimately became a naturalized American citizen in 1914.

Doyle worked at various golf clubs including Myopia Hunt Club in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. He also worked at a number of clubs in the tri-state area including South Shore Field Club, Deal Golf & Country Club, Elmsford Country Club, and Linwood Country Club. Doyle won one event on the PGA Tour, the 1918 Philadelphia Open Championship, sharing the title with Arthur Reid.{{cite web |url=http://trenhamgolfhistory.org/Leaders19221929.html |title=A Chronicle of the Philadelphia Section PGA and Golf in the Philadelphia Area: The Leaders & The Legends – 1922 to 1929 |first=Peter C. |last=Trenham|date=21 February 2018 }}{{cite book |last1=Elliott |first1=Len |first2=Barbara |last2=Kelly |title=Who's Who in Golf |year=1976 |publisher=Arlington House |location=New Rochelle, New York |isbn=0-87000-225-2 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoingolf00elli/page/235 235, 249, 254] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoingolf00elli/page/235 }}

Personal life

Doyle died on 29 March 1971 at Mount Vernon, New York, aged 82.{{cite magazine |title=Pat Doyle |url=http://issuu.com/aaronodriscoll/docs/irish_clubhouse_issue_5_web/0 |first=Paul |last=Gorry |magazine=Irish Clubhouse |date=Autumn–Winter 2014 |page=5}}