Paddy Skerritt

Paddy Skerritt
Personal information
Full name Patrick Joseph Skerritt
Born 29 May 1926(1926-05-29)
Lahinch, County Clare
Died 21 November 2001(2001-11-21) (aged 75)
Nationality  Ireland
Career
Status Professional
Former tour(s) European Tour
European Seniors Tour
Professional wins 9
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T18: 1968
PGA Championship DNP

Patrick Joseph Skerritt (29 May 1926 – 21 November 2001) was an Irish professional golfer.[1][2]

Skerritt born in Lahinch, County Clare. He won many tournaments during his career, most of them in his home country, with his biggest success being the 1970 Alcan International.[3] He was also the club professional for over 30 years at St Anne's Golf Club, situated on Bull Island in Dublin Bay.[4]

Contents

Tournament wins

Results in major championships

Tournament 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
The Open Championship CUT T18 CUT DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT

Note: The Open Championship was the only major that Skerritt played.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1968 and 1971)
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

References

  1. ^ "Death of Paddy Skerritt". The Irish Times. 23 November 2001. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2001/1123/01112300110.html. Retrieved 2009-08-07. 
  2. ^ "Skerritt dies at 71". RTÉ. 23 November 2001. http://www.rte.ie/sport/golf/2001/1123/skerrittp.html. Retrieved 2009-08-07. 
  3. ^ Alliss, Peter (1983). The Who's Who of Golf. Orbis Publishing. p. 294. ISBN 0-85613-520-8. 
  4. ^ "Paddy Skerritt (1927 - 2001)". St Anne's Golf Club. http://www.stanneslinksgolf.com/paddy_skerritt.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-07. 

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