Ruddy, Pat (Patrick John Andrew)

Golf Journalist, Photo-Journalist, Architect, Author, Bibliophile, Historian and Magazine publisher.

Born in Ballina in 1945 but was raised in Ballymote where his Dad, Martin (‘Sid’), an avid golfer and reader, was the resident postmaster. Playing golf mainly at the make shift course(s) in Ballymote and occasionally finding his way to Rosses Point, when his Dad was a man short. Eventually the Ruddys’ would take up family membership at Rosses Point, the perennial home of the West of Ireland championship.
 
Well-versed in the dark arts of golf design, optical illusions and the unchecked and interminable need for golf manufacturers to force the extension of golf course boundaries. Humility in the face of the unbearable lightness of being and eternal gratitude in his “being” having achieved his goals. The crown jewel of his personal achievements is surely The European Club, one of the World’s great golf links, experiences and challenges.

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