Paddy Mahon

Paddy Mahon
Personal information
Full name	Patrick Joseph Mahon
Born	c. 1907 Ireland
Died	20 July 1945 (aged 38) Dublin, Ireland
Sporting nationality	Ireland
Career
Status	Professional
Professional wins	5
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T20: 1938

Patrick Joseph Mahon (c. 1907 – 20 July 1945) was an Irish professional golfer. He was one of the leading Irish professionals of the 1930s and had one exceptional season, 1937, where he was runner-up in three important British tournaments, third in another, finished second in the Harry Vardon Trophy standings (the Order of Merit) and won the Irish Professional Championship. He won the Western Isles Open Championship in 1935 and won the Irish Professional Championship again in 1938 and 1939.

Mahon was excluded from consideration for the 1937 Ryder Cup because he was not born in and resident in Great Britain. At the time, the Ryder Cup Deed of Trust required players to be born in and resident in their respective countries. The Deed of Trust used the term Great Britain and, at this time, the PGA decided to take a literal interpretation of the term, excluding those born or living in Ireland. Fred Daly became the first Irish-born Ryder Cup player in 1947.^[1]