Name: Ray Patrick

Hometown: Galena Park, TX

Began working: Summer 2004

College/Alma Mater: Texas A&M 1986

Favorite Teams: Astros and Aggies

Favorite food: Everything Fish, Spaghetti, Shrimp, Steak, Bacon and Eggs

Favorite Course you’ve been to: Spyglass and Pebble Beach

What’s your favorite place you played, round of golf, lowest score: Hilltop Lakes, 73, on my

birthday a few years ago

Were you involved in golf before working with the STPGA: Yes, been playing since I was a child my

Dad taught me.

What’s your favorite way to spend a day off: Playing Golf

What would you sing at karaoke night: Don’t sing

What’s the farthest you’ve ever been from Texas: Hawaii, New York City

What are some of your favorite hobbies (how did you get into them): Golf, Fishing and Lifting

Weights my friends and family got me into them

What’s your favorite golf memory: Running a golf tournament my dad started in 1991 and I have

kept it up for 33 years with about 50 of my friends from school and work

What is your greatest accomplishment/what are you most proud of: Making it to retirement from

teaching and coaching, also marrying my wife in 1999

Who is your favorite PGA TOUR Pro? Why?: Jack Nicklaus, because he responded to a letter I

wrote in school to him while in a History class, plus he is the greatest golfer ever.