THOMAS GALVIN: After Hours, Soaring
Drives
When it came to soaring drives, pinpoint irons, mental
toughness, Thomas Galvin had the whole package. He played
a mean game of golf. Fortunately for his opponents, he
worked a lot, and that limited the number of tournaments
he entered.
A member of Winged Foot in Mamaroneck, N.Y., Mr.
Galvin managed to maintain a scratch handicap even while
putting in long hours at the office. Most players would
drool over that handicap.
But as a senior vice president and corporate bond
broker at Cantor Fitzgerald, Mr. Galvin never found
enough time to play extensive competitive golf. His hope
was that his schedule would lighten up enough that next
summer he could compete in more area tournaments.
Mr. Galvin, 32, who was single and lived in Manhattan,
took up the game when he was 10, and immediately
demonstrated an unusual gift. He was captain of his high
school team in Greenwich, Conn., and was named to
all-state and all-county squads. He was also captain of
the varsity team at Georgetown University.
"He always had a wonderful swing," said his mother,
Diverra Galvin. "He didn't take a lot of lessons. He just
seemed to know how to play."
On Sept. 23, Mr. Galvin was supposed to leave for
Ireland, to be the co-captain of a team from Winged Foot
in the first Emerald Cup match between players from
American and Irish clubs. It would have been his first
trip to Ireland, a favorite destination, in years.
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