Q & A With TRUDY DUFAULT
If
there is anyone in
And she didn’t take up the game until she
was 35 and did so only because, she says, she didn’t want to become a golf
widow. Her husband, Russell, you see, was also a golf fanatic.
Trudy says she became obsessed with the
game and wanted to become good at it. She’s been a member of Montaup for over
25 years and has been club champion a number of times.
Along the way, however, Trudy also became
obsessed with getting more women from the public sector involved in the game so
she and the late Natalie Price co-founded the Ocean State Women’s Golf
Association in 1995. It now has 350 members. Over the years, Trudy has served
as the organization’s executive director, president and tournament director.
She also is an
Back surgery has slowed down her playing
time, but she still remains very active. Ocean State Golf caught up with
Trudy recently after she had spent a long day as director of another OSWGA
tournament. We wanted to find out her thoughts about the game of golf and also
pry into some of her other interests.
What is it about the game
you love? “I love the game because
it’s such an individual sport. It’s like you are always competing against
yourself and trying to make yourself better.”
What is it about golf
that you don’t like? “There really
isn’t anything about the game I don’t like. I live, eat and sleep golf.”
The club I’m never afraid to pull out of my
bag. “My 8-iron. I’m real comfortable with that club.”
The one club I’m not crazy about. “My
3-wood.”
Worst moment on the golf
course? “Oh, this goes back a number of years but it
was during a Public Links event at Triggs. I was on
this hole, I can’t remember which one, but I do remember the green had bunkers
on each side and I kept going from trap to trap and wound up with an 11 on the
hole. That wasn’t much fun.”
Last book read. “ Look, I don’t read many books. I think the last book type
I read was actually ‘The Rules of Golf’. Of course, I do read
Favorite
activity other than golf. “I do some
gardening, but, really, my life is all about golf.”
Favorite TV show? “Jeopardy. I even get some of the questions.”
The people who I would
love to have lunch with. “I think,
probably, Annika Sorenstam
because I admired her stamina and how well she played. I also would like to
talk with Tiger Woods for pretty much the same reasons as Annika.”
Favorite PGA player and
LPGA player “Tiger and now that Annika has retired, I follow Lorena Ochoa on the LPGA
Tour.”
Favorite place to play golf “I have to say
it’s a course in