TP Mulrooney

Biography

T.P. began his standup comedy career in the comedy clubs of Washington, D.C. and New York while still a journalism student at the University of Maryland. It didn`t take long before Showtime, HBO, the major networks, Comedy Central and The Golf Channel showcased his talents. The Chicago Sun-Times called him "one of the best observational comedians in the business" for his ability to transform personal experiences and viewpoints into standup bits everyone could enjoy.

Then, in the late 1980`s, a new life experience transformed him and his art -- golf. T.P. was hooked. By the mid 90`s his love of the game overtook T.P. and his comedy. Deciding not to fight this new focus, he became a comedian for fellow golfers, finding his target audience at more than 400 corporate and charity golf events over the past five years, including some of golf`s classics, The Ryder Cup, The Masters and The Players Championship. Jack Russell, Tournament Director of the Long Island Classic, dubbed TP "The Official Comic of the Senior PGA Tour."

T.P.`s motto... "To be funny about the game without making fun of the game" has allowed him to capture the soul of golfers from 30-handicappers to Arnold Palmer and garner the banner headline "A Thinking Man`s Comedian" from The Chicago Daily Herald.

Publications

The Golf Comic Book:
Renaissance Golfer

Meet Jimmy DaPro, "Golf Pro to The Mob". His job is complex. He has to ameliorate the South Side Chicago culture of compromised ethics with the unbending rules of the game of golf.

Jimmy`s an amalgam of characters I met in eight years of living on Chicago`s fabled South Side, "the baddest side of town" (according to song lyrics by the late Jim Croce) and the place I learned to play golf. In reality, it`s not so bad as it is colored by the hand of crooked politicians, judges and other public officials and, of course, The Mob.

That being said, the South Side is a pretty darn good place to live, "normal" even, as soon as you learn to accept that normal means getting a great deal on a set of tires that the private seller swears fell off the back of a truck.

T.P. Mulrooney