Started playing golf at the age of 11 under head pro John Wirbal of Nashua (N.H.) Country Club...Credits instructor Gail Davis with much of her success...Also credits her late father, Richard, with influencing her career...Is a member of FIU Hall of Fame… Her many accolades include Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA) Female Player of the Year in 1986, being named among GOLF Magazine’s “100 Heroes” during 1988 celebration of the Centennial of Golf in America, honorary director of the Thyroid Foundation of America at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, 1989 Jack Nicklaus Family of the Year Award by National Golf Foundation, 1991 GWAA’s Ben Hogan Award for her comeback after suffering from Graves Disease, 1992 Samaritan Award winner and the 1998 Metropolitan Golf Writers Association Gold Tee Award...In 2001, hometown Westford, Mass., named a major road the Pat Bradley Highway...Inducted into the Florida International University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006…Is a diehard Boston Red Sox fan; threw out the first pitch at Fenway Park on Aug. 3, 2005.