Bill Dunk
| Bill Dunk | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | William Edgar Dunk |
| Born | 10 December 1938 |
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Australia |
| Residence | Gosford, New South Wales, Australia |
| Career | |
| Status | Professional |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour of Australasia |
| Professional wins | 100+ |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Japan Golf Tour | 2 |
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 9 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | CUT: 1962, 1964 |
| The Open Championship | T35: 1981 |
William Edgar Dunk (born 10 December 1938)[1] is an Australian professional golfer.
Dunk was inducted as a life member of the Australasian Tour in 1996. Dunk won five Australian PGA Championships[2] and the New Zealand Open.[3] He won over 100 tournaments and broke over 80 course records, more than any other golfer in Australia,[1] and in 1970 led the world's scoring averages from Jack Nicklaus with 70.21 for 110 rounds.[1]
In 1970, Dunk set an Australian lowest-score record of 10 under par 60 at Merewether in the NBN-3 Tournament.[4][1][5] His course records include 61 at Maitland, NSW, 63 at Hastings New Zealand, 64 at Victoria Golf Club ( 9 birdies, 9 pars), then the lowest score ever played in the Australian Open - 64 in the Texas Open, 65 at Royal Selangor, 66 at Royal Sydney and 66 at Kingston Heath. In 1971, at Coffs Harbour he surged to 11 under after only 12 holes. He finished with 63, nine under par on the card. In a span of 30 months between 1967–1969, he won 25 tournaments and set 25 course records.[1] Dunk represented Australia in three World Cups and won the Malaysian Open and the New Zealand Open[5] before settling on the NSW Central Coast.
Dunk is the son of a greenkeeper at Gosford Golf Club on the NSW Central Coast. He and his wife Annette have three children.[1]
Professional wins (100+)
Japan Golf Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 Sep 1975 | Sanpo Classic | −15 (67-69-69-68=273) | 2 strokes |  Lon Hinkle
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| 2 | 13 Jun 1976 | Sapporo Tokyu Open | −10 (72-67-69-70=278) | 2 strokes |  Hsieh Min-Nan, Graham Marsh
|
PGA Tour of Australasia wins (9)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 Jun 1974 | Queensland Open | +1 (74-76-69-70=289) | 1 stroke | John Sheargold
|
| 2 | 13 Oct 1974 | Australian PGA Championship | −9 (73-68-68-70=279) | Playoff | Ian Stanley
|
| 3 | 9 Nov 1975 | Chrysler Classic | −3 (70-70-73-68=281) | 1 stroke | David Graham
|
| 4 | 24 Nov 1975 | New Zealand Open | −16 (64-72-70-66=272) | 4 strokes | Bill Brask, Bruce Fleisher
|
| 5 | 18 Jan 1976 | Australian PGA Championship (2) | −7 (68-70-72-71=281) | Playoff | Peter Croker
|
| 6 | 13 Feb 1977 | Tattersall's Tasmanian Open | −12 (67-67-70-68=272) | 4 strokes | Mike Cahill
|
| 7 | 19 Mar 1978 | Illawarra Open | −5 (69-66=135)* | 1 stroke | Colin McGregor
|
| 8 | 12 Oct 1980 | Queensland Open (2) | −9 (69-69-71-70=279) | 1 stroke |  Richard Coombes
|
| 9 | 15 Feb 1981 | Victorian Open | −11 (69-74-67-67=277) | 5 strokes | Wayne Grady
|
*Note: The 1978 Illawarra Open was shortened to 36 holes due to rain.
PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (2–3)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1974 | Australian PGA Championship | Ian Stanley
|
Won 18 hole playoff; Dunk: −1 (71), Stanley: E (72) |
| 2 | 1976 | Australian PGA Championship | Peter Croker
|
Won 18 hole playoff; Dunk: −1 (71), Croker: +3 (75) |
| 3 | 1977 | Forbes Classic | Terry Gale
|
Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
| 4 | 1977 | New Zealand Airlines Open | David Good
|
Lost to par on first extra hole |
| 5 | 1977 | New South Wales Open | Trevor McDonald
|
Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
Far East Circuit win (1)
Other wins
this list is incomplete
- 1960 New South Wales PGA
- 1962 Australian PGA Championship
- 1964 Metalcraft Tournament, Wiseman's Tournament, Wattie's Tournament (tie with Cobie Legrange), BP Tournament
- 1966 Australian PGA Championship, North Coast Open
- 1967 New South Wales Open,[6] North Coast Open, Forbes $1.500 Purse[7]
- 1968 New South Wales PGA, Spalding Masters
- 1969 New South Wales PGA, Brisbane Water Tournament
- 1970 New South Wales PGA, South Australian Open, North Coast Open, South Pacific Open[8]
- 1971 Australian PGA Championship, New South Wales Open, North Coast Open, New South Wales PGA Foursomes Championship (with Graham Abbott)[9]
- 1972 Queensland Open, Tasmanian Open, New Zealand Open, Caltex Tournament
- 1973 Queensland Open
Senior wins
this list is incomplete
- 1989 Australian PGA Seniors Championship, New South Wales Seniors
- 1990 New South Wales Seniors, Mitsukoshi Seniors (Japan)
- 1991 JAS Cup Senior (Japan), Misawa Resort Senior Open (Japan), Ho-Oh Cup (Japan)
- 1995 Australian PGA Seniors Championship
- 1993 Mizuno Senior Classic (Japan), HTB Hokkaido Senior (Japan)
Team appearances
References
- ^ a b c d e f Billy Dunk Player Profile at Australian PGA
- ^ List of Past Australian PGA Champions Archived 13 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ List of New Zealand Open Winners Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Nagle in by stroke". The Age. 16 November 1970. p. 26.
- ^ a b "PGA makes Golfing History at Sandhurst," Sandhurst Club, November 2008, docstoc (pdf).
- ^ NSW Open Honors List
- ^ "Forbes purse to Dunk". The Canberra Times. 20 February 1967.
- ^ "Pacific Open to Bill Dunk". the Canberra Times. 11 August 1970.
- ^ "Dunk, Abbott easy four Winners". The Canberra Times. 3 December 1971.
External links
- Bill Dunk at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Profile at Newcastle City Council Cultural site