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Bill Dunk
Australian professional golfer
William Edgar Dunk (born 10 December 1938)[1] is an Australian professional golfer.
| Bill Dunk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | William Edgar Dunk | ||
| Born | (1938-12-10) 10 December 1938 (age 85) | ||
| 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 of Japan Tour Far East Circuit PGA Tour of Australia New Zealand Golf Circuit | ||
| Professional wins | 51 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| Japan Golf Tour | 2 | ||
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 8 | ||
| Other | 41 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
| PGA Championship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Open | CUT: 1962, 1964 | ||
| The Open Championship | T35: 1981 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Dunk is the son of a greenkeeper at Gosford Golf Club on the NSW Central Coast.
Dunk won five Australian PGA Championships.[2] In addition, he won the New Zealand Open.[3] He won over 100 tournaments and broke over 80 course records, more than any other golfer in Australia.[1] In 1970, he 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 Golf Club and 66 at Kingston Heath Golf Club. 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 and 1969, he won 25 tournaments and set 25 course records.[1] Dunk also won the Malaysian Open and the New Zealand Open.[5]
Dunk and his wife Annette have three children.[1] He settled on the New South Wales central coast.
PGA of Japan 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 |
| 2 | 13 Jun 1976 | Sapporo Tokyu Open | −10 (72-67-69-70=278) | 2 strokes |  Hsieh Min-Nan, Graham Marsh |
Far East Circuit wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 Mar 1963 | Malayan Open | −20 (66-71-74-65=276) | 4 strokes |  Tadashi Kitta, Hsieh Yung-yo |
PGA Tour of Australia wins (8)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-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 | 18 Jan 1976 | Australian PGA Championship (2) | −7 (68-70-72-71=281) | Playoff | Peter Croker |
| 5 | 13 Feb 1977 | Tattersall's Tasmanian Open | −12 (67-67-70-68=272) | 4 strokes | Mike Cahill |
| 6 | 19 Mar 1978 | Illawarra Open | −5 (69-66=135)* | 1 stroke | Colin McGregor |
| 7 | 12 Oct 1980 | Queensland Open (2) | −9 (69-69-71-70=279) | 1 stroke |  Richard Coombes |
| 8 | 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 (2–2)
| 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 South Wales Open | Trevor McDonald |
Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
New Zealand Golf Circuit wins (7)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 Nov 1964 | Metalcraft Tournament | −14 (69-65-67-73=274) | 5 strokes | Kel Nagle |
| 2 | 5 Dec 1964 | Wiseman's Tournament | −13 (71-70-71-63=275) | 3 strokes | Len Thomas |
| 3 | 8 Dec 1964 | Wattie's Tournament | −6 (68-69-68-69=274) | Shared title with  Cobie Legrange | |
| 4 | 19 Dec 1964 | BP Tournament | −16 (70-69-64-69=272) | 4 strokes | Kel Nagle, Len Thomas |
| 5 | 26 Nov 1972 | New Zealand Open | −5 (70-70-71-68=279) | 1 stroke |  Maurice Bembridge |
| 6 | 10 Dec 1972 | Caltex Tournament | −11 (71-69-68-65=273) | 3 strokes | Jack Newton |
| 7 | 24 Nov 1975 | New Zealand Open (2) | −16 (64-72-70-66=272) | 4 strokes | Bill Brask, Bruce Fleisher |
New Zealand Golf Circuit playoff record (0–2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1969 | Vonnel International | Terry Kendall, John Lister, Randall Vines |
Lister won with birdie on second extra hole Kendall and Vines eliminated by par on first hole |
| 2 | 1977 | Air New Zealand Shell Open | David Good |
Lost to par on first extra hole |
Other Australian wins (22)
this list is incomplete
- 1960 New South Wales PGA
- 1962 Australian PGA Championship
- 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
- 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
- 1973 Queensland Open
- 1975 Royal Fremantle Open
Other New Zealand wins (1)
- 1968 Spalding Masters
Senior wins (10)
this list is incomplete
- 1989 Australian PGA Seniors Championship,[10] 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[10]
- 1993 Mizuno Senior Classic (Japan), HTB Hokkaido Senior (Japan)
- Dunk was inducted as a life member of the PGA Tour of Australasia in 1996.
- 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.
- "PGA makes Golfing History at Sandhurst," Sandhurst Club, November 2008, docstoc (pdf).
- "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.
- "Australian PGA Seniors Championship Winners List" (PDF). PGA Australia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 June 2021.
- Bill Dunk at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Profile at Newcastle City Council Cultural site