Bill Dunk

William Edgar Dunk (born 10 December 1938)[1] is an Australian professional golfer.

Bill Dunk
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Edgar Dunk
Born (1938-12-10) 10 December 1938
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Nationality Australia
ResidenceGosford, New South Wales, Australia
Career
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins100+
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour2
PGA Tour of Australasia9
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 1962, 1964
The Open ChampionshipT35: 1981

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
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.YearTournamentOpponentResult
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

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
  1. Billy Dunk Player Profile at Australian PGA
  2. List of Past Australian PGA Champions Archived 13 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. List of New Zealand Open Winners Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Nagle in by stroke". The Age. 16 November 1970. p. 26.
  5. "PGA makes Golfing History at Sandhurst," Sandhurst Club, November 2008, docstoc (pdf).
  6. NSW Open Honors List
  7. "Forbes purse to Dunk". The Canberra Times. 20 February 1967.
  8. "Pacific Open to Bill Dunk". the Canberra Times. 11 August 1970.
  9. "Dunk, Abbott easy four Winners". The Canberra Times. 3 December 1971.
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