William Edgar Dunk (born 10 December 1938)Billy Dunk Player Profile at Australian PGA is an Australian professional golfer.
Early life Dunk is the son of a greenkeeper at Gosford Golf Club on the NSW Central Coast.
Professional career Dunk won five Australian PGA Championships.List of Past Australian PGA Champions In addition, he won the New Zealand Open.List of New Zealand Open Winners He won over 100 tournaments and broke over 80 course records, more than any other golfer in Australia. In 1970, he led the world's scoring averages from Jack Nicklaus with 70.21 for 110 rounds.
In 1970, Dunk set an Australian lowest-score record of 10 under par 60 at Merewether in the NBN-3 Tournament."PGA makes Golfing History at Sandhurst," Sandhurst Club, November 2008, docstoc (pdf). 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. Dunk also won the Malaysian Open and the New Zealand Open.
Personal life Dunk and his wife Annette have three children. He settled on the New South Wales central coast.
Professional wins (51) PGA of Japan Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up114 Sep 1975Sanpo Classic−15 (67-69-69-68=273)2 strokes Lon Hinkle213 Jun 1976Sapporo Tokyu Open−10 (72-67-69-70=278)2 strokes Hsieh Min-Nan, Graham Marsh
Far East Circuit wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up13 Mar 1963Malayan Open−20 (66-71-74-65=276)4 strokes Tadashi Kitta, Hsieh Yung-yo
PGA Tour of Australia wins (8) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up123 Jun 1974Queensland Open +1 (74-76-69-70=289)1 stroke John Sheargold213 Oct 1974Australian PGA Championship−9 (73-68-68-70=279)Playoff Ian Stanley39 Nov 1975Chrysler Classic−3 (70-70-73-68=281)1 stroke David Graham418 Jan 1976Australian PGA Championship (2)−7 (68-70-72-71=281)Playoff Peter Croker513 Feb 1977Tattersall's Tasmanian Open−12 (67-67-70-68=272)4 strokes Mike Cahill619 Mar 1978Illawarra Open−5 (69-66=135)1 stroke Colin McGregor712 Oct 1980Queensland Open (2)−9 (69-69-71-70=279)1 stroke Richard Coombes815 Feb 1981Victorian Open−11 (69-74-67-67=277)5 strokes Wayne Grady
PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (2–2) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult11974Australian PGA Championship Ian StanleyWon 18 hole playoff;Dunk: −1 (71),Stanley: E (72)21976Australian PGA Championship Peter CrokerWon 18 hole playoff;Dunk: −1 (71),Croker: +3 (75)31977Forbes Classic Terry GaleLost to birdie on second extra hole41977New South Wales Open Trevor McDonaldLost to birdie on second 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,NSW Open Honors List North Coast Open, Forbes Open 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 1971 Australian PGA Championship, New South Wales Open, North Coast Open, New South Wales PGA Foursomes Championship (with Graham Abbott) 1972 Queensland Open, Tasmanian Open 1973 Queensland Open 1975 Royal Fremantle Open
New Zealand Golf Circuit wins (7) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up124 Nov 1964Metalcraft Tournament−14 (69-65-67-73=274)5 strokes Kel Nagle25 Dec 1964Wiseman's Tournament−13 (71-70-71-63=275)3 strokes Len Thomas38 Dec 1964Wattie's Tournament−6 (68-69-68-69=274)Shared title with Cobie Legrange419 Dec 1964BP Tournament−16 (70-69-64-69=272)4 strokes Kel Nagle, Len Thomas526 Nov 1972New Zealand Open−5 (70-70-71-68=279)1 stroke Maurice Bembridge610 Dec 1972Caltex Tournament−11 (71-69-68-65=273)3 strokes Jack Newton724 Nov 1975New Zealand Open (2)−16 (64-72-70-66=272)4 strokes Bill Brask, Bruce Fleisher
New Zealand Golf Circuit playoff record (0–2) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result11969Vonnel International Terry Kendall, John Lister, Randall VinesLister won with birdie on second extra holeKendall and Vines eliminated by par on first hole21977Air New Zealand Shell Open David GoodLost to par on first extra hole
Other New Zealand wins (1) 1968 Spalding Masters
Senior wins (10) 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)
Awards and honors
Dunk was inducted as a life member of the PGA Tour of Australasia in 1996.
Team appearances World Cup (representing Australia): 1968, 1969, 1972
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References
External links
Profile at Newcastle City Council Cultural site