William Edgar Dunk (born 10 December 1938)Billy Dunk
Player Profile at Australian PGA is an Australian professional golfer. Dunk was inducted as a life member of the Australasian Tour in 1996. Dunk won five

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s and the

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. He won over 100 tournaments and broke over 80 course records, more than any other golfer in Australia, and in 1970 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 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 and 1969, he won 25 tournaments and set 25 course records. Dunk represented Australia in three World Cups and won the Malaysian Open and the New Zealand Open 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.

Professional wins (100+)

Japan Golf Tour wins (2)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (9)

''*Note: The 1978 Illawarra Open was shortened to 36 holes due to rain.'' PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (2–3)

Far East Circuit win (1)

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...

Malayan Open

Other wins

''this list is incomplete'' *1960 New South Wales PGA *1962

*1964 Metalcraft Tournament, Wiseman's Tournament, Wattie's Tournament (tie with Cobie Legrange), BP Tournament *1966

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*1967

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, Forbes $1.500 Purse *1968 New South Wales PGA, Spalding Masters *1969 New South Wales PGA, Brisbane Water Tournament *1970 New South Wales PGA, South Australian Open,

, South Pacific Open *1971

, New South Wales PGA Foursomes Championship (with Graham Abbott) *1972

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, Tasmanian Open,

, Caltex Tournament *1973

Senior wins

''this list is incomplete'' *1989

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, 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

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(representing Australia):

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Janu ...

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

References

External links

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Profile at Newcastle City Council Cultural site
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