William Edgar Dunk (born 10 December 1938)
[Billy Dunk]
Player Profile at Australian PGA is an Australian
professional golfer
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Dunk was inducted as a life member of the Australasian Tour in 1996. Dunk won five
Australian PGA Championships and the
New Zealand Open. 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
The NBN-3 Tournament was a professional golf tournament held in 1970 at the Merewether Golf Club in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Total prize money was A$10,000. The event was sponsored by NBN-3, a television station based in Newcastle.
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.["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.][
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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 Cov ...
Malayan Open
Other wins
''this list is incomplete''
*1960 New South Wales PGA
*1962 Australian PGA Championship
*1964 Metalcraft Tournament
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, Wiseman's Tournament
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, Wattie's Tournament
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(tie with Cobie Legrange), BP Tournament
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*1966 Australian PGA Championship, North Coast Open
*1967 New South Wales Open, North Coast Open, Forbes $1.500 Purse
*1968 New South Wales PGA, Spalding Masters
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*1969 New South Wales PGA, Brisbane Water Tournament
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*1970 New South Wales PGA, South Australian Open
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, 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
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)Caltex Tournament
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History
Bob Charles (golfer), Bob Charles and Peter Thomson (golfer), Peter Thomson each won the event five times, wh ...
*1973 Queensland Open
Senior wins
''this list is incomplete''
*1989 Australian PGA Seniors Championship,
Team appearances
* World Cup (representing Australia): 1968
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Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
, 1969
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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
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References
External links
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Profile at Newcastle City Council Cultural site
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Australian male golfers
PGA Tour of Australasia golfers
Sportsmen from New South Wales
People from Gosford
1938 births
Living people