Bill Dunk

Bill Dunk
Personal information
Full name	William Edgar Dunk
Born	(1938-12-10) 10 December 1938 (age 86)
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
New Zealand Golf Circuit money list winner 1972–73

William Edgar Dunk (born 10 December 1938) ^[1] 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. ^[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]

Personal life

Dunk and his wife Annette have three children. ^[1] He settled on the New South Wales central coast.

Professional wins (51)

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	[phone]=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

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

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 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)

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

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.
10. "Australian PGA Seniors Championship Winners List" (PDF). PGA Australia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 June 2021.

External links

• Bill Dunk at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• Profile at Newcastle City Council Cultural site