Bill Hyndman
{{Short description|American golfer (1915–2001)}}
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William Hyndman III (December 25, 1915 – September 6, 2001) was an American amateur golfer.
Hyndman was born in Glenside, Pennsylvania. Hyndman won many amateur tournaments, over an almost 50-year span, including the U.S. Senior Amateur twice (1973[http://www.senioram.org/2002/history/champions/1973_w_hyndman_iii.html 1973 U.S. Senior Amateur] and 1983[http://www.senioram.org/2002/history/champions/1983_w_hyndman_iii.html 1983 U.S. Senior Amateur]). He was runner-up in four major amateur tournaments, the 1955 U.S. Amateur{{Cite web |url=http://www.usamateur.org/2007/history/past-champions/1955.html |title=1955 U.S. Amateur |access-date=2008-07-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190012/http://www.usamateur.org/2007/history/past-champions/1955.html |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }} and the 1959, 1969, and 1970 British Amateurs. He played on five Walker Cup teams (1957, 1959, 1961, 1969, 1971) and on the Eisenhower Trophy twice (1958, 1960). He defeated Jack Nicklaus in the 1959 British Amateur.
Hyndman died in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania.
Tournament wins
- 1935 Philadelphia Amateur
- 1958 Philadelphia Amateur
- 1961 North and South Amateur
- 1958 Sunnehanna Amateur
- 1965 Philadelphia Amateur
- 1967 Sunnehanna Amateur
- 1968 Philadelphia Open Championship, Trans-Mississippi Amateur
- 1969 Philadelphia Open Championship
- 1973 U.S. Senior Amateur
- 1974 Northeast Amateur
- 1980 Philadelphia Senior Amateur
- 1983 U.S. Senior Amateur – oldest USGA champion at that time[http://www.senioram.org/2007/history/records.html 2007 USGA Senior Amateur] – Records
- American Seniors Golf Association Stroke Play Championship 1970, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1980
- American Seniors Golf Association Match Play Championship 1973, 1977
Tournament runner-up finishes
- 1955 U.S. Amateur – 2nd to Harvie Ward
- 1959 British Amateur – 2nd to Deane Beman
- 1969 British Amateur – 2nd to Michael Bonallack
- 1970 British Amateur – 2nd to Michael Bonallack
Results in major championships
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament !1949 !1950 !1951 !1952 !1953 !1954 !1955 !1956 !1957 !1958 !1959 |
| align=left|Masters Tournament
|style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T53 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T26 |T18 |
| align=left|U.S. Open
|style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T37 |T13 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |
| align=left|U.S. Amateur
|R256 |R64 |R256 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |R128 |style="background:yellow;"|2 |R256 |R128 |R128 |style="background:yellow;"|QF |
| align=left|The Amateur Championship
|style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:yellow;"|2 |
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament !1960 !1961 !1962 !1963 !1964 !1965 !1966 !1967 !1968 !1969 |
| align=left|Masters Tournament
|style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |WD |T35 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T42 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |
| align=left|U.S. Open
|style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T42 |T45 |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |
| align=left|U.S. Amateur
|style="background:yellow;"|QF |R256 |R256 |R256 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |– |– |– |– |– |
| align=left|The Amateur Championship
|style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:yellow;"|QF |R32 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:yellow;"|2 |
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament !1970 !1971 !1972 !1973 !1974 |
| align=left|Masters Tournament
|CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |
| align=left|U.S. Open
|WD |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T63 |
| align=left|The Amateur Championship
|style="background:yellow;"|2 |R256 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = Withdrew
R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Source for The Masters: [https://web.archive.org/web/20100326225029/http://www.masters.com/en_US/history/past_winners.html www.masters.com]
Source for U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open: [https://web.archive.org/web/20101221024412/http://champsdatabase.usga.org/ USGA Championship Database]
U.S. national team appearances
- Walker Cup: 1957 (winners), 1959 (winners), 1961 (winners), 1969 (winners), 1971
- Eisenhower Trophy: 1958 (individual leader, tie), 1960 (winners)
- Americas Cup: 1958 (winners), 1960 (winners), 1961 (winners)
References
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Category:American male golfers
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