Bill Large

{{short description|English golfer}}

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| birth_place = Liverpool, Lancashire, England

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| death_place = Hertfordshire, England

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| status = Professional

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| open = T25: 1971

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William Large (2 July 1937 – 15 March 2006)https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV4H-L4QV {{subscription required}} {{dead link|date=November 2018}}[https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Wills?Surname=large&SurnameGrants=large&FirstName=william&FirstNameGrants=william&YearOfDeath=2006&YearOfDeathGrants=2006&AdvancedSearch=True&IsGrantSearch=True&IsCalendarSearch=False#wills Find a will search results], gov.uk was an English professional golfer. He was born in Liverpool, where his father, Bill Large, Sr., was professional at the Allerton Municipal course.{{cite news |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Golfnorthwest%3A+Lifetime+of+service+at+Allerton+honoured%3B+Large...-a0151573585 |title=Golfnorthwest: Lifetime of service at Allerton honoured; Large dynasty spans more than 60 years at course. |newspaper= Daily Post (Liverpool) |date=19 September 2006}} His father had won the Northern Professional Championship in 1928.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iKdAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eaUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5483%2C2760918 |title=The Northern Professional Championship |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=6 |date=20 July 1928}}

Large's first important win was in the Honda Foursomes Tournament in 1966 where he and his partner, Jimmy Hitchcock, beat the experienced pair of Peter Alliss and Christy O'Connor Snr in the final.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5HVDAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jqMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1409%2C471524 |title=Honda win by Large and Hitchcock |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=4 October 1965 |page=6}} He was joint winner of two individual tournaments, the 1966 Martini International and the 1968 Alcan International.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u31AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sqMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3086%2C3905023 |title=Large and Alliss tie in Martini |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=23 May 1966 |page=11}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_9o9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=9UcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5516%2C1176838 |title=Brewer's accuracy from tees decisive in Alcan |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=7 October 1968 |page=7}}