- Bill Hyndman
William "Bill" Hyndman III (
December 25 ,1915 –September 6 ,2001 ) was an American amateurgolf er.Hyndman was born in
Glenside, Pennsylvania . Hyndman won many amateur tournaments, over an almost 50 year span, including theU.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 1955U.S. Amateur [ [http://www.usamateur.org/2007/history/past-champions/1955.html 1955 U.S. Amateur] ] and the 1959, 1969, and 1970British Amateur s. He played on fiveWalker Cup five times (1957, 1959, 1961, 1969, 1971) and on theEisenhower Trophy twice (1958, 1960).Hyndman died
Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania Tournamnt wins
*1935 Philadelphia Amateur
*1958 Philadelphia Amateur
*1961North and South Amateur
*1958Sunnehanna Amateur
*1965 Philadelphia Amateur
*1967Sunnehanna Amateur
*1968Philadelphia Open Championship ,Trans-Mississippi Amateur
*1969Philadelphia Open Championship
*1973U.S. Senior Amateur
*1974Northeast Amateur
*1980 Philadelphia Senior Amateur
*1983U.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, 1977Tournament runner-up finishes
*1955
U.S. Amateur - 2nd toHarvie Ward
*1959British Amateur - 2nd toDeane Beman
*1969British Amateur - 2nd toMichael Bonallack
*1970British Amateur - 2nd toMichael Bonallack References
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