Bill Hyndman Explained

Bill Hyndman should not be confused with Bill Hindman.

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^[1] and 1983^[2]). He was runner-up in four major amateur tournaments, the 1955 U.S. Amateur^[3] 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^[4]
• 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

Tournament	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Masters Tournament								T53		T26	T18
U.S. Open								T37	T13		CUT
U.S. Amateur	R256	R64	R256			R128	2	R256	R128	R128	QF
The Amateur Championship											2

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Masters Tournament		CUT	WD	T35		T42
U.S. Open		T42	T45	CUT				CUT
U.S. Amateur	QF	R256	R256	R256		–	–	–	–	–
The Amateur Championship						QF	R32			2

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974
Masters Tournament	CUT		CUT
U.S. Open	WD				T63
The Amateur Championship	2	R256

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: www.masters.com

Source for U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open: 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)

Notes and References

1. http://www.senioram.org/2002/history/champions/1973_w_hyndman_iii.html 1973 U.S. Senior Amateur
2. http://www.senioram.org/2002/history/champions/1983_w_hyndman_iii.html 1983 U.S. Senior Amateur
3. Web site: 1955 U.S. Amateur . 2008-07-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190012/http://www.usamateur.org/2007/history/past-champions/1955.html . 2016-03-03 . dead .
4. http://www.senioram.org/2007/history/records.html 2007 USGA Senior Amateur