William Hyndman III (December 25, 1915 – September 6, 2001) was an American amateur

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er. Hyndman was born in

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. Hyndman won many amateur tournaments, over an almost 50-year span, including the

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twice (1973 and 1983). He was runner-up in four major amateur tournaments, the 1955

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and the 1959, 1969, and 1970

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s. He played on five

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teams (1957, 1959, 1961, 1969, 1971) and on the

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twice (1958, 1960). He defeated

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in the 1959

. Hyndman died in

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Tournament wins

*1935 Philadelphia Amateur *1958 Philadelphia Amateur *1961

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*1958 Sunnehanna Amateur *1965 Philadelphia Amateur *1967 Sunnehanna Amateur *1968

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*1969

*1973

*1974

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*1980 Philadelphia Senior Amateur *1983

– oldest USGA champion at that time2007 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

– 2nd to Harvie Ward *1959

– 2nd to

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*1969

– 2nd to

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*1970

– 2nd to

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = Withdrew
R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play
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Source for U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open
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U.S. national team appearances

1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...

(winners),

1959 Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...

(winners),

1961 Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and cons ...

(winners),

1969 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the ...

(winners),

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...

(individual leader, tie),

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Janu ...

(winners) *

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: 1958 (winners), 1960 (winners), 1961 (winners)

References

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