Willie Dunn (golfer)
| Willie Dunn, Jr. | |
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Dunn, c. 1889
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | William Dunn, Jr. |
| Born |
c. 1864 Blackheath, London, England |
| Died | August 1952 (aged 88) Putney, London, England |
| Nationality |
 England
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| Career | |
| Status | Professional |
| Best results in major championships |
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| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | 2nd: 1895 |
| The Open Championship | 9th: 1883 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
William Dunn, Jr. (c. 1864 – August 1952) was an English professional golfer and golf course designer of Scottish descent. Dunn was born in Blackheath, London, England in about 1864. His best U.S. Open finish was second in the 1895 U.S. Open. He took home $100 as his share of the purse. His best known golf course designs are those found at the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club and the Apawamis Club.
Dunn was born circa 1864 at Blackheath, London, England, the son of Willie Dunn, Sr. At age 13, Dunn learned the art of making golf clubs while apprenticed under his older brother, Tom Dunn, who was the professional at London Scottish Golf Club on Wimbledon Common, where he had his home. By 1871 he had joined his father at Leith Links.
Dunn plied his trade while professional at Westward Ho! from 1886–88 before travelling to Biarritz, France, where he instructed wealthy patrons on the fine art of swinging a golf club. It was in Biarritz where Dunn first made the acquaintance of the American millionaire William K. Vanderbilt. After arriving in the United States in 1893—a trip that was sponsored by Vanderbilt—Dunn spent the summer giving golf lessons at the Newport Golf Club in Rhode Island. After spending the winter back in his regular position at Biarritz, he made a return voyage to America. Golf was beginning to gain in popularity at this time and Dunn found ripe pickings in golf-related work and settled in the U.S. permanently.
His first professional position was at the Ardsley Country Club, Ardsley, New York, where he designed the course and settled down to a club-making business in 1896. He was joined by his nephew, John Duncan Dunn, who emigrated from England where he had been engaged with the firm of Dunn Brothers. The clubs the Dunns produced provided an interesting mix of traditional Scottish values and modern ingenuity. Early clubs from the Ardsley days were imported from Scotland and assembled in New York. Some of these irons bear a small eagle mark, a reference to his new home and were possibly forged by Robert Condie. Others were simply marked "Dunn Selected" in either script or block letters and dated from 1897–1903.
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