William C. Fownes Jr.
Summary
- Titles 1910 U.S. Amateur
Wins
- 1910 U.S. Amateur The Country Club · 4 & 3
Results by championship
Best day
1910 U.S. Amateur
The Country Club · won 4 & 3
William C. Fownes Jr. beat Warren Wood 4 & 3 at The Country Club in Brookline.
Chosen by rule: the first championship title. Year page: 1910.
Career line, 1910–1910
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- Other win
William C. Fownes Jr. was born on October 2, 1877, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Fownes won the 1910 U.S. Amateur.
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The record
Amateur titles (1)
- 1910 U.S. Amateur The Country Club · 4 & 3
Profile
Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.
Full name
- William Clark Fownes Jr. Wikipedia
Status
- amateur Wikipedia
College or club
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Wikipedia
Died in
- Oakmont, Pennsylvania, U.S. Wikidata
Beyond our rooms
- 1922 Walker Cup team (winners, playing captain)
- 1924 Walker Cup team (winners)
- 1904 Western Pennsylvania Amateur won
- 1904 Western Pennsylvania Open won
- 1905 Western Pennsylvania Amateur won
- 1907 Western Pennsylvania Amateur won
- 1909 Western Pennsylvania Amateur won
- 1910 Pennsylvania Amateur won
- 1910 Western Pennsylvania Amateur won
- 1911 Western Pennsylvania Amateur won
- 1912 Pennsylvania Amateur won
- 1913 Pennsylvania Amateur won
- 1913 Western Pennsylvania Amateur won
- 1916 Pennsylvania Amateur won
Source: Wikipedia: William C. Fownes Jr.
Known for
- William Clark "W. C." Fownes Jr. was an American amateur golfer. Wikipedia
Sources
Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata.
Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.