Willie Hunter
Summary
- Titles 1921 The Amateur
Wins
- 1921 The Amateur Championship Royal Liverpool Golf Club · 12 & 11
Results by championship
Best day
1921 The Amateur
Royal Liverpool Golf Club · won 12 & 11
Willie Hunter routed Allan Graham 12 & 11 in the final at Hoylake.
Chosen by rule: the first championship title. Year page: 1921.
Career line, 1921–1921
1 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Other win
Willie Hunter was born on January 29, 1892, in Forest Row, England. Hunter won the 1921 The Amateur.
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The record
Amateur titles (1)
- 1921 The Amateur Championship Royal Liverpool Golf Club · 12 & 11
PGA Championship match play
Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 1 won, 2 lost.
- 1922 Round of 64 lost to Frank Sprogell 3 & 1
- 1923 Round of 64 beat Al Watrous 2 & 1
- 1923 Round of 32 lost to Johnny Farrell 4 & 3
Profile
Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.
Full name
- William Irvine Hunter Wikipedia
Other names
- Wee Willie Wikipedia
Status
- professional, turned professional in 1923 Wikipedia
Died in
- Palm Springs, California, U.S. Wikipedia
Beyond our rooms
- 1922 England–Scotland Amateur Match team (Scotland)
- 1923 Southern California Amateur winner
- 1926 (1) California State Open winner
- 1927 (1) California State Open winner
- 1928 (1) Southern California Open winner
- 1934 (1) Southern California Open winner
- 1936 (2) San Francisco National Match Play Open winner
- 1936 Catalina Open winner
Source: Wikipedia: Willie Hunter (golfer)
Known for
- William Irvine Hunter (January 29, 1892 – October 18, 1968) was a Scottish golfer who played extensively in the United States. 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.