{{Short description|English golfer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Bill Twine | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = William Thomas Twine | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|1|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Hayling Island, Hampshire, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1977|10|20|1898|1|16|df=y}} | death_place = Cambridge, England | height = <!-- {{height|ft=|in=}} OR {{height|m=|precision=0}} --> | weight = <!-- {{convert| |lb|kg st|abbr=on}} OR {{convert| |kg|lb st|abbr=on}} --> | nationality = {{ENG}} | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = | status = Professional | yearpro = | retired = <!-- Year retired --> | extour = <!-- Former tours which a member of --> | prowins = 4 | pgawins = | otherwins = <!-- Number of Other wins --> | majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins --> | masters = DNP | usopen = DNP | open = 11th: 1934 | pga = DNP | usamateur = | britamateur = | wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID --> | wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted --> | award1 = <!-- Achievement or award details --> | year1 = <!-- Year(s) of achievement or award --> | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> }} '''William Thomas Twine''' (16 January 1898 – 20 October 1977)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCR-22HL|title=FamilySearch.org|accessdate=23 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=twine&yearOfDeath=1977&page=1#calendar|title = Find a will &#124; GOV.UK}}</ref> was an English professional golfer. He was a regular competitor in the Open Championship and had a best finish of 11th in 1934. He never won an important individual tournament, his best finish being in the 1932 Dunlop-Southport Tournament where he tied with Henry Cotton but lost the 36-hole playoff by a single shot.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Euo-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=_0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4033%2C2121288 |title =A thrilling finish – Twine equals Cotton's wins at Southport |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=18 |date=14 May 1932}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E-o-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=_0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2155%2C2293525 |title =Cotton's £200 shot – One stroke victory at Southport |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=18 |date=16 May 1932}}</ref>

==Tournament wins== *1925 Kent Professional Championship *1931 Kent Professional Championship *1936 Addington Foursomes (with J A Flaherty) *1938 Addington Foursomes (with J A Flaherty)

==Results in major championships== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !1922 !1923 !1924 !1925 !1926 !1927 !1928 !1929 !1930 !1931 !1932 !1933 !1934 !1935 !1936 !1937 !1938 |- |align=left|The Open Championship |T53 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T36 |47 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T30 |T14 |T36 |T44 |T26 |T25 |T37 |11 |CUT |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |} ''Note: Twine only played in The Open Championship.''<br /> {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the half-way cut<br /> "T" indicates a tie for a place

==Team appearances== *Seniors vs Juniors (representing the Juniors): 1928 *England–Ireland Professional Match (representing England): 1932 (winners)

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