{{short description|British professional golfer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Willie Gaudin | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = William Charles Gaudin | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1874|5|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Grouville, Jersey | death_date = {{Death date and age|1921|8|31|1874|5|24|df=y}} | death_place = Manhattan, New York City, United States | height = <!-- {{height|ft=|in=}} OR {{height|m=|precision=0}} --> | weight = <!-- {{convert| |lb|kg st|abbr=on}} OR {{convert| |kg|lb st|abbr=on}} --> | nationality = {{JEY}} | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = | status = Professional | yearpro = | retired = <!-- Year retired --> | extour = <!-- Former tours which a member of --> | prowins = | pgawins = | otherwins = <!-- Number of Other wins --> | majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins --> | masters = DNP | usopen = T30: 1907 | open = 33: 1901 | 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 Charles Gaudin''' (24 May 1874 – 31 August 1921) was a professional golfer from Jersey. Gaudin had four younger brothers who were also professional golfers, Jack, Phil, Ernest and Herbert.
==Golf career== Gaudin was an assistant to Tom Vardon at Ilkley Golf Club in the mid-1890s and was also a frequent playing companion of Harry Vardon, Tom's brother.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Gist of Golf|last=Vardon|first=Harry|date=1922|publisher=George H. Doran Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/gistgolf00vardgoog/page/n105 95]|url=https://archive.org/details/gistgolf00vardgoog|quote=Willie Gaudin.}}</ref> When he played in the 1897 Open Championship his club is given as Doncaster. In 1899 he was the professional at Bradford Golf Club when it moved from Baildon to Hawksworth. In 1903 he moved from Bradford to the new Scarborough Town Club (now Scarborough South Cliff) with his assistant Bertie Snowball. In 1905 Gaudin and Snowball moved to Royal Portrush Golf Club but the appointment was short-lived since Gaudin emigrated later the same year.<ref name="TTGBuggy"/>
Gaudin arrived in New York City in late 1905 and became the professional at Dutchess Golf Club near Poughkeepsie, New York, for 1906. He played in the 1907 U.S. Open at the Philadelphia Cricket Club and was tied for 30th place.<ref name="TTGBuggy">{{cite journal |last=Buggy |first=Tom |title=Early Dutchess Greenkeepers/Professionals |url=http://www.golfcollectors.co.uk/u/cms/TTG_88_2009March.pdf |issue=88 |pages=8–13 |date=March 2009 |website=www.golfcollectors.co.uk |accessdate=12 June 2016}}</ref>
==Death== Gaudin died of tuberculosis in a New York City sanatorium in August 1921 aged 47 leaving a wife and five children.<ref name="TTGBuggy"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W5R-BBZ|title=FamilySearch.org|website=FamilySearch |accessdate=29 June 2023}}</ref>
==Results in major championships== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !1897 !1898 !1899 !1900 !1901 !1902 !1903 !1904 !1905 !1906 !1907 |- |align=left|The Open Championship |WD |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |WD |33 |T38 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T41 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|U.S. Open |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T30 |} ''Note: Gaudin only played in The Open Championship and the U.S. Open.'' {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the cut<br /> WD = withdrew<br /> "T" indicates a tie for a place
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