During Bill's playing career he had the opportunity to work with many of golf's best instructors, working for 8 years with Jim Mclean. Since leaving the PGA Tour in 1996, Bill has taught golf at numerous facilities, been a Co-Head Professional, and in 2005 became a Master Instructor at the Jim Mclean Golf School at Doral.
During Bill's Tour career he was elected to the PGA Tour Advisory Council 4 times. He has published instructional articles for The Met Golfer, New Jersey Golfer, and Sports Illustrated. In 2004 Bill was selected by Titelist to be one of their 11 Prominent Club Fitters in the United States and was selected by Golf Digest as one of the "Top Ten Teachers" in New Jersey.
Bill is a Class A member of the PGA of America and a lifetime member of the PGA Tour. He lives in New Jersey with his wife Isabelle and their 4 children.
• 15 year PGA Tour Player
• PGA Tour Winner-Centel Classic
• Finished 7th 1990 Masters
• 4th 1990 PGA Championship
• 2002 NJPGA Player of the Year
• 2005 Golf Digest "Top Ten Teacher”in New Jersey
• 2006 NJPGA "Senior Player of the Year"
•2008 Finished "Senior PGA Championship"
"Low Club Professional"
• 2008 NJPGA "Teacher of the Year"
• 2009 Senior PGA National Champion
Bill is a native of Staten Island N.Y. and was fortunate to have been mentored by Jim Albus, an outstanding club professional and 6 time winner on the Champions Tour.
As an amateur, Bill was the youngest Publinx golfer to win the Metropolitan Amateur, doing so in 1974 and 75. Also in 1975, Bill won the National Junior College Championship. Shortly after graduating from the University of Florida in 1979, he turned professional and won the Met Open.
Bill earned his PGA Tour card in 1980 and played the Tour for 15 years. During that time he won the 1989 Centel Classic and finished 2nd four times. In 1990 Bill finished in the top 10 in two major championships, finishing 7th in the Masters and 4th in the PGA Championship.
Britton fired a
final-round
5-under-par 67 to
complete a 72-hole
performance of
18-under-par 270
and a one-stroke
victory. His overall
total was a stroke
better than the previous record held by
Jeff Coston of Blaine, Wash., who won in 2006.
The 54-year-old PGA Director of Instruction at Trump National Golf Club Colts Neck, N. J., Britton made a five-foot par-saving putt on the 18th green to preserve the victory over Arthur, who earlier knocked home a difficult 8-foot birdie putt to finish alone in second place.
Bill Britton fired a final-round 67 to win the Senior PGA Professional National Championship on Sunday. (PGA of America)
"Perry [Arthur] didn't have to make a 3 on the last to make it tough," said Britton jokingly. "I left my first putt a little shorter than I wanted to, but played the putt to move a little left and it dropped."
Britton and Arthur were knotted at 15-under through 12 holes, before Britton was able to separate himself with birdies at Nos. 13 and 14.
"Perry was doing really good early and it was close," said Britton. "I was plodding along, then made a 12-footer at 13 for a birdie and at No. 14, I made a 20-footer uphill into the grain for birdie.
I was fortunate and feeling pretty good from there."
Britton knew that the final round against this field would not be easy.
"I shot a 65 yesterday and would not have been surprised if we had a few others do that today," said Britton. "It was ideal today and I knew I would have to make birdies to win and I was able to do that."
Britton, the Low Club Professional at the 2007 Senior PGA Championship will lead a 35-player contingent of Senior PGA Professionals to Colorado Golf Club near Denver for the 2010 Senior PGA Championship, May 24-30.
"I will probably appreciate this all a little more later, I am still a little nervous," he said. "I think I made all the putts that I didn't make all summer long down here this week."
