William “Willie” Macfarlane was born in Aberdeen, Scotland on June 29, 1890. Willie was a Scottish professional golfer who won a U.S. Open as well as 20 other PGA Tour events.

 Like many golfers of his era, he was a club professional in the United States. In a serendipitous week in 1925,  Willie won the U.S. Open at Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Massachusetts. He tied Bobby Jones over seventy-two holes.Willie had a round of 67 which was a U.S. Open record. On the other hand, Bobby Jones felt he moved the ball while preparing for an iron shot out of the rough on the 11th hole. the offcials could not confirm that Jones committed an infraction. But Jones called a penalty on himself. People were astounded and a little critical that Bobby Jones would do something that woud cost him a major tournament. Jones’ reply is cast in our memories, “You might as well praise me for not robbing a bank.” The two men played an eighteen hole playoff and both of them shot 75. Macfarlane won a second eighteen hole playoff by 72 shots to 73.

Macfarlane played in the U.S. Open seventeen times, but only had one other top ten finish. He won 21 times on the PGA Tour.

Macfarlane died August 15, 1961 in Miami, Florida.

21 PGA Tour wins

    1 1916 Rockland CC Four-Ball
    1 1921 Philadelphia Open Championship
    1 1924 Westchester Open
    2 1925 U.S. Open, Shawnee Open
    1 1928 Shawnee Open
    3 1930 Metropolitan Open, Westchester Open, Mid-South Open Bestball (with Wiffy Cox)
    2 1931 Miami International Four-Ball (with Wiffy Cox), Kenwood Open
    1 1932 St. Petersburg Open
    4 1933 Metropolitan Open, Mid-South Pro-Pro (with Paul Runyan), Mid-South Open (tie with Paul Runyan and Joe Turnesa), Miami Biltmore Open (December)
    1 1934 Pennsylvania Open Championship
    2 1935 Florida West Coast Open, Glens Falls Open
    2 1936 Nassau Open, Walter Olson Golf Tournament