Lunt himself won the English Amateur in 1966 and they became the first father and son to win the event.

[3] Individually his biggest success came when he won the Amateur Championship at St Andrews in 1963, beating John Blackwell 2&1 in the final.

[4] The following year he came close to repeating his success but lost in the final to Gordon Clark at the 39th hole.

[5] Lunt was part of the Great Britain and Ireland team that won the 1964 Eisenhower Trophy at Olgiata Golf Club near Rome.

At the time of his death, he was part of the way through his year as captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.