News Chronicle Tournament
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Brighton, England |
| Established | 1936 |
| Course(s) | |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Final year | 1951 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 266 Dick Burton (1949) |
| Final champion | |
| Ken Bousfield | |
The News Chronicle Tournament was a professional golf tournament played in the Brighton area. It was held from 1936 to 1951.
Winners[]
| Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Winner's share (£) |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Don Curtis |  England |
283 | 1 stroke | Dick Burton Dai Rees |
200 | [1] | |
| 1937 | Ernest Whitcombe | England |
268 | 2 strokes | Sam King |
200 | [2] | |
| 1938 | Reg Whitcombe | England |
300 | 2 strokes | Don Curtis Cecil Denny Arthur Lacey |
200 | [3] | |
| 1939 | Alf Padgham | England |
279 | 5 strokes | Percy Alliss Bill Cox |
200 | [4] | |
| 1940–44: No tournament due to World War II | ||||||||
| 1945 | Henry Cotton | England |
301 | 4 strokes | Percy Alliss Arthur Havers |
[5] | ||
| 1946 | Norman Von Nida |  Australia |
283 | 1 stroke | John Burton |
[6] | ||
| 1947 | Dai Rees | Wales |
275 | 5 strokes | |
350 | [7] | |
| 1948 | Allan Dailey |  Scotland |
280 | Tie | Shared 350 and 150 |
[8] | ||
| Reg Horne | England
| |||||||
| 1949 | Dick Burton | England |
266 | 12 strokes | Jimmy Adams |
350 | [9] | |
| 1950 | Dai Rees | Wales |
277 | 8 strokes | Ken Bousfield |
350 | [10] | |
| 1951 | Ken Bousfield | England |
279 | 1 stroke | Jack Hargreaves Norman Von Nida |
350 | [11] | |
References[]
- ^ "Thirteen scores under 70 – Brilliant finish to big tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 29 August 1936. p. 6.
- ^ "A record low aggregate – E R Whitcombe wins Brighton tourney". The Glasgow Herald. 28 August 1937. p. 3.
- ^ "Open Champion proves himself – R A Whitcombe's triumph in gale – Young Scot's golfers lapse". The Glasgow Herald. 20 August 1938. p. 16.
- ^ "Padgham wins at his ease – Five strokes in hand at Brighton". The Glasgow Herald. 19 August 1939. p. 17.
- ^ "Henry Cotton wins Brighton stroke competition". The Glasgow Herald. 25 August 1945. p. 4.
- ^ "Australian's wins tournament win". The Glasgow Herald. 24 August 1946. p. 4.
- ^ "D J Rees wins £1500 golf tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 22 August 1947. p. 2.
- ^ "Exciting golf finish". The Glasgow Herald. 20 August 1948. p. 2.
- ^ "British record for Burton". The Glasgow Herald. 19 August 1949. p. 9.
- ^ "Rees's 68 in storn for Brighton first prize". The Glasgow Herald. 18 August 1950. p. 9.
- ^ "Von Nida's bid fails". The Glasgow Herald. 7 May 1951. p. 6.
Categories:
- Golf tournaments in England
- Recurring sporting events established in 1936
- Recurring events disestablished in 1951
- 1936 establishments in England
- 1951 disestablishments in England