News Chronicle Tournament

News Chronicle Tournament
Tournament information
Location Brighton, England
Established 1937
Course(s) East Brighton Golf Club
Hollingbury Park Golf Club
Final year 1951
Final champion
Ken Bousfield

The News Chronicle Tournament was a professional golf tournament played in the Brighton area. It was held from 1937 to 1951.

Winners

Year Winner Country Venue Score Margin
of victory 		Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£) 		Ref
1937 Ernest Whitcombe  England East Brighton Golf Club 268 2 strokes England Sam King 200 [1]
1938 Reg Whitcombe  England East Brighton Golf Club 300 2 strokes England Don Curtis
England Cecil Denny
England Arthur Lacey
England Herbert Rhodes 		200 [2]
1939 Alf Padgham  England East Brighton Golf Club 279 5 strokes England Percy Alliss
England Bill Cox 		200 [3]
1940–44: No tournament due to World War II
1945 Henry Cotton  England Hollingbury Park Golf Club 301 4 strokes England Percy Alliss
England Arthur Havers 		[4]
1946 Norman Von Nida  Australia Hollingbury Park Golf Club 283 1 stroke England John Burton [5]
1947 Dai Rees  Wales Hollingbury Park Golf Club 275 5 strokes England Arthur Harrison 350 [6]
1948 Allan Dailey  Scotland Hollingbury Park Golf Club 280 Tie Shared 350
and 150 		[7]
Reg Horne  England
1949 Dick Burton  England Hollingbury Park Golf Club 266 12 strokes Scotland Jimmy Adams 350 [8]
1950 Dai Rees  Wales Hollingbury Park Golf Club 277 8 strokes England Ken Bousfield 350 [9]
1951 Ken Bousfield  England Hollingbury Park Golf Club 279 1 stroke England Jack Hargreaves
Australia Norman Von Nida 		350 [10]

References

  1. ↑ "A record low aggregate – E R Whitcombe wins Brighton tourney". The Glasgow Herald. 28 August 1937. p. 3.
  2. ↑ "Open Champion proves himself – R A Whitcombe's triumph in gale – Young Scot's golfers lapse". The Glasgow Herald. 20 August 1938. p. 16.
  3. ↑ "Padgham wins at his ease – Five strokes in hand at Brighton". The Glasgow Herald. 19 August 1939. p. 17.
  4. ↑ "Henry Cotton wins Brighton stroke competition". The Glasgow Herald. 25 August 1945. p. 4.
  5. ↑ "Australian's wins tournament win". The Glasgow Herald. 24 August 1946. p. 4.
  6. ↑ "D J Rees wins £1500 golf tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 22 August 1947. p. 2.
  7. ↑ "Exciting golf finish". The Glasgow Herald. 20 August 1948. p. 2.
  8. ↑ "British record for Burton". The Glasgow Herald. 19 August 1949. p. 9.
  9. ↑ "Rees's 68 in storn for Brighton first prize". The Glasgow Herald. 18 August 1950. p. 9.
  10. ↑ "Von Nida's bid fails". The Glasgow Herald. 7 May 1951. p. 6.
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