News Chronicle Tournament

The News Chronicle Tournament was a professional golf tournament played in the Brighton area. It was held from 1936 to 1951.

News Chronicle Tournament
Tournament information
LocationBrighton, England
Established1936
Course(s)East Brighton Golf Club
Hollingbury Park Golf Club
FormatStroke play
Final year1951
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Dick Burton (1949)
Final champion
Ken Bousfield

Winners

YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-upWinner's
share (£)
Ref
1936Don Curtis EnglandEast Brighton Golf Club2831 stroke Dick Burton
Dai Rees
200[1]
1937Ernest Whitcombe EnglandEast Brighton Golf Club2682 strokes Sam King200[2]
1938Reg Whitcombe EnglandEast Brighton Golf Club3002 strokes Don Curtis
Cecil Denny
Arthur Lacey
Herbert Rhodes
200[3]
1939Alf Padgham EnglandEast Brighton Golf Club2795 strokes Percy Alliss
Bill Cox
200[4]
1940–44: No tournament due to World War II
1945Henry Cotton EnglandHollingbury Park Golf Club3014 strokes Percy Alliss
Arthur Havers
[5]
1946Norman Von Nida AustraliaHollingbury Park Golf Club2831 stroke John Burton[6]
1947Dai Rees WalesHollingbury Park Golf Club2755 strokes Arthur Harrison350[7]
1948Allan Dailey ScotlandHollingbury Park Golf Club280TieShared 350
and 150
[8]
Reg Horne England
1949Dick Burton EnglandHollingbury Park Golf Club26612 strokes Jimmy Adams350[9]
1950Dai Rees WalesHollingbury Park Golf Club2778 strokes Ken Bousfield350[10]
1951Ken Bousfield EnglandHollingbury Park Golf Club2791 stroke Jack Hargreaves
Norman Von Nida
350[11]

References

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