News Chronicle Tournament

The News Chronicle Tournament was a professional golf tournament played in the Brighton area. It was a fixture on the British PGA tournament circuit from 1936 to 1951.

News Chronicle Tournament
Tournament information
LocationBrighton, England
Established1936
Course(s)East Brighton
Hollingbury Park
Tour(s)British PGA Order of Merit
FormatStroke play
Final year1951
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Dick Burton (1949)
Final champion
Ken Bousfield

Winners

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Year Winner Score Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)
Venue Ref
1936   Don Curtis 283 1 stroke   Dick Burton
  Dai Rees
200 East Brighton [1]
1937   Ernest Whitcombe 268 2 strokes   Sam King 200 East Brighton [2]
1938   Reg Whitcombe 300 2 strokes   Don Curtis
  Cecil Denny
  Arthur Lacey
  Herbert Rhodes
200 East Brighton [3]
1939   Alf Padgham 279 5 strokes   Percy Alliss
  Bill Cox
200 East Brighton [4]
1940–44: No tournament due to World War II
1945   Henry Cotton 301 4 strokes   Percy Alliss
  Arthur Havers
Hollingbury Park [5]
1946   Norman Von Nida 283 1 stroke   John Burton Hollingbury Park [6]
1947   Dai Rees 275 5 strokes   Arthur Harrison 350 Hollingbury Park [7]
1948   Allan Dailey 280 Tie Shared 350
and 150
Hollingbury Park [8]
  Reg Horne
1949   Dick Burton 266 12 strokes   Jimmy Adams 350 Hollingbury Park [9]
1950   Dai Rees 277 8 strokes   Ken Bousfield 350 Hollingbury Park [10]
1951   Ken Bousfield 279 1 stroke   Jack Hargreaves
  Norman Von Nida
350 Hollingbury Park [11]

References

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  1. ^ "Thirteen scores under 70 – Brilliant finish to big tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 29 August 1936. p. 6.
  2. ^ "A record low aggregate – E R Whitcombe wins Brighton tourney". The Glasgow Herald. 28 August 1937. p. 3.
  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.
  4. ^ "Padgham wins at his ease – Five strokes in hand at Brighton". The Glasgow Herald. 19 August 1939. p. 17.
  5. ^ "Henry Cotton wins Brighton stroke competition". The Glasgow Herald. 25 August 1945. p. 4.
  6. ^ "Australian's wins tournament win". The Glasgow Herald. 24 August 1946. p. 4.
  7. ^ "D J Rees wins £1500 golf tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 22 August 1947. p. 2.
  8. ^ "Exciting golf finish". The Glasgow Herald. 20 August 1948. p. 2.
  9. ^ "British record for Burton". The Glasgow Herald. 19 August 1949. p. 9.
  10. ^ "Rees's 68 in storn for Brighton first prize". The Glasgow Herald. 18 August 1950. p. 9.
  11. ^ "Von Nida's bid fails". The Glasgow Herald. 7 May 1951. p. 6.