News Chronicle Tournament Explained

News Chronicle Tournament
Location:Brighton, England
Establishment:1936
Course:East Brighton
Hollingbury Park
Tour:British PGA Order of Merit
Format:Stroke play
Aggregate:266 Dick Burton (1949)
Final Year:1951
Final Champion:Ken Bousfield

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.

Winners

Year Winner Score Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)
Venue Ref
1936 283 1 stroke 200 East Brighton [1]
1937 268 2 strokes 200 East Brighton [2]
1938 300 2 strokes 200 East Brighton [3]
1939 279 5 strokes 200 East Brighton [4]
1940–44: No tournament due to World War II
1945 301 4 strokes Hollingbury Park [5]
1946 283 1 stroke Hollingbury Park [6]
1947 275 5 strokes 350 Hollingbury Park [7]
1948 280 Tie align=center rowspan=2Shared 350
and 150
Hollingbury Park [8]
1949 266 12 strokes 350 Hollingbury Park [9]
1950 277 8 strokes 350 Hollingbury Park [10]
1951 279 1 stroke 350 Hollingbury Park [11]

Notes and References

  1. News: Thirteen scores under 70 – Brilliant finish to big tournament . . 6 . 29 August 1936.
  2. News: A record low aggregate – E R Whitcombe wins Brighton tourney . . 3 . 28 August 1937.
  3. News: Open Champion proves himself – R A Whitcombe's triumph in gale – Young Scot's golfers lapse . . 16 . 20 August 1938.
  4. News: Padgham wins at his ease – Five strokes in hand at Brighton . . 17 . 19 August 1939.
  5. News: Henry Cotton wins Brighton stroke competition . . 4 . 25 August 1945.
  6. News: Australian's wins tournament win . . 4 . 24 August 1946.
  7. News: D J Rees wins £1500 golf tournament . . 2 . 22 August 1947.
  8. News: Exciting golf finish . . 2 . 20 August 1948.
  9. News: British record for Burton . . 9 . 19 August 1949.
  10. News: Rees's 68 in storn for Brighton first prize . . 9 . 18 August 1950.
  11. News: Von Nida's bid fails . . 6 . 7 May 1951.