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.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Brighton, England |
| Established | 1936 |
| Course(s) | East Brighton Hollingbury Park |
| Tour(s) | British PGA Order of Merit |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Final year | 1951 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 266 Dick Burton (1949) |
| Final champion | |
| Ken Bousfield | |
Winners
edit| 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
edit- ^ "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.