News Chronicle Tournament

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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.

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

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YearWinnerScoreMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upWinner's
share (£)		VenueRef
1936England Don Curtis2831 strokeEngland Dick Burton
Wales Dai Rees		200East Brighton[1]
1937England Ernest Whitcombe2682 strokesEngland Sam King200East Brighton[2]
1938England Reg Whitcombe3002 strokesEngland Don Curtis
England Cecil Denny
England Arthur Lacey
England Herbert Rhodes		200East Brighton[3]
1939England Alf Padgham2795 strokesEngland Percy Alliss
England Bill Cox		200East Brighton[4]
1940–44: No tournament due to World War II
1945England Henry Cotton3014 strokesEngland Percy Alliss
England Arthur Havers		Hollingbury Park[5]
1946Australia Norman Von Nida2831 strokeEngland John BurtonHollingbury Park[6]
1947Wales Dai Rees2755 strokesEngland Arthur Harrison350Hollingbury Park[7]
1948Scotland Allan Dailey280TieShared 350
and 150		Hollingbury Park[8]
England Reg Horne
1949England Dick Burton26612 strokesScotland Jimmy Adams350Hollingbury Park[9]
1950Wales Dai Rees2778 strokesEngland Ken Bousfield350Hollingbury Park[10]
1951England Ken Bousfield2791 strokeEngland Jack Hargreaves
Australia Norman Von Nida		350Hollingbury Park[11]
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