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
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

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

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.