News Chronicle Tournament

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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

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

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

References

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