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 | |
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 | Don Curtis | 283 | 1 stroke |
Dick Burton Dai Rees |
200 | East Brighton | |
| 1937 | Ernest Whitcombe | 268 | 2 strokes | Sam King | 200 | East Brighton | |
| 1938 | Reg Whitcombe | 300 | 2 strokes |
Don Curtis Cecil Denny Arthur Lacey Herbert Rhodes |
200 | East Brighton | |
| 1939 | Alf Padgham | 279 | 5 strokes |
Percy Alliss Bill Cox |
200 | East Brighton | |
| 1940–44: No tournament due to World War II | |||||||
| 1945 | Henry Cotton | 301 | 4 strokes |
Percy Alliss Arthur Havers |
Hollingbury Park | ||
| 1946 | Norman Von Nida | 283 | 1 stroke | John Burton | Hollingbury Park | ||
| 1947 | Dai Rees | 275 | 5 strokes | Arthur Harrison | 350 | Hollingbury Park | |
| 1948 | Allan Dailey | 280 | Tie | Shared 350 and 150 |
Hollingbury Park | ||
| Reg Horne | |||||||
| 1949 | Dick Burton | 266 | 12 strokes | Jimmy Adams | 350 | Hollingbury Park | |
| 1950 | Dai Rees | 277 | 8 strokes | Ken Bousfield | 350 | Hollingbury Park | |
| 1951 | Ken Bousfield | 279 | 1 stroke |
Jack Hargreaves Norman Von Nida |
350 | Hollingbury Park | |