{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{EngvarB|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox golf tournament | name = News Chronicle Tournament | image = | location = Brighton, England | establishment = 1936 | course = East Brighton<br>Hollingbury Park | par = | tour = British PGA Order of Merit | format = Stroke play | aggregate = 266 Dick Burton (1949) | month_played = | final_year = 1951 | 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== {| class="wikitable" !Year !! Winner !! Score !! Margin<br>of victory !! Runner(s)-up !! Winner's<br>share (£) !! Venue !! Ref |- | 1936 || {{flagicon|ENG}} Don Curtis || align="center" |283 || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|ENG}} Dick Burton<br>{{flagicon|WAL}} Dai Rees || align=center|200 || East Brighton ||<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WJ9AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WqUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2073%2C8898742 |title=Thirteen scores under 70 – Brilliant finish to big tournament |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=6 |date=29 August 1936}}</ref> |- | 1937 || {{flagicon|ENG}} Ernest Whitcombe || align="center" |268 || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|ENG}} Sam King || align=center|200 || East Brighton ||<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HEhAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lIUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2088%2C3834252 |title=A record low aggregate – E R Whitcombe wins Brighton tourney |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=3 |date=28 August 1937}}</ref> |- | 1938 || {{flagicon|ENG}} Reg Whitcombe || align="center" |300 || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|ENG}} Don Curtis<br>{{flagicon|ENG}} Cecil Denny<br>{{flagicon|ENG}} Arthur Lacey<br>{{flagicon|ENG}} Herbert Rhodes || align=center|200 || East Brighton ||<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CUFAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f1kMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5908%2C2983617 |title=Open Champion proves himself – R A Whitcombe's triumph in gale – Young Scot's golfers lapse |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=16 |date=20 August 1938}}</ref> |- | 1939 || {{flagicon|ENG}} Alf Padgham || align="center" |279 || 5 strokes || {{flagicon|ENG}} Percy Alliss<br>{{flagicon|ENG}} Bill Cox || align=center|200 || East Brighton ||<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eU1AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vIgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4569%2C2777030 |title=Padgham wins at his ease – Five strokes in hand at Brighton |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=17 |date=19 August 1939}}</ref> |- | colspan="8" align="center" | <small>''1940–44: No tournament due to World War II''</small> |- | 1945 || {{flagicon|ENG}} Henry Cotton || align="center" |301 || 4 strokes || {{flagicon|ENG}} Percy Alliss<br>{{flagicon|ENG}} Arthur Havers || align=center| || Hollingbury Park ||<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GvBYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=blkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4489%2C6420860 |title=Henry Cotton wins Brighton stroke competition |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=4 |date=25 August 1945}}</ref> |- | 1946 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Norman Von Nida || align="center" |283 || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|ENG}} John Burton || align=center| || Hollingbury Park ||<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2kxAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Co8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=4388%2C6840440 |title=Australian's wins tournament win |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=4 |date=24 August 1946}}</ref> |- | 1947 || {{flagicon|WAL}} Dai Rees || align="center" |275 || 5 strokes || {{flagicon|ENG}} Arthur Harrison || align=center|350 || Hollingbury Park ||<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b2hAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=j5QMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4295%2C6575835 |title=D J Rees wins £1500 golf tournament |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=2 |date=22 August 1947}}</ref> |- | rowspan=2|1948 || {{flagicon|SCO}} Allan Dailey || rowspan="2" align="center" |280 || rowspan=2|Tie || rowspan=2| || align=center rowspan=2|Shared 350<br>and 150 || rowspan="2" |Hollingbury Park || rowspan="2" |<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S2pAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hJgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4856%2C5811968 |title=Exciting golf finish |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=2 |date=20 August 1948}}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} Reg Horne |- | 1949 || {{flagicon|ENG}} Dick Burton || align="center" |266 || 12 strokes || {{flagicon|SCO}} Jimmy Adams || align=center|350 || Hollingbury Park ||<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sm5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IjQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2692%2C8280019 |title=British record for Burton |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=9 |date=19 August 1949}}</ref> |- | 1950 || {{flagicon|WAL}} Dai Rees || align="center" |277 || 8 strokes || {{flagicon|ENG}} Ken Bousfield || align=center|350 || Hollingbury Park ||<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XU1AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nJAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3917%2C3590390 |title=Rees's 68 in storn for Brighton first prize |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=9 |date=18 August 1950}}</ref> |- | 1951 || {{flagicon|ENG}} Ken Bousfield || align="center" |279 || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Hargreaves<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} Norman Von Nida || align=center|350 || Hollingbury Park ||<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GEtAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uogMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4104%2C545793 |title=Von Nida's bid fails |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=6 |date=7 May 1951}}</ref> |}
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Category:Golf tournaments in England Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1936 Category:Recurring events disestablished in 1951 Category:1936 establishments in England Category:1951 disestablishments in England