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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 241, 8 July 1938, Page 11

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First Round Of British Championship

London, July C.

'The first round of the British open golf championship was played at the Royal St. George course, Sandwich, today. The weather was fine, with little wind. The scores include: —

Bruen, IV. J. Cox, Fallon Adams, Dallemagne, and 15. R. Whitcombe 70 J. J. Busson, Perry, Gadd, Jarman, Burton, C. A. Whitcombe, and R. A. Whitcombe 71 French, Lewis, Black, Haliburton, Roberts, Sutton, and McLean . 72 Matthews. Mahon, Smithers, Bulloch, Rees, Locke, and Dailey . 73 McMinn, Lacey, Hastings, King, Pemberton, Cotton, Shankland, Braid, 'Pennink, Padgham, and Hattersley 74 Greenhaugh, Cox, Knipe, Nolan, Hartley, Lees, Manton, and Mclntosh 75 Ballingall, Ryan, Bradbeer, Laidlaw. Gibb, Hughes, Weare, Anderson, Easterbrook, Beck, McMillan, Jacobs, Christie, Branch-Brews, Seager, Watson, and Denny 76 Plumbridge, Togley, Laeinik, Saun-’ decs, Kenyon, Oke, Nugenthead, Storey, 15. 15. Whitcombe, Thomson, and Winks 77 White, Twin, Nunneley, Busson. Crawley Thomas, Davis, Havers, Hutton, Hickman, Critchley, Cawsey, and Wallis 78 Hill, Martin Smith, Davies, Thompson, Boomer, Burrell, Vandonck, and Taggart 79 Horne 80 McKay 87

The Australian McKay was three times out of bounds at the fourteenth hole, where he took 14. This has only once been equalled in the open championship.