BRITISH GOLF BOOM
£20,000 PRIZE MONEY 13 LARGE TOURNAMENTS (Special Correspondent.) LONDON. Jan. 2S. A boom in' , olt is anticipated for Britain din-in:,' tlie mi.-mur year. There will be 13 tournament- w:til. record prize-money ot moic than £20,000. Three championships will be held between April and November. The Welsh professional championship at lloyai Porlheawl \vd! false place on Jime 2."> and 2fi, the open championship at Saint Andrews from July t to 5. and the Irish open championship at Port Marnnck from July 17 to IR. Bobbv Locke, the South African champion, is bein'? freely tipped to win the open championship. It. is expected that several Americans, including Byron Nelson, ace money-winner, will be com pet in fir. Altogether, the plans for the season arc stated to be the biggest and brightest fnr
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19460130.2.147
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21933, 30 January 1946, Page 8
Word Count
133BRITISH GOLF BOOM Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21933, 30 January 1946, Page 8
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.