IRISH GOLF TITLE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23866, 21 July 1939, Page 7

IRISH GOLF TITLE

THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP COURSE RECORD BY BRUEN DUBLIN, July 19. Th* qualifying rounds of the Irish Open Golf Championship were played on the Royal County Jown course the best scores being as folIrws:—

In the first round James Bruen efcr-ted 3 new record for the course* of fif

Bruen, who is 19 years if ge is the Irish open imateur and Irish nativ- amateur champion He has won the latter title for the orst two Sears. IP J Mahon won the Irish ative Professional Championship ir 1937 and again last year Lees won th Yorkshire Open and Professional Championship in 1935 was runne r up in the Czechoslovakian Open Championship m ;,, 35 and 1937 and as also runner-ur in the Grt-ma’ Open Championship in 1938 Locke is the present holder o the title having ncceeded last year with a total of 292 for the four rounds Whitcombf won the title ir 1938 with a total of 281 the lowest on record The amateur record for the Royal Countv Down course was 70 held by J K. Carr a*, the professional record of 67 stands to the credit of A. Compston and B Gadd

1st 2nd round round Agg. .f. Bruen .. 66 74-i- 140 A. Lees . .. .. 69 72 - 141 —. Daly 72 71 - 143 K J. Mahon . 68 76 — 144 H. A. Whitcombe 76 69 - 145 a White .. . 69 76 - 145 Rhodes . s. 72 74 - 146 —. Fallon. . .. 74 72 - 146 A. D Locke . 7? 74 - 147