BRITISH GOLF
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP PRIZE MONEY DOUBLED * (Rec. 8 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 21. The St. Andrew’s Golf Club announces that the prize money for the British Open Golf Championship, to be held on July 1, 1946, will be doubled, bringing the total to £IOOO. The winner will receive £l5O, the runner-up £100; third, £75; fourth, £SO; fifth, £25; and the next 35 competitors £ls each. ... . Pointing out that prize money has hitherto been a secondary consideration the Daily Mail’s golf writer recalls that Walter Hagen handed over the first prize of £ 100 to his caddy as ■ . a tip.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26033, 22 December 1945, Page 7
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