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R. A. WHITCOMBE WINS H. T. COTTON FINISHES THIRD. FIERCE GALE HANDICAPS PLAYERS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright. (Recd This Day, 10.5 a.m.) LONDON. July 8. R. A. Whitcombe, with an aggregate of 295 for the 72 holes, won the British open golf championship. The scores, in the final two rounds and the aggregate, were: —R. A. Whitcombe 75, 78, 295; J. Adams 78, 78, 297; H. T. Cotton 77. 74, 298; A. H. Padgham 75, 82, 303; J. Busson 83, 80. 303; Burton 78, 85. 303; W. J. Cox .84. 80. 304; Bulloch 77, 80. 304; D. J. Rees 79, 83. 307; A. Perry 77, 86. 308. A fierce south-westerly gale incommoded players, wrecked the competitors’ tent and showstands, causing £lOOO damage. Only nine of thirty-seven players managed to better 80 in the third round, at the end of which Whitcombe led by a stroke from Burton, with Adams a further 'stroke behind. Cotton at this stage was seven strokes behind the leader, but after going out in 35 in the final round he needed 3,4, 4 at the last three holes to tie. He was twice bunkered at the seventeenth hole, however, taking 6.
R. A. Whitcombe, who only just managed to qualify, was runner-up to, H. T. Cotton in last year’s contest.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 July 1938, Page 8
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