1938 Open Championship

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It was planned to play the Championship at Royal Cinque Ports in nearby Deal, but abnormally high tides that February caused severe flooding to the course, leaving it like "an inland sea several feet deep."[4] The venue was switched to Royal St George's, and Prince's replaced Royal Cinque Ports as the venue for one of the qualifying rounds.[5]

Qualifying took place on 4–5 July, Monday and Tuesday, with 18 holes at St. George's and 18 holes at Prince's.[6] The number of qualifiers was reduced this year to a maximum of 130, and ties for 130th place did not qualify.[5] John Fallon led the qualifiers on 142; the qualifying score was 157 and 120 players advanced,[7] with none from the United States.[3]

Dick Burton, Jack Busson, and Bill Cox shared the 36-hole lead at even par 140, with Whitcombe two strokes back after consecutive rounds of 71.[8] A maximum of 40 players after 36 holes made the cut to play on the final day, and ties for 40th place did not make the cut. It was at 148 (+8) and 37 advanced.[9]

In the last two rounds on Friday, the weather turned from challenging to treacherous. Gale force winds ripped apart the large exhibition tent and scattered debris for a mile around. Alf Padgham drove the green on the Script error: No such module "convert". 11th hole, while Cyril Tolley cleared the water on the 14th only to have the wind blow his ball back into the hazard. Only seven sub-80 scores were recorded in the final round. The leaders suffered terribly in the conditions: Burton finished 78-85, Busson shot 83-80, while Cox went 84-80. Whitcombe's scores of 75-78 were enough to post a 295 total, two ahead of Adams and three clear of defending champion Henry Cotton.

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 6 July 1938

Place Player Score To par
T1 Template:Flagicon Jimmy Adams 70 E
Template:Flagicon Jimmy Bruen (a)
Template:Flagicon Bill Cox
Template:Flagicon Marcel Dallemagne
Template:Flagicon John Fallon
Template:Flagicon Ernest Whitcombe
T7 Template:Flagicon Dick Burton 71 +1
Template:Flagicon Jack Busson
Template:Flagicon Bert Gadd
Template:Flagicon Ted Jarman
Template:Flagicon Alf Perry
Template:Flagicon Charles Whitcombe
Template:Flagicon Reg Whitcombe

Source:[10]

Second round

Thursday, 7 July 1938

Place Player Score To par
T1 Template:Flagicon Dick Burton 71-69=140 E
Template:Flagicon Jack Busson 71-69=140
Template:Flagicon Bill Cox 70-70=140
T4 Template:Flagicon Jimmy Adams 70-71=141 +1
Template:Flagicon Bert Gadd 71-70=141
6 Template:Flagicon Reg Whitcombe 71-71=142 +2
7 Template:Flagicon Bob French 72-71=143 +3
T8 Template:Flagicon Jimmy Black 72-72=144 +4
Template:Flagicon Marcel Dallemagne 70-74=144
T10 Template:Flagicon Allan Dailey 73-72=145 +5
Template:Flagicon John Fallon 70-75=145
Template:Flagicon Bobby Locke 73-72=145
Template:Flagicon Alf Perry 71-74=145
Template:Flagicon Dai Rees 73-72=145
Template:Flagicon Cyril Tolley (a) 77-68=145

Source:[9]

Third round

Friday, 8 July 1938 (morning)

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon Reg Whitcombe 71-71-75=217 +7
2 Template:Flagicon Dick Burton 71-69-78=218 +8
3 Template:Flagicon Jimmy Adams 70-71-78=219 +9
4 Template:Flagicon Alf Padgham 74-72-75=221 +11
5 Template:Flagicon Alf Perry 71-74-77=222 +12
6 Template:Flagicon Jack Busson 71-69-83=223 +13
T7 Template:Flagicon Fred Bullock 73-74-77=224 +14
Template:Flagicon Henry Cotton 74-73-77=224
Template:Flagicon Bill Cox 70-70-84=224
Template:Flagicon Dai Rees 73-72-79=224

Source:[3][2]

Final round

Friday, 8 July 1938 (afternoon)

Place Player Score To par Money (£)
1 Template:Flagicon Reg Whitcombe 71-71-75-78=295 +15 100
2 Template:Flagicon Jimmy Adams 70-71-78-78=297 +17 75
3 Template:Flagicon Henry Cotton 74-73-77-74=298 +18 50
T4 Template:Flagicon Dick Burton 71-69-78-85=303 +23 23
15s
Template:Flagicon Jack Busson 71-69-83-80=303
Template:Flagicon Allan Dailey 73-72-80-78=303
Template:Flagicon Alf Padgham 74-72-75-82=303
T8 Template:Flagicon Fred Bullock 73-74-77-80=304 +24 15
Template:Flagicon Bill Cox 70-70-84-80=304
T10 Template:Flagicon Bert Gadd 71-70-84-80=305 +25 10
Template:Flagicon Bobby Locke 73-72-81-79=305
Template:Flagicon Charles Whitcombe 71-75-79-80=305

Source:[3][2]

Amateurs: Storey (+36), Tolley (+37), Thomson (+39), Pennink (+42).

References

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