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July 1938</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/Sandwich,_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Sandwich, England">Sandwich, England</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Course(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_St_George%27s_Golf_Club" title="Royal St George's Golf Club">Royal St George's Golf Club</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender">Statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Par</th><td class="infobox-data">70<sup id="cite_ref-alg3_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alg3-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Field</th><td class="infobox-data">120 players, 37 after cut<sup id="cite_ref-ocmg11_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ocmg11-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span 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England</div></div></div> <p>The <b>1938 Open Championship</b> was the 73rd <a href="/wiki/Open_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Open Championship">Open Championship</a>, held 6–8 July at <a href="/wiki/Royal_St_George%27s_Golf_Club" title="Royal St George's Golf Club">Royal St George's Golf Club</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sandwich,_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Sandwich, England">Sandwich, England</a>. In terrible weather conditions that caused scores to soar, <a href="/wiki/Reg_Whitcombe" title="Reg Whitcombe">Reg Whitcombe</a> prevailed by two strokes over runner-up <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Adams_(golfer)" title="Jimmy Adams (golfer)">Jimmy Adams</a> to win his only <a href="/wiki/Men%27s_major_golf_championships" title="Men's major golf championships">major</a> title.<sup id="cite_ref-rwwbo_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rwwbo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rwstnf_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rwstnf-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The purse was <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">£</a>500 with a winner's share of £100.<sup id="cite_ref-ocmg11_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ocmg11-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was planned to play the Championship at <a href="/wiki/Royal_Cinque_Ports_Golf_Club" title="Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club">Royal Cinque Ports</a> in nearby <a href="/wiki/Deal,_Kent" title="Deal, Kent">Deal</a>, but abnormally high tides that February caused severe flooding to the course, leaving it like "an inland sea several feet deep."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The venue was switched to Royal St George's, and <a href="/wiki/Prince%27s_Golf_Club,_Sandwich" title="Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich">Prince's</a> replaced Royal Cinque Ports as the venue for one of the qualifying rounds.<sup id="cite_ref-times12feb38_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times12feb38-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Qualifying took place on 4–5 July, Monday and Tuesday, with 18 holes at St. George's and 18 holes at Prince's.<sup id="cite_ref-assoct_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-assoct-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The number of qualifiers was reduced this year to a maximum of 130, and ties for 130th place did not qualify.<sup id="cite_ref-times12feb38_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times12feb38-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/John_Fallon_(golfer)" title="John Fallon (golfer)">John Fallon</a> led the qualifiers on 142; the qualifying score was 157 and 120 players advanced,<sup id="cite_ref-dcforctn_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dcforctn-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with none from the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ocmg11_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ocmg11-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Dick_Burton_(golfer)" title="Dick Burton (golfer)">Dick Burton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Busson" title="Jack Busson">Jack Busson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cox_(golfer)" title="Bill Cox (golfer)">Bill Cox</a> shared the 36-hole lead at even par 140, with Whitcombe two strokes back after consecutive rounds of 71.<sup id="cite_ref-alg3_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alg3-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-gchfort_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gchfort-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the last two rounds on Friday, the weather turned from challenging to treacherous. <a href="/wiki/Gale" title="Gale">Gale</a> force winds ripped apart the large exhibition tent and scattered debris for a mile around. <a href="/wiki/Alf_Padgham" title="Alf Padgham">Alf Padgham</a> drove the green on the 384-yard (351 m) 11th hole, while <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Tolley" title="Cyril Tolley">Cyril Tolley</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Henry_Cotton_(golfer)" title="Henry Cotton (golfer)">Henry Cotton</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Round_summaries">Round summaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1938_Open_Championship&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Round summaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_round">First round</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1938_Open_Championship&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: First round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Wednesday, 6 July 1938</i> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Place</th> <th>Player</th> <th>Score</th> <th>To par </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6" align="center">T1</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Adams_(golfer)" title="Jimmy Adams (golfer)">Jimmy Adams</a></td> <td rowspan="6" align="center">70</td> <td rowspan="6" align="center">E </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland"><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Bruen" title="Jimmy Bruen">Jimmy Bruen</a> (a) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cox_(golfer)" title="Bill Cox (golfer)">Bill Cox</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Marcel_Dallemagne" title="Marcel Dallemagne">Marcel Dallemagne</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/John_Fallon_(golfer)" title="John Fallon (golfer)">John Fallon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Whitcombe" title="Ernest Whitcombe">Ernest Whitcombe</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7" align="center">T7</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Burton_(golfer)" title="Dick Burton (golfer)">Dick Burton</a></td> <td rowspan="7" align="center">71</td> <td rowspan="7" align="center">+1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Busson" title="Jack Busson">Jack Busson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bert_Gadd" title="Bert Gadd">Bert Gadd</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ted_Jarman" title="Ted Jarman">Ted Jarman</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alf_Perry" title="Alf Perry">Alf Perry</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Whitcombe_(golfer)" title="Charles Whitcombe (golfer)">Charles Whitcombe</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Reg_Whitcombe" title="Reg Whitcombe">Reg Whitcombe</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><small>Source:</small><sup id="cite_ref-fsdyglf_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fsdyglf-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_round">Second round</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1938_Open_Championship&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Second round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Thursday, 7 July 1938</i> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Place</th> <th>Player</th> <th>Score</th> <th>To par </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" align="center">T1</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Burton_(golfer)" title="Dick Burton (golfer)">Dick Burton</a></td> <td>71-69=140</td> <td rowspan="3" align="center">E </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Busson" title="Jack Busson">Jack Busson</a></td> <td>71-69=140 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cox_(golfer)" title="Bill Cox (golfer)">Bill Cox</a></td> <td>70-70=140 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center">T4</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Adams_(golfer)" title="Jimmy Adams (golfer)">Jimmy Adams</a></td> <td>70-71=141</td> <td rowspan="2" align="center">+1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bert_Gadd" title="Bert Gadd">Bert Gadd</a></td> <td>71-70=141 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">6</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Reg_Whitcombe" title="Reg Whitcombe">Reg Whitcombe</a></td> <td>71-71=142</td> <td align="center">+2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">7</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Bob French</td> <td>72-71=143</td> <td align="center">+3 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center">T8</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="996" data-file-height="498" /></a></span></span> Jimmy Black</td> <td>72-72=144</td> <td rowspan="2" align="center">+4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Marcel_Dallemagne" title="Marcel Dallemagne">Marcel Dallemagne</a></td> <td>70-74=144 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6" align="center">T10</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Allan_Dailey" title="Allan Dailey">Allan Dailey</a></td> <td>73-72=145</td> <td rowspan="6" align="center">+5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/John_Fallon_(golfer)" title="John Fallon (golfer)">John Fallon</a></td> <td>70-75=145 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Locke" title="Bobby Locke">Bobby Locke</a></td> <td>73-72=145 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alf_Perry" title="Alf Perry">Alf Perry</a></td> <td>71-74=145 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="996" data-file-height="498" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dai_Rees" title="Dai Rees">Dai Rees</a></td> <td>73-72=145 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Tolley" title="Cyril Tolley">Cyril Tolley</a> (a)</td> <td>77-68=145 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><small>Source:</small><sup id="cite_ref-gchfort_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gchfort-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Third_round">Third round</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1938_Open_Championship&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Third round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Friday, 8 July 1938 (morning)</i> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Place</th> <th>Player</th> <th>Score</th> <th>To par </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Reg_Whitcombe" title="Reg Whitcombe">Reg Whitcombe</a></td> <td>71-71-75=217</td> <td align="center">+7 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Burton_(golfer)" title="Dick Burton (golfer)">Dick Burton</a></td> <td>71-69-78=218</td> <td align="center">+8 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Adams_(golfer)" title="Jimmy Adams (golfer)">Jimmy Adams</a></td> <td>70-71-78=219</td> <td align="center">+9 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alf_Padgham" title="Alf Padgham">Alf Padgham</a></td> <td>74-72-75=221</td> <td align="center">+11 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alf_Perry" title="Alf Perry">Alf Perry</a></td> <td>71-74-77=222</td> <td align="center">+12 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">6</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Busson" title="Jack Busson">Jack Busson</a></td> <td>71-69-83=223</td> <td align="center">+13 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4" align="center">T7</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fred_Bullock_(golfer)" title="Fred Bullock (golfer)">Fred Bullock</a></td> <td>73-74-77=224</td> <td rowspan="4" align="center">+14 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Henry_Cotton_(golfer)" title="Henry Cotton (golfer)">Henry Cotton</a></td> <td>74-73-77=224 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cox_(golfer)" title="Bill Cox (golfer)">Bill Cox</a></td> <td>70-70-84=224 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="996" data-file-height="498" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dai_Rees" title="Dai Rees">Dai Rees</a></td> <td>73-72-79=224 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><small>Source:</small><sup id="cite_ref-ocmg11_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ocmg11-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rwstnf_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rwstnf-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_round">Final round</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1938_Open_Championship&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Final round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Friday, 8 July 1938 (afternoon)</i> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Place</th> <th>Player</th> <th>Score</th> <th>To par</th> <th>Money (<a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">£</a>) </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Reg_Whitcombe" title="Reg Whitcombe">Reg Whitcombe</a></b></td> <td>71-71-75-78=295</td> <td align="center">+15</td> <td align="center">100 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Adams_(golfer)" title="Jimmy Adams (golfer)">Jimmy Adams</a></td> <td>70-71-78-78=297</td> <td align="center">+17</td> <td align="center">75 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Henry_Cotton_(golfer)" title="Henry Cotton (golfer)">Henry Cotton</a></td> <td>74-73-77-74=298</td> <td align="center">+18</td> <td align="center">50 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4" align="center">T4</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Burton_(golfer)" title="Dick Burton (golfer)">Dick Burton</a></td> <td>71-69-78-85=303</td> <td rowspan="4" align="center">+23</td> <td rowspan="4" align="center">23<br />15s </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Busson" title="Jack Busson">Jack Busson</a></td> <td>71-69-83-80=303 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Allan_Dailey" title="Allan Dailey">Allan Dailey</a></td> <td>73-72-80-78=303 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alf_Padgham" title="Alf Padgham">Alf Padgham</a></td> <td>74-72-75-82=303 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center">T8</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fred_Bullock_(golfer)" title="Fred Bullock (golfer)">Fred Bullock</a></td> <td>73-74-77-80=304</td> <td rowspan="2" align="center">+24</td> <td rowspan="2" align="center">15 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cox_(golfer)" title="Bill Cox (golfer)">Bill Cox</a></td> <td>70-70-84-80=304 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" align="center">T10</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bert_Gadd" title="Bert Gadd">Bert Gadd</a></td> <td>71-70-84-80=305</td> <td rowspan="3" align="center">+25</td> <td rowspan="3" align="center">10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Locke" title="Bobby Locke">Bobby Locke</a></td> <td>73-72-81-79=305 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Whitcombe_(golfer)" title="Charles Whitcombe (golfer)">Charles Whitcombe</a></td> <td>71-75-79-80=305 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><small>Source:</small><sup id="cite_ref-ocmg11_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ocmg11-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rwstnf_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rwstnf-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Amateurs: Storey (+36), <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Tolley" title="Cyril Tolley">Tolley</a> (+37), <a href="/wiki/Hector_Thomson" title="Hector Thomson">Thomson</a> (+39), Pennink (+42). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1938_Open_Championship&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/1880_Open_Championship" title="1880 Open Championship">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_Open_Championship" title="1881 Open Championship">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_Open_Championship" title="1882 Open Championship">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_Open_Championship" title="1883 Open Championship">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_Open_Championship" title="1884 Open Championship">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_Open_Championship" title="1885 Open Championship">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_Open_Championship" title="1886 Open Championship">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_Open_Championship" title="1887 Open Championship">1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_Open_Championship" title="1888 Open Championship">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1889_Open_Championship" title="1889 Open Championship">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_Open_Championship" title="1890 Open Championship">1890</a></li> <li><a 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Championship">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_Open_Championship" title="1901 Open Championship">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Open_Championship" title="1902 Open Championship">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_Open_Championship" title="1903 Open Championship">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Open_Championship" title="1904 Open Championship">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_Open_Championship" title="1905 Open Championship">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Open_Championship" title="1906 Open Championship">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_Open_Championship" title="1907 Open Championship">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Open_Championship" title="1908 Open Championship">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Open_Championship" title="1909 Open Championship">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_Open_Championship" title="1910 Open Championship">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Open_Championship" title="1911 Open Championship">1911</a></li> 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href="/wiki/1948_Open_Championship" title="1948 Open Championship">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Open_Championship" title="1949 Open Championship">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Open_Championship" title="1950 Open Championship">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Open_Championship" title="1951 Open Championship">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Open_Championship" title="1952 Open Championship">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Open_Championship" title="1953 Open Championship">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Open_Championship" title="1954 Open Championship">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Open_Championship" title="1955 Open Championship">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Open_Championship" title="1956 Open Championship">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Open_Championship" title="1957 Open Championship">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Open_Championship" title="1958 Open Championship">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Open_Championship" title="1959 Open Championship">1959</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_Open_Championship" title="1960 Open Championship">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Open_Championship" title="1961 Open Championship">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Open_Championship" title="1962 Open Championship">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Open_Championship" title="1963 Open Championship">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Open_Championship" title="1964 Open Championship">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Open_Championship" title="1965 Open Championship">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Open_Championship" title="1966 Open Championship">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Open_Championship" title="1967 Open Championship">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Open_Championship" title="1968 Open Championship">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Open_Championship" title="1969 Open Championship">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Open_Championship" title="1970 Open Championship">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Open_Championship" title="1971 Open Championship">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Open_Championship" title="1972 Open Championship">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Open_Championship" title="1973 Open Championship">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Open_Championship" title="1974 Open Championship">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Open_Championship" title="1975 Open Championship">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Open_Championship" title="1976 Open Championship">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Open_Championship" title="1977 Open Championship">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Open_Championship" title="1978 Open Championship">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Open_Championship" title="1979 Open Championship">1979</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Open_Championship" title="1980 Open Championship">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Open_Championship" title="1981 Open Championship">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Open_Championship" title="1982 Open Championship">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Open_Championship" title="1983 Open Championship">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Open_Championship" title="1984 Open Championship">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Open_Championship" title="1985 Open Championship">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Open_Championship" title="1986 Open Championship">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Open_Championship" title="1987 Open Championship">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Open_Championship" title="1988 Open Championship">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Open_Championship" title="1989 Open Championship">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Open_Championship" title="1990 Open Championship">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Open_Championship" title="1991 Open Championship">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Open_Championship" title="1992 Open Championship">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Open_Championship" title="1993 Open Championship">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Open_Championship" title="1994 Open Championship">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Open_Championship" title="1995 Open Championship">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Open_Championship" title="1996 Open Championship">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Open_Championship" title="1997 Open Championship">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Open_Championship" title="1998 Open Championship">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Open_Championship" title="1999 Open Championship">1999</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" 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