Английская Википедия:1939 Open Championship

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox individual golf tournament Шаблон:Location map Шаблон:Location map The 1939 Open Championship was the 74th Open Championship, held 5–7 July at the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. Dick Burton won his only major title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Johnny Bulla. The purse was £500 with a winner's share of £100. It was the last Open played for seven years, due to World War II.

Qualifying took place on 3–4 July, Monday and Tuesday, with 18 holes on the Old Course and 18 holes on the New Course. As in the previous year, the number of qualifiers was limited to a maximum of 130, and ties for 130th place did not qualify. For the first time a prize of £20 was awarded to the professional with the lowest qualifying score. Amateur Jimmy Bruen led the qualifiers on 138 with Henry Cotton next on 142; the qualifying score was 156 and 129 players advanced.

Despite taking an eight at the 14th hole, Bobby Locke opened the championship on Wednesday with a round of 70 (−3), tying Burton for the lead. In the second round on Thursday, Locke again found trouble on 14, and after a ball out of bounds fell out of the lead. The maximum number of players making the cut after 36 holes was increased from 40 to 44, and ties for 44th place did not make the cut. Eleven players tied for 35th place, so only 34 players made the cut.

John Fallon was the surprise leader after 54 holes by two shots, but he could not cope with the strong winds and fell back to 3rd place with a final round 79 (+6). Bulla, the only American to make the 36-hole cut, began the final round on Friday afternoon four strokes behind Fallon. At the second hole, he hooked his drive over the parallel 17th fairway and into a railway yard; he finished with a round of even-par 73 and established a clubhouse lead of at even par 292. Burton, setting out just as Bulla was finishing, needed a 72 to win the title and came to the 18th needing a par four. He hit a drive over Шаблон:Convert, pitched to Шаблон:Convert, then holed the birdie putt for a Шаблон:Nowrap win.

The previous three Opens at St Andrews had been won by Americans; Burton was the first Briton to win the Open at the Old Course since 1910, won by James Braid of Scotland. Since Burton's 1939 win, the sole British winner at St Andrews was Nick Faldo of England in 1990. Burton enlisted in the Royal Air Force shortly after his win.

This was the last Open for seven years, until 1946; World War II started in September 1939 and the championship was canceled through 1945. Birkdale Golf Club was scheduled as the venue for the 1940 championship, its first, but did not host until 1954.

Course

Hole	Name	Yards	Par		Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	Burn	374	4		10	Tenth ^	314	4
2	Dyke	411	4		11	High (In)	170	3
3	Cartgate (Out)	367	4		12	Heathery (In)	316	4
4	Ginger Beer	424	4		13	Hole O'Cross (In)	422	4
5	Hole O'Cross (Out)	576	5		14	Long	564	5
6	Heathery (Out)	377	4		15	Cartgate (In)	424	4
7	High (Out)	354	4		16	Corner of the Dyke	380	4
8	Short	163	3		17	Road	466	5
9	End	359	4		18	Tom Morris	381	4
Out		3,405	36		In		3,437	37
Source:					Total		6,842	73

^ The 10th hole was posthumously named for Bobby Jones in 1972

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 5 July 1939

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Шаблон:Flagicon Dick Burton	70	−3
	Шаблон:Flagicon Harry Busson
	Шаблон:Flagicon Max Faulkner
	Шаблон:Flagicon Bobby Locke
T5	Шаблон:Flagicon Bill Davies	71	−2
	Шаблон:Flagicon John Fallon
	Шаблон:Flagicon Alf Perry
	Шаблон:Flagicon Martin Pose
	Шаблон:Flagicon Dai Rees
	Шаблон:Flagicon Reg Whitcombe

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Second round

Thursday, 6 July 1939

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Dick Burton	70-72=142	−4
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Martin Pose	71-72=143	−3
3	Шаблон:Flagicon John Fallon	71-73=144	−2
T4	Шаблон:Flagicon Harry Busson	70-75=145	−1
	Шаблон:Flagicon Syd Easterbrook	74-71=145
	Шаблон:Flagicon Bobby Locke	70-75=145
	Шаблон:Flagicon Alf Perry	71-74=145
	Шаблон:Flagicon Dai Rees	71-74=145
	Шаблон:Flagicon Bill Shankland	72-73=145
T10	Шаблон:Flagicon Henry Cotton	74-72=146	E
	Шаблон:Flagicon Max Faulkner	70-76=146
	Шаблон:Flagicon Sam King	74-72=146
	Шаблон:Flagicon Reg Whitcombe	71-75=146

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Third round

Friday, 7 July 1939 (morning)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Шаблон:Flagicon John Fallon	71-73-71=215	−4
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Bill Shankland	72-73-72=217	−2
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Alf Perry	71-74-73=218	−1
T4	Шаблон:Flagicon Johnny Bulla	77-71-71=219	E
	Шаблон:Flagicon Dick Burton	70-72-77=219
	Шаблон:Flagicon Martin Pose	71-72-76=219
T7	Шаблон:Flagicon Dai Rees	71-74-75=220	+1
	Шаблон:Flagicon Reg Whitcombe	71-75-74=220
T9	Шаблон:Flagicon Sam King	74-72-75=221	+2
	Шаблон:Flagicon Bobby Locke	70-75-76=221

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Final round

Friday, 7 July 1939 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Dick Burton	70-72-77-71=290	−2	100
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Johnny Bulla	77-71-71-73=292	E	75
T3	Шаблон:Flagicon John Fallon	71-73-71-79=294	+2	29
	Шаблон:Flagicon Sam King	74-72-75-73=294
	Шаблон:Flagicon Alf Perry	71-74-73-76=294
	Шаблон:Flagicon Bill Shankland	72-73-72-77=294
	Шаблон:Flagicon Reg Whitcombe	71-75-74-74=294
8	Шаблон:Flagicon Martin Pose	71-72-76-76=295	+3	15
T9	Шаблон:Flagicon Percy Alliss	75-73-74-74=296	+4	11 13s 4d
	Шаблон:Flagicon Bob Kenyon	73-75-74-74=296
	Шаблон:Flagicon Bobby Locke	70-75-76-75=296

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Amateurs: Bruen (+5), Kyle (+8), Crowley (+10), Dowie (+16), Sweeny (+16)

External links

• St Andrews 1939 (Official site)