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1935 Open Championship

Field	Value
name	1935 Open Championship
dates	26–28 June 1935
location	Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland
course	Muirfield
par	72
yardage	6806 yd
field	109 players, 62 after cut
cut	153 (+9)
purse	£500
winners_share	£100
champion	ENG Alf Perry
score	283 (−5)
previous	[1934](1934-open-championship)
next	[1936](1936-open-championship)

|UK Scotland |Scotland East Lothian The 1935 Open Championship was the 70th Open Championship, played 26–28 June at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. Alf Perry won his only major title, four strokes ahead of runner-up Alf Padgham.

Qualifying took place on 24–25 June, Monday and Tuesday, with 18 holes at Muirfield and 18 holes at the number 1 course --Gullane, and the top 100 and ties qualified. Defending champion Henry Cotton led the field on 141; the qualifying score was 153 and 109 players advanced.

Cotton opened with 68 to take the lead on Wednesday, with Perry a stroke behind. Charles Whitcombe carded his own 68 in the second round and led by three over Cotton and Padgham after 36 holes, with Perry falling five back. The top sixty and ties would make the cut for the final 36 holes; it was at 153 (+9) and 62 advanced.

In the third round on Friday morning, it was Perry who caught fire with 67 to move ahead of Cotton and Whitcombe, who shot 76 and 73, respectively. A 72 in the final round that afternoon put Perry at 283, four strokes ahead of runner-up Padgham. Whitcombe finished one back in third, while Cotton had 75 and fell into a tie for seventh at 293. Amateur Lawson Little, the reigning British Amateur champion, shot 69 and climbed into a tie for fourth at 289. Perry's winning total equaled the tournament scoring record. Padgham won the following year at Hoylake.

Perry's win was his first in an important professional tournament, and he won just three more times. He finished third in 1939, but otherwise had no other top-10 finishes in a major championship. Perry was a member of three Ryder Cup teams in 1933, 1935, and 1937.

Course

Main article: Muirfield

Hole	Yards	Par	Hole	Yards	Par
1	453	4		10	480
2	353	4	11	359	4
3	382	4	12	380	4
4	192	3	13	153	3
5	510	5	14	458	5
6	458	4	15	393	4
7	167	3	16	193	3
8	455	4	17	513	5
9	490	5	18	427	4
Out	3,450	36	In	3,356	36
Source:	Total	6,806	72

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 26 June 1935

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	ENG Henry Cotton	68	−4
T2	ENG Alf Perry	69	−3
USA Macdonald Smith
T4	ENG Bob Kenyon	70	−2
SCO Eric McRuvie (a)
ENG Alf Padgham
T7	ENG Bill Branch	71	−1
ENG Arthur Lacey
IRL Paddy Mahon
ENG Charles Whitcombe

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Second round

Thursday, 27 June 1935

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	ENG Charles Whitcombe	71-68=139	−5
2	ENG Henry Cotton	68-74=142	−2
T3	ENG Bill Branch	71-73=144	E
ENG Bob Kenyon	70-74=144
ENG Alf Perry	69-75=144
T6	JEY Aubrey Boomer	76-69=145	+1
ENG Bill Cox	76-69=145
SCO Bill Laidlaw	74-71=145
USA Henry Picard	72-73=145
USA Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)	72-73=145
T11	ENG Len Holland	62-74=146	+2
ENG Arthur Lacey	71-75=146
USA Lawson Little (a)	75-71=146
SCO Macdonald Smith
USA	69-77=146 --

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Third round

Friday, 28 June 1935 (morning)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	ENG Alf Perry	69-75-67=211	−5
2	ENG Charles Whitcombe	71-68-73=212	−4
3	ENG Alf Padgham	70-72-74=216	E
4	USA Henry Picard	72-73-72=217	+1
T5	ENG Henry Cotton	68-74-76=218	+2
ENG Bert Gadd	72-75-71=218
ENG Bob Kenyon	70-74-74=218
T8	JEY Aubrey Boomer	76-69-75=220	+4
ENG Bill Branch	71-73-76=220
SCO Bill Laidlaw	74-71-75=220
USA Lawson Little (a)	75-71-74=220

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Final round

Friday, 28 June 1935 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	ENG Alf Perry	69-75-67-72=283	−5	100
2	ENG Alf Padgham	70-72-74-71=287	−1	75
3	ENG Charles Whitcombe	71-68-73-76=288	E	50
T4	ENG Bert Gadd	72-75-71-71=289	+1	30
USA Lawson Little (a)	75-71-74-69=289	0
6	USA Henry Picard	72-73-72-75=292	+4	25
T7	ENG Henry Cotton	68-74-76-75=293	+5	20
ENG Syd Easterbrook	75-73-74-71=293
9	ENG Bill Branch	71-73-76-74=294	+6	15
10	SCO Laurie Ayton, Snr	74-73-77-71=295	+7

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Amateurs: Little (+1), Lucas (+12), Risdon (+13), Rutherford (+17), McLean (+19), Sweeny (+19), McRuvie (+20), Thomson (+21), Francis (+22).

References

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(28 June 1935). "Alfred Perry captures British Open golf crown". [[Miami Daily News]].
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(29 June 1935). "Alfred Perry takes British Open golf title". Chicago Daily Tribune.
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(26 June 1936). "Golf - Open Championship - Bad conditions". The Times.
(26 June 1935). "Qualifiers for Championship proper". Glasgow Herald.
(27 June 1935). "Cotton's 68 paces British Open field". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(28 June 1935). "Whitcombe takes lead in British Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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