Open Championship 1934
Henry Cotton broke through.
At last British golf had a home grown hero to cheer. His total of 283 equalled the championship record set by Gene Saracen two years earlier at Prince's, and included a new low score for the Open, a second round of 65.
Cotton was playing with a Dunlop ball, and in recognition of this score Dunlop renamed their product 'Dunlop 65', a brand name still in use today.
pos | player | ctry | r1 | r2 | r3 | r4 | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henry COTTON | ENG | 67 | 65 | 72 | 79 | 283 |
| 2 | Sid BREWS | RSA | 76 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 288 |
| 3 | Alf PADGHAM | ENG | 71 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 290 |
| 4 | Marcel DALLEMAGNE | FRA | 71 | 73 | 71 | 77 | 292 |
| 4 | Macdonald SMITH | USA | 77 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 292 |
| 4 | Joe KIRKWOOD | AUS | 74 | 69 | 71 | 78 | 292 |
| 7 | Bert HODSON | GBR | 71 | 74 | 74 | 76 | 295 |
| 7 | Charles WHITCOMBE | ENG | 71 | 72 | 74 | 78 | 295 |
| 9 | Ernest WHITCOMBE | ENG | 72 | 77 | 73 | 74 | 296 |
| 9 | Percy ALLISS | GBR | 73 | 75 | 71 | 77 | 296 |
