The NSW Open Close Championship made its first trip to the fabled Mackenzie links of New South Wales Golf Club, La Perouse, in October, 1932.
Amateurs dominated the opening two rounds with the fancied names of Apperly, Ferrier and Bettington leading the field.
With the third round played in a freshening morning breeze (36 holes were played on the final day back then) Vic Richardson emerged as the pacesetter after a fine third round one under 71. The Sydney Sun reported it as “a pronounced change from the overnight position.”
Richardson, one of the nation’s best professionals of the day, had what looked like a comfortable three shot buffer from W (Bill) Bolger, with Ferrier another shot back as the players began the final round.
Back then, there was no re-draw of groups for the fourth round, either. The final round that afternoon by all reports, was a thriller.
News of Richardson’s third round move travelled quickly across the links, and it wasn’t long before the galleries flocked to watch his exploits.
The challengers came, and the contest became a keenly fought affair over the closing holes. It took a remarkable two on the 16th for Richardson to get his nose in front, and a pair of fives on his final two holes were enough to hold on for a one shot win over the defending champion, Charlie Gray.
*Image above shows Vic Richardson on the Links at La Perouse in 1932. ( image via national archive/ Fairfax plate Collection)
RESULTS:
Pos | Player | Club/ Rep | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Tot | +/- |
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1 | VS Richardson | 72 | 76 | 71 | 76 | 295 | 7 | |
2 | Charlie Gray | 74 | 75 | 75 | 72 | 296 | 8 | |
3 | W Bolger | 75 | 76 | 71 | 77 | 299 | 11 | |
C Campbell | 76 | 75 | 73 | 75 | 299 | 11 | ||
F Eyre | 74 | 74 | 78 | 73 | 299 | 11 | ||
6 | EL Apperly | 74 | 71 | 80 | 79 | 304 | 16 | |
7 | T Heard | 75 | 74 | 81 | 75 | 305 | 17 | |
Jim Ferrier | 73 | 73 | 77 | 82 | 305 | 17 | ||
9 | AC Howard | 76 | 79 | 76 | 75 | 306 | 18 | |
10 | WR Dobson | 80 | 72 | 78 | 77 | 307 | 19 | |
DG Soutar | 77 | 74 | 81 | 75 | 307 | 19 | ||
W McKenzie | 79 | 75 | 75 | 78 | 307 | 19 | ||
T Howard | 73 | 84 | 76 | 74 | 307 | 19 | ||
14 | WJ Clark | 77 | 75 | 76 | 80 | 308 | 20 | |
AW East | 79 | 81 | 74 | 74 | 308 | 20 | ||
16 | W Campbell | 75 | 77 | 79 | 78 | 309 | 21 | |
17 | FG Hughes | 82 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 310 | 22 | |
JD Spence | 75 | 77 | 80 | 78 | 310 | 22 | ||
C Booth | 80 | 76 | 77 | 77 | 310 | 22 | ||
20 | A Downs | 79 | 77 | 78 | 77 | 311 | 23 | |
W Thomson | 78 | 75 | 74 | 83 | 311 | 23 | ||
RH Bettington | 75 | 72 | 82 | 82 | 311 | 23 | ||
23 | TS Mackay | 77 | 78 | 78 | 79 | 312 | 24 | |
24 | LM Kelly | 74 | 76 | 79 | 84 | 313 | 25 | |
25 | NS Craig | 85 | 77 | 77 | 75 | 314 | 26 | |
G Capel | 78 | 80 | 80 | 76 | 314 | 26 | ||
F Popplewell | 80 | 79 | 75 | 80 | 314 | 26 | ||
28 | C Bolger | 80 | 74 | 78 | 79 | 315 | 27 | |
29 | RG Gale | 76 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 316 | 28 | |
A Waterson | 78 | 77 | 82 | 79 | 316 | 28 | ||
JK Harrison | 76 | 76 | 84 | 80 | 316 | 28 | ||
32 | NW Brassingthwaighte | 72 | 97 | 97 | 77 | 317 | 29 | |
H Hattersley | 80 | 73 | 80 | 84 | 317 | 29 | ||
H Morrison | 78 | 78 | 80 | 81 | 317 | 29 | ||
35 | FG Murdoch | 80 | 80 | 81 | 77 | 318 | 30 | |
36 | W Ginman | 81 | 74 | 86 | 78 | 319 | 31 | |
CC Ruwald | 81 | 80 | 73 | 86 | 320 | 32 | ||
38 | Gordon Thompson | 79 | 83 | 79 | 80 | 321 | 33 | |
39 | A Thompson | 78 | 83 | 79 | 83 | 323 | 35 | |
AN Brown | 80 | 83 | 81 | 79 | 323 | 35 | ||
41 | R McCullum | 85 | 83 | 77 | 79 | 324 | 36 | |
42 | G Kay | 81 | 78 | 83 | 83 | 325 | 37 | |
R Spring | 78 | 73 | 89 | 85 | 325 | 37 | ||
C Garrett | 80 | 83 | 80 | 82 | 325 | 37 | ||
HJ Benjamin | 82 | 81 | 80 | 82 | 325 | 37 | ||
46 | W Longworth | 79 | 82 | 81 | 84 | 326 | 38 | |
R Carr | 85 | 79 | 79 | 83 | 326 | 38 | ||
48 | JH Craig | 80 | 79 | 86 | 82 | 327 | 39 | |
49 | LT Stuart | 77 | 85 | 87 | 80 | 329 | 41 | |
50 | G Proud | 87 | 83 | 79 | 82 | 331 | 43 | |
P Robinson | 82 | 76 | 86 | 87 | 331 | 43 | ||
GW Phillips | 84 | 83 | 82 | 82 | 331 | 43 | ||
53 | RJ Withycombe | 81 | 82 | 88 | 82 | 333 | 45 | |
CE Barnes | 87 | 84 | 77 | 85 | 333 | 45 | ||
RB Davidson | 81 | 89 | 87 | 76 | 333 | 45 | ||
56 | CM Glynn | 84 | 81 | 88 | 81 | 334 | 46 | |
57 | D Denholm | 88 | 78 | 89 | 81 | 336 | 48 | |
58 | JL Normoyle | 89 | 76 | 86 | 84 | 337 | 49 | |
59 | HM Cutler | 83 | 87 | 84 | 84 | 338 | 50 | |
60 | GC Reading | 93 | 80 | 82 | 84 | 339 | 51 | |
61 | AV Miller | 87 | 82 | 84 | 87 | 340 | 52 | |
HEO Campbell | 83 | 83 | 83 | 91 | 340 | 52 | ||
63 | JD Stuart | 76 | 86 | 84 | 92 | 341 | 53 | |
64 | FF Mitchell | 89 | 84 | 89 | 86 | 348 | 60 | |
65 | A Cameron | 90 | 84 | 85 | 90 | 349 | 61 | |
66 | AJC Moore | 94 | 91 | 86 | 83 | 354 | 66 | |
67 | T Coghlan | 96 | 86 | 91 | 89 | 362 | 74 |