Final Scores: 1932 NSW Open

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	R1	R2	R3	R4	Tot	+/-
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

Final Scores: 1932 NSW Open

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