Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks,
Football & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
22nd, 23rd & 24th March 2024
Lot 1440
Estimate: £120/160
Hammer: £180
Open Golf Championship. Royal Lytham St. Annes 7th- 11th July 1952. Official programme signed in ink to the front cover by the winner Bobby Locke, with the final scores of the top four players additionally annotated. Complete with official fold out Plan of the Course. Rusting to staples, otherwise in good condition.
South African Bobby Locke won the 1952 Open Championship for the third time, with a final score of 287 (one under par) to win by one stroke ahead of runner-up, Peter Thompson.