The 1935 Open Championship was a golf tournament played at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. In the 70th Open Championship, little-known Alf Perry won by four strokes over Alf Padgham.
Defending champion Henry Cotton took the first round lead after an opening 68, with Alf Perry a stroke behind. Charles Whitcombe carded his own round of 68 in the second round and took the lead by three over Cotton and Alf Padgham after 36-holes, with Perry falling five back. In the third round it was Perry who caught fire, shooting a 67 and moving ahead of Cotton and Whitcombe, who shot 76 and 73, respectively. A 72 in the final round was enough for Perry to prevail by four over Padgham. Whitcombe finished in 3rd place, while Cotton fell to 7th with a final-round 75. Amateur Lawson Little, the reigning British Amateur champion, finished in a tie for 4th. Perry's winning total of 283 equaled the tournament scoring record.
Perry's Open Championship title was his first win of any kind as a professional golfer, and he only won three more times. He finished in 3rd place in the 1939 Open, but otherwise had no other top-10 finishes in a major championship.
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