| 1935 British Open | |
Defending champion Henry Cotton opened with a 68 at the 1935 British Open, and many observers probably felt the new English golf idol was on his way to a repeat win.
Little-known Alf Perry had other ideas, however. Perry opened with is own 69, but trailed Charles Whitcombe by five strokes after 36 holes. Cotton was in second place at that point, but rounds of 76-75 over the last 36 killed Cotton's chances for a repeat.
It was the first pro tournament win for Perry, who would win three other tournaments in 1939, but no more. Perry played on three Great Britain Ryder Cup teams, and finished third at the 1939 British Open but otherwise had no other Top 10 finishes in the Open.
Perry's 283 total tied the then-tournament record for 72 holes.
The 1935 British Open was the first played by British golf stalwart Dai Rees. Rees went on to win 39 times on the British golf circuit and play on nine Ryder Cup teams. He was a British Open runner-up three times, but never won.
1935 British Open Golf Tournament Scores
Results from the 1935 British Open golf tournament played at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland (a-amateur):
| Alf Perry | 69-75-67-72--283 |
| Alf Padgham | 70-72-74-71--287 |
| Charles Whitcombe | 71-68-73-76--288 |
| Bert Gadd | 72-75-71-71--289 |
| a-Lawson Little | 75-71-74-69--289 |
| Henry Picard | 72-73-72-75--292 |
| Henry Cotton | 68-74-76-75--293 |
| Syd Easterbrook | 75-73-74-71--293 |
| William Branch | 71-73-76-74--294 |
| Laurie Ayton Sr. | 74-73-77-71--295 |
| Auguste Boyer | 74-75-76-71--296 |
| Aubrey Boomer | 76-69-75-77--297 |
| John J. Busson | 75-76-70-76--297 |
| Bill Cox | 76-69-77-75--297 |
| Ernest Kenyon | 70-74-74-79--297 |
| Percy Alliss | 72-76-75-75--298 |
| John A. Jacobs | 78-74-75-71--298 |
| William Laidlaw | 74-71-75-79--299 |
| Philip Rodgers | 74-76-74-75--299 |
| Mark Seymour | 75-76-75-73--299 |
| Macdonald Smith | 69-77-75-78--299 |
| Ernest Whitcombe | 75-72-74-78--299 |
| Reg Cox | 75-73-76-76--300 |
| Sam King | 76-74-75-75--300 |
| Arthur Lacey | 71-75-74-80--300 |
| a-P.B. Lucas | 74-73-72-81--300 |
| Frank Ball | 76-75-73-77--301 |
| Alfred G. Beck | 74-76-77-74--301 |
| Len Holland | 72-74-78-77--301 |
| a-P.W.L. Risdon | 78-74-75-74--301 |
| Sid Brews | 79-74-75-74--302 |
| Dai Rees | 75-73-77-77--302 |
| Cyril Thomson | 74-76-75-77--302 |
| William H. Davies | 78-74-76-75--303 |
| Bert Hodson | 72-80-79-72--303 |
| Reg Whitcombe | 72-75-74-82--303 |
| Allan Dailey | 75-74-76-79--304 |
| Eric Green | 72-77-78-77--304 |
| Gordon Lockhart | 78-72-82-72--304 |
| Harold Myers | 74-73-81-76--304 |
| Arthur Havers | 79-74-76-76--305 |
| Arthur Lees | 76-77-76-76--305 |
| a-Robert Rutherford | 76-76-77-76--305 |
| George Charman | 77-76-78-75--306 |
| P.J. Mahon | 71-79-81-75--306 |
| W.J. Martin | 74-75-80-78--307 |
| a-Jack McLean | 77-74-75-81--307 |
| a-Bob Sweeny Jr. | 72-73-82-80--307 |
| Tom Collinge | 77-75-77-79--308 |
| Archie Compston | 75-74-79-80--308 |
| Tom Dobson | 77-75-77-79--308 |
| Frank Hill | 77-76-79-76--308 |
| Fred Jarman | 74-78-79-77--308 |
| a-Eric McRuvie | 70-79-81-78--308 |
| Laurie Ayton Jr. | 78-74-79-78--309 |
| a-Hector Thomson | 75-76-80-78--309 |
| Hamish Ballingall | 75-77-80-78--310 |
| a-Francis Francis | 78-75-75-82--310 |
| Joe Ezar | 76-75-80-80--311 |
| Edward Jarman | 74-78-80-79--311 |
| Andrew Peacock | 80-72-81-80--313 |
| W.E. Brown | 74-78-87-83--322 |
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