The Port Seton Professional Tournament was a professional golf tournament played at

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on 1 June 1914 to promote the new golf course. George Duncan won the event by two shots from

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The construction of the

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course was largely funded by the

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, with their terminus next to the course. It had opened in 1912, using 100 acres of land leased from

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.http://www.eastlothiannews.co.uk/sport/local-sport/port-seton-club-to-mark-centenary-1-2158149 The tournament was played on a Monday, between the

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which had finished on the previous Friday and three days before the start of the

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. It attracted most of the leading Scottish-based players and some, although not all, of the English-based professionals playing at Cruden Bay. The tournament consisted of 36 holes of stroke-play with £54 of prize money provided by the club. The main prizes were £20 for the winner and £10 for the runner-up. George Duncan and

led after the first round with scores of 74, ahead of

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on 76. In the afternoon Duncan took 78 to win the tournament, ahead of Taylor, who took 78. Gow had a poor afternoon and Willie Watt finished as the leading Scottish-based golfer, finishing third on 155 with his brother

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fourth on 156.

Winners

References

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