Lot Essay
This trophy was won by Locke at the Mere Golf Club in Cheshire when he beat Dick Burton, The 1939 Open Champion, in a challenge match over seventy-two holes
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A Mere Golf club, 1938, silver two-handled prize cup, inscribed, Presented by the Officers and Committee of the Mere Golf Club on the occasion of the Challenge Match, R. Burton v A.D. Locke, 26-27 July 1938, winner A.D. Locke 10 and 9, 8in (20cms) high, and a printed programme for the event