`Sports headlines for Wednesday July 12, 1972:`

Niklaus Fires 70, Trails Briton By 2
Paul Brown Questions Action By Saints In Playbook Deal
Thomas Joins Cowboys, But Draws Fine

Scores through round 1 of the 1972 British Open

Tournament held at Muirfield Golf Club (Gullane, Scotland) from July 12, 1972 to July 15, 1972 (Par 71)

Rank	Name	Round 1	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	Peter Tupling	68	-3	68	$358
2	Tony Jacklin	69	-2	69	$8,125
3	Jack Nicklaus	70	-1	70	$10,000
3	Dave Marr	70	-1	70	$3,375
3	Peter Townsend	70	-1	70	$2,875
3	Frank Beard	70	-1	70	$1,173
3	Craig Defoy	70	-1	70	$813
8	Lee Trevino	71	Even	71	$13,750
8	Doug Sanders	71	Even	71	$6,875
8	Brian Barnes	71	Even	71	$6,125
8	Gary Player	71	Even	71	$5,375
8	John Garner	71	Even	71	$613
8	Peter Thomson	71	Even	71	$513
8	Antonio Garrido	71	Even	71	$313
15	Clive Clark	72	+1	72	$3,375
15	Peter Butler	72	+1	72	$2,125
15	Dave Stockton	72	+1	72	$513
15	Billy Casper	72	+1	72	$420
15	David Oakley	72	+1	72	$358
15	Sam Torrance	72	+1	72	$358
15	David Talbot	72	+1	72	$325
15	David Llewellyn	72	+1	72	$313
23	Arnold Palmer	73	+2	73	$4,158
23	Tom Weiskopf	73	+2	73	$4,158
23	Roberto Bernardini	73	+2	73	$2,875
23	Maurice Bembridge	73	+2	73	$1,173
23	Bert Yancey	73	+2	73	$1,173
23	Doug McClelland	73	+2	73	$813
23	Christy O'Connor	73	+2	73	$813
23	Brian Huggett	73	+2	73	$675
23	Noel Hunt	73	+2	73	$0
23	David Snell	73	+2	73	$0
23	Donald Gammon	73	+2	73	$0
34	David Vaughan	74	+3	74	$4,158
34	Jan Dorrestein	74	+3	74	$2,125
34	Peter Alliss	74	+3	74	$513
34	Brian Thomson	74	+3	74	$513
34	Kuo Chi Hsiung	74	+3	74	$420
34	Norman Wood	74	+3	74	$325
34	Andrew Brooks	74	+3	74	$325
34	Brian Hutchinson	74	+3	74	$325
34	Bobby Walker	74	+3	74	$313
34	Howard Clark	74	+3	74	$0
34	Ian Mosey	74	+3	74	$0
34	Hugh Boyle	74	+3	74	$0
34	Sandy Stephen	74	+3	74	$0
34	Paul Leonard	74	+3	74	$0
48	Guy Hunt	75	+4	75	$4,158
48	Bob Charles	75	+4	75	$2,125
48	Bruce Devlin	75	+4	75	$675
48	Peter Oosterhuis	75	+4	75	$613
48	Jerry Heard	75	+4	75	$613
48	Min Nan Hsieh	75	+4	75	$513
48	Ernie Jones	75	+4	75	$358
48	Doug Sewell	75	+4	75	$325
48	John O'Leary	75	+4	75	$313
48	Tienie Britz	75	+4	75	$313
48	Ramon Sota	75	+4	75	$0
48	Ken Harrelson	75	+4	75	$0
48	David Ingram	75	+4	75	$0
48	John Panton	75	+4	75	$0
48	Ronnie Shade	75	+4	75	$0
48	Randall Vines	75	+4	75	$0
48	David Jagger	75	+4	75	$0
48	Dale Hayes	75	+4	75	$0
66	Johnny Miller	76	+5	76	$2,125
66	Gordon Cunningham	76	+5	76	$513
66	Vincent Hood	76	+5	76	$420
66	Tommy Horton	76	+5	76	$420
66	Gary Baleson	76	+5	76	$313
66	John Fowler	76	+5	76	$313
66	Ian Stanley	76	+5	76	$0
66	Eddie Polland	76	+5	76	$0
66	Hugh Jackson	76	+5	76	$0
66	Nick Job	76	+5	76	$0
66	Peter Berry	76	+5	76	$0
66	Baldovino Dassu	76	+5	76	$0
66	Neil Coles	76	+5	76	$0
79	Harry Bannerman	77	+6	77	$1,173
79	Bob Shearer	77	+6	77	$513
79	Lu Liang-Huan	77	+6	77	$420
79	Jack Newton	77	+6	77	$420
79	Jimmy Hume	77	+6	77	$313
79	Angel Gallardo	77	+6	77	$0
79	Hugh Baiocchi	77	+6	77	$0
86	Vicente Fernandez	78	+7	78	$513
86	Graham Marsh	78	+7	78	$325
86	Martin Gray	78	+7	78	$0
86	Bernard Gallacher	78	+7	78	$0
86	Donald Swaelens	78	+7	78	$0
86	John McTear	78	+7	78	$0
86	Bill Large	78	+7	78	$0
93	Kel Nagle	79	+8	79	$513
93	Lionel Platts	79	+8	79	$0
93	Walter Godfrey	79	+8	79	$0
93	Philip Elson	79	+8	79	$0
93	Malcolm Gregson	79	+8	79	$0
93	Bobby Locke	79	+8	79	$0
93	Bernard Hunt	79	+8	79	$0
100	John Johnson	80	+9	80	$0
100	David Huish	80	+9	80	$0
100	John Lister	80	+9	80	$0
103	Stuart Brown	81	+10	81	$313
103	Michael Bonallack	81	+10	81	$0
103	Mac Hunte	81	+10	81	$0
103	Bill Murray	81	+10	81	$0
107	Dave Thomas	82	+11	82	$0

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