`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	Noel Hunt	73	+2	73	$0
2	Howard Clark	74	+3	74	$0
3	Ramon Sota	75	+4	75	$0
3	Ken Harrelson	75	+4	75	$0
5	Ian Stanley	76	+5	76	$0
5	Eddie Polland	76	+5	76	$0
5	Hugh Jackson	76	+5	76	$0
5	Nick Job	76	+5	76	$0
5	Peter Berry	76	+5	76	$0
10	Angel Gallardo	77	+6	77	$0
11	Martin Gray	78	+7	78	$0
11	Bernard Gallacher	78	+7	78	$0
11	Donald Swaelens	78	+7	78	$0
11	John McTear	78	+7	78	$0
11	Bill Large	78	+7	78	$0
16	Lionel Platts	79	+8	79	$0
16	Walter Godfrey	79	+8	79	$0
16	Philip Elson	79	+8	79	$0
16	Malcolm Gregson	79	+8	79	$0
16	Bobby Locke	79	+8	79	$0
21	John Johnson	80	+9	80	$0
21	David Huish	80	+9	80	$0
21	John Lister	80	+9	80	$0
24	Michael Bonallack	81	+10	81	$0
24	Mac Hunte	81	+10	81	$0
24	Bill Murray	81	+10	81	$0
27	Dave Thomas	82	+11	82	$0
28	Lee Trevino	71	Even	71	$13,750
29	Tony Jacklin	69	-2	69	$8,125
30	Guy Hunt	75	+4	75	$4,158
31	Bob Shearer	77	+6	77	$513
32	Doug Sanders	71	Even	71	$6,875
32	Brian Barnes	71	Even	71	$6,125
34	Arnold Palmer	73	+2	73	$4,158
34	Tom Weiskopf	73	+2	73	$4,158
36	David Vaughan	74	+3	74	$4,158
37	Jack Newton	77	+6	77	$420
38	Jack Nicklaus	70	-1	70	$10,000
38	Dave Marr	70	-1	70	$3,375
38	Craig Defoy	70	-1	70	$813
41	Norman Wood	74	+3	74	$325
42	Jerry Heard	75	+4	75	$613
43	John Fowler	76	+5	76	$313
44	Lu Liang-Huan	77	+6	77	$420
45	Bert Yancey	73	+2	73	$1,173
45	Doug McClelland	73	+2	73	$813
47	Jan Dorrestein	74	+3	74	$2,125
47	Brian Thomson	74	+3	74	$513
49	Johnny Miller	76	+5	76	$2,125
49	Vincent Hood	76	+5	76	$420
51	Peter Tupling	68	-3	68	$358
52	Clive Clark	72	+1	72	$3,375
52	Peter Butler	72	+1	72	$2,125
54	Christy O'Connor	73	+2	73	$813
55	Peter Oosterhuis	75	+4	75	$613
55	Min Nan Hsieh	75	+4	75	$513
55	Tienie Britz	75	+4	75	$313
58	Gordon Cunningham	76	+5	76	$513
58	Tommy Horton	76	+5	76	$420
58	Gary Baleson	76	+5	76	$313
61	Harry Bannerman	77	+6	77	$1,173
62	Vicente Fernandez	78	+7	78	$513
63	Frank Beard	70	-1	70	$1,173
64	Peter Thomson	71	Even	71	$513
65	Billy Casper	72	+1	72	$420
66	Brian Hutchinson	74	+3	74	$325
66	Bobby Walker	74	+3	74	$313
68	Bob Charles	75	+4	75	$2,125
68	Ernie Jones	75	+4	75	$358
68	John O'Leary	75	+4	75	$313
71	Hugh Baiocchi	77	+6	77	$0
72	Graham Marsh	78	+7	78	$325
73	Kel Nagle	79	+8	79	$513
74	Stuart Brown	81	+10	81	$313
75	Maurice Bembridge	73	+2	73	$1,173
76	Andrew Brooks	74	+3	74	$325
77	Doug Sewell	75	+4	75	$325
77	David Ingram	75	+4	75	$0
77	John Panton	75	+4	75	$0
77	Ronnie Shade	75	+4	75	$0
81	Peter Townsend	70	-1	70	$2,875
82	Gary Player	71	Even	71	$5,375
82	John Garner	71	Even	71	$613
84	Dave Stockton	72	+1	72	$513
84	Sam Torrance	72	+1	72	$358
84	David Talbot	72	+1	72	$325
87	Roberto Bernardini	73	+2	73	$2,875
88	Kuo Chi Hsiung	74	+3	74	$420
88	Sandy Stephen	74	+3	74	$0
90	Antonio Garrido	71	Even	71	$313
91	David Oakley	72	+1	72	$358
92	David Snell	73	+2	73	$0
92	Donald Gammon	73	+2	73	$0
94	Peter Alliss	74	+3	74	$513
94	Ian Mosey	74	+3	74	$0
94	Hugh Boyle	74	+3	74	$0
97	Bruce Devlin	75	+4	75	$675
98	Baldovino Dassu	76	+5	76	$0
99	Jimmy Hume	77	+6	77	$313
100	Bernard Hunt	79	+8	79	$0
101	Randall Vines	75	+4	75	$0
102	Neil Coles	76	+5	76	$0
103	David Llewellyn	72	+1	72	$313
104	Brian Huggett	73	+2	73	$675
105	Paul Leonard	74	+3	74	$0
106	David Jagger	75	+4	75	$0
106	Dale Hayes	75	+4	75	$0

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