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

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