Henry Cotton Open Golf Champion Personal Collection of Golf Scrap Book Albums (3) - comprising large scrap book covering the 1948 Open Golf Championship recording Cotton 3rd win at The Open at Muirfield; Coverage of The Ryder 1949; 1949 News of The World Match Play Championship played at Walton defeating two US Ryder Cup players on his way to the final against Dai Rees; The Daily Telegraph Pro/Am Foursomes through to the semi-finals including a magnificent 200yd bunker shot and 6yd putt on the 18th to go through to the semi-finals; then the controversy with his fellow pros and PGA following his invitation to play in the Daily Telegraph Golf Tournament having not gone down the qualifying route; plus other golf tournaments including Spalding Tournament St Andrews; Yorkshire Evening News Tournament et al - together with 4x Press photographs of the 1947 Open Golf Championship Hoylake; together with 4x pages of newspaper golf reports by Henry Cotton, covering the '47 Open won by Fred Daly, News of The World PGA Championship et al; and finally an official Royal Liverpool Golf Club "Reprint Programme Open Golf Championship" for the final two rounds c/w hand written results won by Daly; 1949 News of The World Match Play Championship draw sheet with hand written results through to final between Cotton and Dai Rees - in all 62pp (approx. third of the contents used); another similar size album covering Cotton's early days as a professional golfer from the age of 20yrs covering a ten year period from 1926 onwards covering his remarkable career both at home, in Europe and USA - together with good coverage of his 3 month trip to USA, as well as the original telegram informing Cotton of his selection for the Ryder Cup Team 1929 - plus a good selection of illustrated golf lessons - in all a most compulsive read from start to finish - approx. 180pp; plus a large unused/empty green leather and gilt scrap book with gilt embossed Henry Cotton to the lower right hand corner - spine faded - complete but contents appear to have been removed - overall 18.5 x 14.5" - acquired at The Henry Cotton Collection held by Sotheby's July 1996. Note: Golf Collection from "David Easby Estate"