London, July 6. members of the victorious United States Ryder Cup team, Gene Sarazen, Byron Nelson and Sam Snead, led the field of 258 at the close to-day, of the qualifying stage of the British Open Golf championship.
Sarazen occupied first place with an aggregate of 141, and he was followed by Nelson and gheed with 142 each.
The feature of the second day's play was a record-breaking round by Joe Kirkwood, the Australian domiciled in America, who lowered.the record for the Burnside course by three strokes.
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