1911 Coronation Match

1911 Coronation Match Sandwich, England 1911 Royal St George's Golf Club Team match play June Professionals The 1911 Coronation Match was a men's team golf competition between teams of amateur and professional golfers. It was played at Royal St George's Golf Club on 24 June 1911, the Saturday before the 1911 Open Championship, to celebrate the coronation of George V two days earlier.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lM1AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M6YMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2871%2C6624948 Golf – Teams for Coronation match The Glasgow Herald 10 24 June 1911https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lc1AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M6YMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6611%2C6719241 Golf at Sandwich – Coronation match – Rout of the amateurs The Glasgow Herald 9,10 26 June 1911 The match replaced the annual England–Scotland Professional Match which had been played just before the Open Championship since 1903. The amateur team consisted of 11 Englishmen, 5 Scotsmen, one Irishman and one American while the professional team consisted of 11 Englishmen, 5 Scotsmen, one Irishman and one Frenchman. The match resulted in an overwhelming win for the professionals by 8 matches to 1, most of the matches being quite one-sided. Format The match was contested on a single day with nine 36-hole foursomes matches. As with the England–Scotland Professional Match, the players went off in a seeded order. Results Jack White was initially selected but was indisposed and replaced by another Scot, James Hepburn. Professionals Results Amateurs James Braid/Arnaud Massy 6 & 5 John Ball/Chick Evans Harry Vardon/George Duncan 5 & 4 Harold Hilton/John Graham J.H. Taylor/Ted Ray 8 & 7 Everard Martin Smith/Robert Harris Sandy Herd/Tom Ball 8 & 6 Reymond de Montmorency/Cecil Hutchison James Sherlock/Fred Robson 4 & 3 Edward Lassen/Herbert Taylor Charles Mayo/Wilfrid Reid 6 & 5 Frank Woolley/Frank Carr Tom Williamson/Robert Thomson 10 & 9 Edward Blackwell/Angus Hambro Rowland Jones/Michael Moran 38 holes Harold Beveridge/Lionel Munn James Hepburn/Thomas Renouf 8 & 7 Michael Scott/Leicester Stevens 8 Total 1 References Category:Team golf tournaments Coronation Match Coronation Match Category:Amateur versus professional matches