Great Britain–Argentina Professional Match
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Leeds, England |
| Established | 1939 |
| Course(s) | Lady Dorothy Course Temple Newsam Golf Club |
| Format | Team match play |
| Month played | June |
| Final champion | |
| Great Britain | |
The Great Britain–Argentina Professional Match was a men's team golf competition between teams of six professional golfers from Great Britain and Argentina. It was played on the Lady Dorothy Course at Temple Newsam Golf Club on Monday 5 June 1939, just before the Yorkshire Evening News Tournament which started the following day. The match resulted in a 5–3 victory for the British team with one match halved.[1]
Background
A team of six golfers from Argentine visited Europe in the summer of 1939, under the auspices of the Argentine Golf Association.[2] The team was accompanied by Juan Dentone and Armando Blasi.[3] The team arrived in England at the end of May and stayed until mid-July. During their stay they played in the Yorkshire Evening News Tournament, the Open de France and The Open Championship. They also played in a number of exhibition matches. The match between the team and a team of British professionals selected by the PGA was arranged for the day before the start of the Yorkshire Evening News Tournament. The captains were Arthur Lacey and José Jurado.[4]
Martin Pose was the most successful player during the tour. He reached the semi-final of the Yorkshire Evening News Tournament before losing to Dai Rees at the 20th hole.[5] He then won the Open de France at Le Touquet, beating Tom Odams by a stroke.[6] He was also the leading Argentine golfer in the Open Championship, on the Old Course, finishing in 8th place, having been in second place after the first two days.[7]
Format
The match was contested on a single day. There were three 18-hole foursomes matches in the morning with six 18-hole single matches in the afternoon.
Morning foursomes matches
|
Results | 
|
|---|---|---|
| Dai Rees/Arthur Lacey |  2 & 1
|
Marcos Churio/Martin Pose |
| Don Curtis/Jimmy Adams | 2 up
|
José Jurado/Enrique Bertolino |
| Tom Collinge/Cecil Denny | halved | Aurelio Castañon/Juan Martínez |
| 2 | Session | 0 |
| 2 | Overall | 0 |
Afternoon singles matches
|
|
Results |
|
|---|---|---|
| Dai Rees | 3 & 2
|
Aurelio Castañon |
| Arthur Lacey |  2 & 1
|
Martin Pose |
| Don Curtis | 1 up
|
Marcos Churio |
| Jimmy Adams | 2 up
|
José Jurado |
| Tom Collinge | 1 up
|
Enrique Bertolino |
| Cecil Denny | 8 & 7
|
Juan Martínez |
| 3 | Session | 3 |
| 5 | Overall | 3 |
References
- ^ "Visitors' promise for "Open" – Argentine golfers impress – British players held in singles". The Glasgow Herald. 6 June 1939. p. 2.
- ^ "An Argentine Team". The Times. 12 April 1939. p. 5.
- ^ "The Argentine Team". The Times. 20 May 1939. p. 4.
- ^ "Argentine Players at Leeds". The Times. 6 June 1939. p. 7.
- ^ "Rees plays "greatest match of his career"". The Glasgow Herald. 10 June 1939. p. 18.
- ^ "French Open Golf". The Glasgow Herald. 26 June 1939. p. 4.
- ^ ""Open" Golf features". The Glasgow Herald. 8 July 1939. p. 12.