Established 1932 Month played September/October | Format Team match play Final year 1936 | |
The Ireland–Scotland Professional Match was an annual men's professional golf competition between teams representing Ireland and Scotland. It was played from 1932 to 1936. The match was played on a single day with 10 players in each team who played 5 foursomes and 10 singles matches. The first match in 1932 was tied but Ireland won the next four contests.
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History
The two countries played a match on 18 May 1907, just before the Irish Professional Championship. On that occasion the Scottish team was weak and Ireland won by 14 matches to 3.
The 1932 match was played as a match between the Irish and Scottish PGA Associations which meant that Mark Seymour, an Englishman, played for Scotland, where he was resident, and Sydney Fairweather, a Scot who was the professional at Malone Golf Club, played for Ireland.
In 1937 the two countries played each other during the Triangular Professional Tournament while in 1938 they met as part of the Llandudno International Golf Trophy. The 1937 and 1938 matches were both won by Scotland.
Appearances
The following are those who played in at least one of the five matches. Sydney Fairweather played for Scotland in the England–Scotland Professional Match in 1933, 1935, 1936 and in the Llandudno International Golf Trophy in 1938. Mark Seymour played for England in the England–Scotland Professional Match in 1932 and 1933.