France–United States Professional Match Explained

France–United States Professional Match
Location:Versailles, France
Establishment:1911
Course:Racing Club de France La Boulie
Format:Team match play
Month Played:June/July
Final Champion:France

The France–United States Professional Match was a men's team golf competition between teams of four professional golfers from France and the United States. It was played at Racing Club de France La Boulie on Monday 30 June and Tuesday 1 July 1913, just before the French Amateur Championship which was played there later in the week.[1] [2] The match resulted in a convincing 6–0 victory for the French team.[3]

Background

The original idea was to have four teams playing, including England and Scotland,[4] but this idea was quickly replaced with a match between France and the United States.

The Americans were amongst those who had played in the 1913 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake earlier in June. Of the American team, McDermott and McNamara had qualified for the Open Championship itself but Brady and Campbell had not. McDermott finished tied for 5th place.

Format

The match was contested over two days. There were two 36-hole foursomes matches on the first day with four 36-hole single matches on the final day.

Monday's foursomes matches

Results
Arnaud Massy/Louis Tellier3 & 2John McDermott/Tom McNamara
Jean Gassiat/Pierre Lafitte3 & 2Mike Brady/Alex Smith
2Session0
2Overall0

Tuesday's singles matches

Results
Arnaud Massy2 & 1Tom McNamara
Louis Tellier6 & 4Alex Smith
Jean Gassiat5 & 3Mike Brady
Pierre Lafitte3 & 2John McDermott
4Session0
6Overall0

Notes and References

  1. United States vs. France – The Professional International Match at Versailles . la84.org . The American Golfer . 9 . 4 . February 1913 . 333–334.
  2. News: Professional International Match – France beats America . . 12 . 1 July 1913.
  3. News: France again beats America . . 16 . 2 July 1913.
  4. New England notes . la84.org . The American Golfer . 10 . 4 . August 1913 . 347–348.