The Ireland–Scotland Professional Match was an annual men's professional

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competition between teams representing

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and

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. 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.

History

The two countries played a match on 18 May 1907, just before the

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. On that occasion the Scottish team was weak and Ireland won by 13 matches to 4. The 1932 match was played as a match between the Irish and Scottish PGA Associations which meant that

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, an Englishman, played for Scotland, where he was resident, and Sydney Fairweather, a Scot who was the professional at

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, played for Ireland. In 1937 the two countries played each other during the

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while in 1938 they met as part of the

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. The 1937 and 1938 matches were both won by Scotland.

Results

Appearances

The following are those who played in at least one of the five matches. Sydney Fairweather played for Scotland in the

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in 1933, 1935, 1936 and in the

in 1938.

played for England in the England–Scotland Professional Match in 1932 and 1933.

Ireland

* Denis Cassidy 1936 * Jimmy Cassidy 1934, 1935 *

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1936 * Sydney Fairweather 1932 *

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1932, 1933, 1934, 1935 * Willie Holley 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 *

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1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 *

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1932 *

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1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 * Matt McDermott 1932 *

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1933, 1935, 1936 *

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1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 *

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1934, 1936 * Pat O'Connor 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 *

Moses O'Neill Moses hbo, מֹשֶׁה, Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, ); syr, ܡܘܫܐ, Mūše; ar, موسى, Mūsā; grc, Mωϋσῆς, Mōÿsēs () is considered the most important pro ...

1933, 1934 *

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1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 * Charlie Pope 1932 *

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1933, 1935, 1936 * Leo Wallace 1932

Scotland

* Tom Ainslie 1936 * Joe Anderson 1932 * Willam Anderson 1936 * Willie Callum 1935 * John Campbell 1936 * William Davis 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 * Tom Dobson 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 * Willie Don 1935, 1936 *

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1932 * Gordon Durward 1934 * Walter Fenton 1932, 1933 * Jim Forrester 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 *

Tom Haliburton Thomas Bruce Haliburton (5 June 1915 – 25 October 1975) was a Scottish golfer. He finished tied for 5th in the 1957 Open Championship and played in the 1961 and 1963 Ryder Cups. Early life Haliburton was born in a cottage in Rhu, then in Dunb ...

1935, 1936 * David Houston 1934 *

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1936 * Gordon Lockhart 1934, 1935 *

Duncan McCulloch Duncan McCulloch (1893–1968) was one of the leading Scottish-based professional golfers of the inter-war period. He was Scottish Professional Champion in 1929 and 1930. Early life McCulloch was born in Troon, Scotland on 31 January 1893 to Joh ...

1932, 1933, 1934, 1935 * Jimmy McDowall 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 * Jack McMillan 1933, 1934 * Fred Robertson 1933 * Peter Robertson 1932 *

1932 * George Smith 1932 * Willie Spark 1933, 1935 * Tom Wilson 1932, 1933, 1934

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ireland-Scotland Professional Match Team golf tournaments Recurring sporting events established in 1932