The Great Britain–Argentina Professional Match was a men's team

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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

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which started the following day. The match resulted in a 5–3 victory for the British team with one match halved.

Background

A team of six golfers from Argentine visited Europe in the summer of 1939, under the auspices of the Argentine Golf Association. The team was accompanied by Juan Dentone and Armando Blasi. The team arrived in England at the end of May and stayed until mid-July. During their stay they played in the

, the

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and

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. 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

. The captains were

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and

José Jurado José Jurado (1899–1971) was a professional golfer in the sport’s Golden Age. Born in Villa Ballester, northern suburb of Buenos Aires, he was the first Argentine to travel to major international championships and is thus often credited a ...

Martin Pose Martin Pose (13 February 1911 – 1997) was an Argentine professional golfer. Pose was born in Mar del Plata. He turned professional in 1930, and competed in Europe in 1939 and 1956; and on the PGA Tour in 1940 and 1948. His best finish on th ...

was the most successful player during the tour. He reached the semi-final of the

before losing to

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at the 20th hole. He then won the

at Le Touquet, beating Tom Odams by a stroke. He was also the leading Argentine golfer in the

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, on the Old Course, finishing in 8th place, having been in second place after the first two days.

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

Afternoon singles matches

References

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