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The '''1911 Coronation Match''' was a men's team [[golf]] competition between teams of amateur and professional golfers. It was played at [[Royal St George's Golf Club]] on 24 June 1911, the Saturday before the [[1911 Open Championship]], to celebrate the coronation of [[George V]] two days earlier.<ref name=ght>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lM1AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M6YMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2871%2C6624948 |title=Golf – Teams for Coronation match |newspaper=[[The Glasgow Herald]] |page=10 |date=24 June 1911}}</ref><ref name=ghr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lc1AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M6YMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6611%2C6719241 |title=Golf at Sandwich – Coronation match – Rout of the amateurs |newspaper=[[The Glasgow Herald]] |page=9,10 |date=26 June 1911}}</ref> The match replaced the annual [[England–Scotland Professional Match]] which had been played just before the Open Championship since 1903. |
The '''1911 Coronation Match''' was a men's team [[golf]] competition between teams of amateur and professional golfers. It was played at [[Royal St George's Golf Club]] on 24 June 1911, the Saturday before the [[1911 Open Championship]], to celebrate the coronation of [[George V]] two days earlier.<ref name=ght>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lM1AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M6YMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2871%2C6624948 |title=Golf – Teams for Coronation match |newspaper=[[The Glasgow Herald]] |page=10 |date=24 June 1911}}</ref><ref name=ghr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lc1AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M6YMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6611%2C6719241 |title=Golf at Sandwich – Coronation match – Rout of the amateurs |newspaper=[[The Glasgow Herald]] |page=9,10 |date=26 June 1911}}</ref> The match replaced the annual [[England–Scotland Professional Match]] which had been played just before the Open Championship since 1903. |
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The match resulted in an overwhelming win for the professionals by 8 matches to 1, most of the matches being quite one-sided.<ref name=ghr/> |
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==Format== |
==Format== |
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The match was contested on a single day with nine 36-hole foursomes matches |
The match was contested on a single day with nine 36-hole foursomes matches.<ref name=ght/> |
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==Results== |
==Results== |
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[[Jack White (golfer)|Jack White]] was initially selected but was indisposed and replaced by |
[[Jack White (golfer)|Jack White]] was initially selected but was indisposed and replaced by James Hepburn.<ref name=ghr/> |
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