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===Gleneagles 1921===
On 27 September 1920 ''Golf Illustrated'' wrote a letter to the [[Professional Golfers' Association of America]] with a suggestion that a team of 12 to 20 American professionals be chosen to play in the 1921 Open Championship, to be financed by popular subscription.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll2/id/5335/rec/1 |magazine=Golf Illustrated |date=November 1920 | page=27 |title=U.S. Professionals to Seek British Title |access-date=6 August 2013 |via=LA84}}</ref> At that time no American golfer had won The Open Championship. The idea was that of James D. Harnett, who worked for the magazine. The PGA of America replied positively and announced the idea in the November 1920 issue. The fund was called the ''British Open Championship Fund''. By the following spring, the idea had been firmed up.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll2/id/5391/rec/2 |magazine=Golf Illustrated |date=March 1921 |page=32 |title=Month at a Glance |access-date=6 August 2013 |via=LA84}}</ref> A team of 12 would be chosen, who would sail in time to play in a warm-up tournament at Gleneagles (the [[Glasgow Herald Tournament|''Glasgow Herald'' 1000 Guinea Tournament]]) before The Open at St. Andrews, two weeks later. The team of 12 was chosen by PGA President George Sargent and PGA Secretary Alec Pirie, with the assistance of [[USGA]] Vice-president Robert Gardner.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll2/id/5448/rec/3 |magazine=Golf Illustrated |date=May 1921 |page=32 |title=Month at a Glance |access-date=6 August 2013 |via=LA84}}</ref> A team of 11 sailed from New York on the {{RMS|Aquitania}} on 24 May 1921 together with James Harnett, [[Harry Hampton (golfer)|Harry Hampton]] deciding at the last minute that he could not travel.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/05/25/98695351.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/05/25/98695351.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |newspaper=The New York Times |date=25 May 1921 |title=Golf Stars Leave for British Links |access-date=6 August 2013}}</ref>

The idea for a 12-a-side International Match between the American and Great Britain professionals was reported in ''The Times'' on 17 May, with [[James Douglas Edgar]] being reported as the probable 12th player.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Times |date=17 May 1921 |page=12 |title=The American Professionals}}</ref> Edgar was already in the United Kingdom. The match would be played at Gleneagles on Monday 6 June, the day before the start of the 1000 Guinea Tournament. With [[Jim Barnes]] indisposed, the match eventually became a 10-a-side contest, Edgar not being required for the American team. The match consisted of 5 foursomes in the morning and 10 singles in the afternoon, played on the King's Course. The match was won by Great Britain by 9 matches to 3, 3 matches being halved.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=r5ZAAAAAIBAJ&pg=5829%2C4051487 |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=7 June 1921 |title=Gleneagles – International Golf |access-date=6 August 2013 |via=Google News Archive}}</ref>

The British team was: [[George Duncan (golfer)|George Duncan]] (captain), [[James Braid (golfer)|James Braid]], [[Arthur Havers]], [[Abe Mitchell]], [[James Ockenden]], [[Ted Ray (golfer)|Ted Ray]], [[James Sherlock (golfer)|James Sherlock]], [[John Henry Taylor|J.H. Taylor]], [[Josh Taylor (golfer)|Josh Taylor]], and [[Harry Vardon]]. The American team was: [[Emmet French]] (captain), [[Clarence Hackney]], [[Walter Hagen]], [[Charles Hoffner]], [[Jock Hutchison]], [[Tom Kerrigan (golfer)|Tom Kerrigan]], [[George McLean (golfer)|George McLean]], [[Fred McLeod (golfer)|Fred McLeod]], [[Bill Mehlhorn]] and [[Wilfrid Reid]]. Gold medals were presented by [[Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl]], to each member of the teams at the conclusion of the Glasgow Herald tournament on Saturday afternoon. The medals "had on one side crossed flags, The Union Jack and Stars and Stripes surmounted by the inscription "For Britain" or "For America" as the case may be, and on the other side "America v Britain. First international golf match at "The Glasgow Herald" tournament, Gleneagles, 6 June 1921"<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19210613&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=13 June 1921 |title=Mitchell's Win – "The Glasgow Herald" tournament |access-date=24 September 2014 |via=Google News Archive}}</ref>

After the Glasgow Herald Tournament most of the American team travelled to [[St Andrews]] to practice for The 1921 Open Championship, for which qualifying began on 20 June. However, Walter Hagen and Jock Hutchison played in a tournament at [[Kinghorn]] on 14 and 15 June. Hagen had a poor first round and didn't turn up for the second day. Hutchison scored 74 and 64 and took the £50 first prize.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=t5ZAAAAAIBAJ&pg=4320%2C5106382 |title=Golf – Kinghorn tournament – Hutchison's easy win |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=16 June 1921 |page=11 |via=Google News Archive}}</ref> At St Andrews, Hutchison led the qualifying and then won The Open itself. So, despite losing the International Match, the American team achieved its main objective, winning the British Open.

A match between American and British amateur golfers was played at [[Royal Liverpool Golf Club]] (Hoylake) in 1921, immediately before The Amateur Championship. This match was followed by the creation of the [[Walker Cup]], which was first played in 1922.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.2013walkercup.com/history.php |publisher=2013 Walker Cup |title=History of the Walker Cup match |year=2013 |access-date=9 August 2013}}</ref> However the 1921 Gleneagles match did not immediately lead to a corresponding match between the professionals.