A rare bronze Professional Golfers Association medal for the Victory Tournament, 1919

A rare bronze Professional Golfers Association medal for the Victory Tournament played at St Andrews in 1919,the obverse inscribed PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION, the reverse inscribed VICTORY TOURNAMENT 1919, PEACE BY VICTORYHarry Vardon had been the last winner of an Open Championship in 1914 before it was suspended and not competed for again until after the hostilities in 1920. However in 1919, The PGA organised the St Andrews Tournament, which was sponsored by the Daily Mail newspaper, and played over 36 holes per day on 25th & 26th May on the Old Course. As there had not been time to organise the usual qualifiers associated with an Open Championship, the field was restricted to 60 leading PGA members in the 1914 Open Championship. Despite this it was referred to as the "Victory Open". It was deemed to have resulted in a tie between George Duncan and Abe Mitchell, both with 312 strokes. There was no play-off. Harry Vardon finished 3rd.