In 1900, after winning the British Open in 1898 and 1899, Harry Vardon  went on a promotional tour of the USA,.  The tour was sponsored by Albert Spalding, who saw an opportunity through Vardon to promote the Spalding “Vardon Autograph”  clubs and the Vardon Flyer ball.  A. G. Spalding and Sons was a Chicago based company at the time. 

In April 1900, Harry visited the Atlantic City Country Club to play a 36 hole exhibition match .  The match was against Findlay Douglas  ( 1898 US Amateur Champion) and H. M. Harriman ( 1899 U.S Amateur Champion).  Vardon played against the better ball  of the US Champions and beat them soundly 9 and  8.  The match was played in front of 2000 spectators.

The scene on this rare postcard was traced back to a club history photo captioned “The Vardon-Douglas–Harriman Golf Match”.  The postcard was published by the Chilton Printing Co., Philadelphia.

Harry Vardon would go on to win 72 of the 90 matches he played on his tour.   Approximately 5 months after the scene depicted on this postcard, Harry Vardon won the US Open at the Chicago golf Club.