1) Golf terminology
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Match play is a scoring system for golf in which a player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents; this is as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes. In professional golf, a small number of notable tournaments use the match play scoring sys...
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• Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won or lost by each side; -- disting. from medal play.
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Portion of a tournament in which bowlers are pitted individually (one-on-one) against each other (rather than against the field).
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(from the article `golf`) There are two distinct forms of play: match play and stroke (medal) play. In match play the player and his opponent are playing together and ... The championship, originally at match play (most winning holes), was changed to medal play (fewest strokes) in 1965 but returned to match play in ... [2 related art...
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A competition format in which the round is played with the aim of winning individual holes.
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A competition played with each hole being a separate contest. The team or player winning the most holes, rather than having the lowest score, is the winner. The winner of the first hole is "one up". Even if the player wins that hole by two or three strokes, he is still only "one up". The lead is increased every time the player ...
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Match play (Golf) Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won or lost by each side; -- disting. from
medal play .
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Gambling system used in competitive play (tournaments, usually) in which players compete against one another until one player reaches a fixed number of points.
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[
n] - golf scoring by holes won
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A component of the tournament where participants are matched against each other.
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One-on-one competition between individual players.
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noun golf scoring by holes won
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Form of competition where each hole is won, lost or halved. The winner is whoever won the most holes. A winning score of 3 and 2 means that the winner won by 3 holes with 2 left to play. The highest score possible is 10 and 8.
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Competition scored by the number of holes won or lost. The opposite of 'stroke' or 'medal' play. In this format, matches often do not go the full 18 holes.
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