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match play

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match play
n.
A method of scoring golf games by counting only the number of holes won by each side rather than the number of strokes taken.
match play
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations) Golf
a.  scoring according to the number of holes won and lost
b.  (as modifier) a matchplay tournament Compare Stableford, stroke play
match player  n
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Noun1.match play - golf scoring by holes won
golf, golf game - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes


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The rules of match play governed the contests, and Archibald disposed of his first three opponents before the twelfth hole.
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