match play
noun
: golf competition in which the winner is the person or team winning the greater number of holes compare stroke play
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Zach Pelzar, Weston — A two-time Dual County League All-Star, the junior carried at 37.4 scoring average last fall, was 7-1-2 in match play, and tied for second in the D3 state final. 
Khalin Kapoor, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2022 Zelmati is seeking his first match play victory after a first-round exit back in 2020. BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2022 After the field is cut in half, the final 64 golfers will play match play over the final four days. Loren Holmes, Anchorage Daily News, 29 July 2022 Oklahoma came in ranked first nationally but faltered in the fourth and final round of stroke play, and entered the match play portion of the event seeded second behind Vanderbilt. Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2022 While Erin Hills saw Brooks Koepka win the 2017 U.S. Open and will host the 2025 U.S. Women’s Open, the stroke play format at one course and then moving to match play at another is a different kind of grind for the amateur. Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 13 July 2022 But the Sun Devils survived and advanced and now are one match play win away from their third national championship in the sport, the last coming back in 1996. Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2022 The match play event will take place Wednesday, June 1, at 6:30 p.m. ET from the Wynn Las Vegas resort course and can be seen on TNT. Sal Maiorana, USA TODAY, 25 May 2022 But attempting to win a Grand Slam tournament without any official match play for an entire year was certainly ambitious — even for Williams. Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 28 June 2022 See More
Khalin Kapoor, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2022 Zelmati is seeking his first match play victory after a first-round exit back in 2020. BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2022 After the field is cut in half, the final 64 golfers will play match play over the final four days. Loren Holmes, Anchorage Daily News, 29 July 2022 Oklahoma came in ranked first nationally but faltered in the fourth and final round of stroke play, and entered the match play portion of the event seeded second behind Vanderbilt. Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2022 While Erin Hills saw Brooks Koepka win the 2017 U.S. Open and will host the 2025 U.S. Women’s Open, the stroke play format at one course and then moving to match play at another is a different kind of grind for the amateur. Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 13 July 2022 But the Sun Devils survived and advanced and now are one match play win away from their third national championship in the sport, the last coming back in 1996. Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2022 The match play event will take place Wednesday, June 1, at 6:30 p.m. ET from the Wynn Las Vegas resort course and can be seen on TNT. Sal Maiorana, USA TODAY, 25 May 2022 But attempting to win a Grand Slam tournament without any official match play for an entire year was certainly ambitious — even for Williams. Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 28 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1893, in the meaning defined above