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match play

noun Golf.
  1. play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won by each side.
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Compare medal play.

Origin of match play

First recorded in 1885–90
Related formsmatch player, noun
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Historical Examples

  • The old maxim that if a thing is worth doing at all it is worth doing well, applies with tremendous force to match-play golf.

    The Happy Golfer

    Henry Leach

British Dictionary definitions for match play

match play

noun
  1. golf
    1. scoring according to the number of holes won and lost
    2. (as modifier)a matchplay tournament
    Compare Stableford, stroke play
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Derived Formsmatch player, noun
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