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He is the ultimate match-player doing what he does best.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2023

No doubt Mure was, and even is, a fine match-player, especially a fine finisher of those few last holes when the match is to be decided by them.

From Fifty Years of Golf by Hutchinson, Horace G.

He was acknowledged to be the greatest match-player of his time.

From The Complete Golfer by Vardon, Harry

I shall beat him in the same proportion as I beat L�wenthal, although he is a better match-player than L�wenthal.

From The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion by Edge, Frederick Milnes

He, too, I believe, would put Johnny Ball on a pedestal by himself, and leave him there, as the best match-player that we ever have had among the amateurs.

From Fifty Years of Golf by Hutchinson, Horace G.