stroke play

American  

noun

Golf.

1. medal play.

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stroke play British  

noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: medal play.  golf Compare match play Stableford

   1. scoring by counting the number of strokes taken

   2. ( as modifier )

      a strokeplay tournament

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Etymology

Origin of stroke play

First recorded in 1750–60

Example Sentences

For each regular season event, the individual competition will be decided over 72 holes of stroke play.

From BBC

Woods will be among 264 players who will go through 36 holes of stroke play on the North and South courses at Oakland Hills to determine which 64 players advance to match play.

From Seattle Times

There was the shade he threw Dustin Johnson’s way the following year at Harding Park when Koepka was trying to become the first player to win three straight PGA Championship titles in stroke play.

From Seattle Times

Batting demands relentless stroke play, where even a dot ball is unacceptable.

From BBC

The first three rounds are stroke play to determine the seedings for match play, which is played over the weekend.

From Seattle Times