match play
noun
: golf competition in which the winner is the person or team winning the greater number of holes compare stroke play
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Unlike other professional golf tournaments, the Ryder Cup is a match play competition where golfers play in pairs.
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Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Usual match play rules apply, with the player who scores lowest on each hole taking that hole in the race to secure crucial late points.
—Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Federer’s image still prevails over the match play.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images The Nexus Cup is an amateur team tournament in match play format.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
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Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Usual match play rules apply, with the player who scores lowest on each hole taking that hole in the race to secure crucial late points.
—Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Federer’s image still prevails over the match play.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images The Nexus Cup is an amateur team tournament in match play format.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for match play
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“Match play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/match%20play. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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