match play

noun

: golf competition in which the winner is the person or team winning the greater number of holes compare stroke play

Examples of match play in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Other courses include The Palmer Course, The Fazio Course, The Estate (which is five miles from the resort), and the newest additions: The Match, a shorter, non-traditional design without set teeing areas geared toward match play, and The Staple, a 9-hole Par 3 course. —Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025

The men take the stage now at La Costa, starting Friday with four rounds of stroke play to determine the individual medalist followed by two days of match play for the team title. —Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2025

The Golf Channel will provide live broadcast coverage of the match play portion of the NCAA championship on Tuesday and Wednesday. —Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2025

Six rounds of match play begin on Wednesday, Aug. 14, and the championship concludes with a 36-hole championship match on Sunday, Aug. 18. —Todd Abeln, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for match play

• airway
• allay
• archway
• array
• ashtray
• astray
• aue
• away
• ballet
• belay
• beltway
• beret