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While regular season events like The Masters run according to stroke play – whereby the player who navigates the course in the fewest number of ball hits triumphs – the Ryder Cup is a three-day match play competition.
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Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Net divisions are flighted by handicap, so the competition is a net, stroke play event that offers a level playing field and pays out nearly 300 winners.
—Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
After two days of stroke play, Johnson was the medalist at 6-under and Brozena was third at 3-under.
—Boston Herald Staff, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
Charlie would have had to score well under par at Trinity Forest to even hope to advance past the stroke play stage.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
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Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Net divisions are flighted by handicap, so the competition is a net, stroke play event that offers a level playing field and pays out nearly 300 winners.
—Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
After two days of stroke play, Johnson was the medalist at 6-under and Brozena was third at 3-under.
—Boston Herald Staff, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
Charlie would have had to score well under par at Trinity Forest to even hope to advance past the stroke play stage.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
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“Stroke play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stroke%20play. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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