stroke play

noun

: golf competition scored by total number of strokes

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DeChambeau is just the third player in the PGA’s stroke play era (since 1958) to finish runner-up in consecutive years. Justin Ray, New York Times, 19 May 2025 The format is four days of stroke play followed by quarterfinals, semifinals and championship of match play. Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2025 The Cougars Thursday slipped to second in the final stroke play standings, finishing three strokes behind Dallas Baptist. Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2025 The burden of stroke plays out along a similar plane. Bernadette Boden Albala, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stroke play

Word History

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of stroke play was in 1905

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“Stroke play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stroke%20play. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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