stroke play

noun

: golf competition scored by total number of strokes compare match play

Examples of stroke play in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The event features 36 holes of stroke play Saturday and Sunday, and then takes the top 64 and puts them in a single elimination match-play bracket that begins on Monday and ends with a 36-hole championship match on Thursday. — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026

My strength in stroke play is scraping out pars and grinding out pars. — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2026

The 90-player, 72-hole stroke play event will essentially serve as the first playoff event, which will then lead into a match play event that will take place across two weeks. — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

That 2010 team also came painfully close to the next step, tying for eighth in stroke play before losing in a three-team playoff for a spot in match play. — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for stroke play

• aaa
• alleyway
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• breakaway