- match play
- noun Date: 1893 golf competition in which the winner is the person or team winning the greater number of holes — compare stroke play
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Match play — is a scoring system for golf in which a player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents; this is as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes … Wikipedia
Match-Play — Le Match play est une formule de calcul de score au golf (différente du stroke play). Il est décrit à la règle 2 des règles de golf. Dans les tournois professionnels masculins de golf, peu de tournois sont organisés selon cette formule. On peut… … Wikipédia en Français
Match play — Le Match play est une formule de calcul de score au golf (différente du stroke play). Il est décrit à la règle 2 des règles de golf. Dans les tournois professionnels masculins de golf, peu de tournois sont organisés selon cette formule. On peut… … Wikipédia en Français
match-play — [ matʃplɛ ] n. m. • 1930; mot angl. ♦ Anglic. Sport Compétition de golf qui se joue (entre deux joueurs ou deux équipes) trou par trou. Des match plays. ● match play, match plays nom masculin (anglais match play, de match et play, jeu) Au golf,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Match play — (Golf) Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won or lost by each side; distinguished from {medal play}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
match play — n. 1. play in a match, as in tennis, etc. 2. Golf a form of competitive play in which the score is calculated by counting holes won rather than strokes taken: distinguished from STROKE PLAY … English World dictionary
match play — match′ play n. spo golf competition in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won by each side • Etymology: 1885–90 match′ play er, n … From formal English to slang
match-play — n [singular] a method of scoring in golf based on the number of holes that are won, rather than the number of ↑strokes needed to reach each hole … Dictionary of contemporary English
match play — ► NOUN ▪ golf in which the score is reckoned by holes won … English terms dictionary
Match-play — Le Match play est une formule de calcul de score au golf (différente du stroke play). Il est décrit à la règle 2 des règles de golf. Dans les tournois professionnels masculins de golf, peu de tournois sont organisés selon cette formule. On peut… … Wikipédia en Français
match play — noun golf scoring by holes won • Hypernyms: ↑golf, ↑golf game * * * noun 1. : golf competition in which the winner is the person or team winning the greater number of holes compare medal play 2. : match game * * * … Useful english dictionary
