match play
noun
: golf competition in which the winner is the person or team winning the greater number of holes compare stroke play
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The field was trimmed after two rounds of match play Wednesday, setting up Thursday’s schedule.
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Barry Scanlon, Boston Herald, 9 July 2025
It’s become a controversial aspect of the championships since match play was added in 2015, negating historic stroke play results in the name of television drama.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2025
Another course, yet to be announced, will require players to play alternate shot, and there's talk of a third new course designed specifically to encourage match play.
—Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
The 2025 Ryder Cup, a biennial team match play competition between European and American golfers, will take place Sept. 26-28 at Bethpage Black Course in Farmingdale, New York.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 18 June 2025
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Barry Scanlon, Boston Herald, 9 July 2025
It’s become a controversial aspect of the championships since match play was added in 2015, negating historic stroke play results in the name of television drama.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2025
Another course, yet to be announced, will require players to play alternate shot, and there's talk of a third new course designed specifically to encourage match play.
—Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
The 2025 Ryder Cup, a biennial team match play competition between European and American golfers, will take place Sept. 26-28 at Bethpage Black Course in Farmingdale, New York.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 18 June 2025
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“Match play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/match%20play. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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