Strokeplay
A competition in which a player's total strokes for a round are recorded to be compared with the scores of other competitors. 'Strokeplay', the correct term, is often referred to as 'medal play'.
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Strokeplay
This is when you count every shot you play and add up your total amount at the end. This is called your gross score. If you have a handicap you would minus that from your Gross score leaving you with your Nett score.
Medal Play: Strokeplay competitions,where the lowest score wins.
Medal Play: Type of competition in which the lowest total score (number of strokes) wins. The same as stroke play.
(Fourballs are the opening matches played on the Friday and Saturday mornings of the Ryder Cup.) In strokeplay, a fourball competition is played between several teams each consisting of 2 players, ...
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Hume, a runner-up in the strokeplay championship two years ago, finally laid his hands on the prestigious trophy after posting a one-over total on 277 which was highlighted by a course record setting second round 64.
Fourball
A matchplay or strokeplay game of two players on each side, all four striking their own ball.
Foursome
A matchplay or strokeplay game between two sides of two players each, the partners striking the ball alternately.
The scoring format can be either Match Play, Strokeplay or Stableford. Usually, the best score (better ball) of the two players in one team is counted against the better ball of the two players in the other team, hence the term Fourball Better Ball.
If so make him hole out.
Take A Risk
Your strokeplay score on any given hole does not matter at all. As long as it is less than your opponent.
Taking 10 on a par three hole is fine, as long as he takes 11!! This is the beauty of matchplay.
Sudden Death - A form of play-off in strokeplay competitions used when one or more players tie with the same score. The first person to win a hole outright is the winner; with more than 2 players, a process of elimination is involved.
An assessment of a holes difficulty used to award shots during strokeplay / matchplay conditions.
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Matchplay, in which the number of holes won or lost decides the match; a hole is won by a player or team taking the least number of strokes for the hole.
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Stroke Index: An assessment of a holes difficulty used to award shots during strokeplay / matchplay conditions.
 See also: Stroke, Golf, Hole, Round, Hit
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