best-ball
adjective
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: relating to or being a golf match in which one player competes against the best individual score of two or more players for each hole
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The Zurich Classic features a best-ball format, with the lowest score on each hole counting for the team, in the first and third rounds and an alternate-shot format in the second and fourth rounds.
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“Best-ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/best-ball. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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