match play

noun

: golf competition in which the winner is the person or team winning the greater number of holes compare stroke play

Examples of match play in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Fang and Lee were at La Costa again this year and on Wednesday evening were hoisting the national championship trophy … for Oklahoma State after a 4-1 match play victory against Virginia. —Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2025

Also at stake Monday was the eight match play spots in the team competition, and Mississippi entered the day in eighth place, with a half-dozen teams breathing down its neck. —Mark Zeigler, Mercury News, 27 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for match play

• airway
• allay
• archway
• array
• ashtray
• astray
• aue
• away
• ballet
• belay
• beltway
• beret