stroke play

noun

: golf competition scored by total number of strokes

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Contested from Wednesday to Saturday, the 72-hole stroke play tournament features 60 women representing 33 countries. Gabby Herzig, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024 Schedule The first round of the women’s stroke play event will be played Wednesday starting at 9 a.m. local time (3 a.m. ET). Gabby Herzig, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024 The first-time Olympian shot a 62 in the final round with no bogeys to best Great Britain’s Tommy Fleetwood and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama in the men's individual stroke play golf tournament at Le Golf National on Sunday. Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2024 That will include rounds of stroke play Tuesday and Wednesday with the top 32 golfers entering match play. Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 21 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for stroke play 

Word History

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of stroke play was in 1905

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“Stroke play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stroke%20play. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.

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