stroke play

noun

: golf competition scored by total number of strokes compare match play

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Following the third round, the field will be cut in half, with the top 15 teams advancing to the final round of stroke play. — Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026 Her play helped carry the Gators, ranked third nationally, to the top of the leaderboard after 54 holes of stroke play. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026 That 2010 team also came painfully close to the next step, tying for eighth in stroke play before losing in a three-team playoff for a spot in match play. — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026 Sunday at Aronimink featured 22 players within four shots of the lead, the most ever since the PGA Championship went to stroke play in 1958. — ABC News, 19 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for stroke play

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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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