match play

/mætʃ pleɪ/
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Other forms: match plays

Definitions of match play
  1. noun
    golf scoring by holes won
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    type of:
    golf, golf game
    a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes
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