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match play

–noun Golf.
play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won by each side.
Compare medal play.


Origin:
1885–90


match player, noun
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match play  
n.  A method of scoring golf games by counting only the number of holes won by each side rather than the number of strokes taken.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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