stableford
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| —n | |
| golf | |
| a. a scoring system in which points are awarded according to the number of strokes taken at each hole, whereby a hole completed in one stroke over par counts as one point, a hole completed in level par counts as two points, etc | |
| b. match play Compare stroke play (as modifier): a Stableford competition | |
| [C20: named after its inventor, Dr Frank Stableford (1870--1959), English amateur golfer] | |
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