match play
noun Golf.
play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won by each side.
Compare
medal play.
Origin of match play
First recorded in 1885–90
OTHER WORDS FROM match play
match player, nounWords nearby match play
mataró,
matas operation,
matata,
match,
match plate,
match play,
match point,
match-fit,
match-funding,
match-up,
matcha
Example sentences from the Web for match play
The old maxim that if a thing is worth doing at all it is worth doing well, applies with tremendous force to match-play golf.
The Happy Golfer |Henry Leach
British Dictionary definitions for match play
match play
noun
golf
- scoring according to the number of holes won and lost
- (as modifier)a matchplay tournament