stroke play
nounDefinition of stroke play
: golf competition scored by total number of strokes
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Huntsville teen Michaela Morard finished tied for the lead after Monday’s opening round of stroke play at the U.S. Women’s Amateur in West Point, Mississippi. — Josh Bean | [email protected], al, "Alabama golf commit tied atop leaderboard at U.S. Women’s Amateur," 6 Aug. 2019 Kertson had finished stroke play as the eighth seed, White as the 39th. — Julia Stumbaugh, azcentral, "Texas State's Evan White wins 95th Arizona Amateur Golf Championship," 3 Aug. 2019 The event includes 156 competitors, which will be cut to a 64-person match-play tournament after two rounds of stroke play. — Jack Marrion, Houston Chronicle, "Chen, Sinz, Stephens among U.S. Girls’ Junior Amateur golf qualifiers," 15 July 2019 DeChambeau, 25, was in diapers the last time the tour’s pace-of-play policy was enforced at an individual stroke play event. — Karen Crouse, New York Times, "Golf’s New Breed Tries to Speed Things Up," 15 Aug. 2019 The field will be cut to 64 players after today’s second round of stroke play, followed with match play starting Wednesday. — Josh Bean | [email protected], al, "Alabama golf commit tied atop leaderboard at U.S. Women’s Amateur," 6 Aug. 2019 Anderson, who signed with Texas State, was one of six golfers shooting even-par 72 in stroke play, on the strength of seven birdies. — Jack Marrion, Houston Chronicle, "Anderson, Luitwieler win Houston City Junior Golf Championships," 22 July 2019 The four lowest scorers of the 18-hole, stroke play event will earn a spot. — Shawn Mcfarland, courant.com, "Former winners, fan favorites and star power headline full Travelers Championship player field," 15 June 2019 Brendan Frain The two-year captain led the Dual County League with 21 points per match (equal to a 35 in stroke play). — BostonGlobe.com, "2018-19 Boys' Golf All-Scholastics," 10 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'stroke play.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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