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Definition of "matchplay" [matchplay]

  • Alternative form of match play. (noun)

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Use "matchplay" in a sentence
  • "If you have played well in the strokeplay, the matchplay is a totally different game where you are not counting every shot and if you have a bad hole, it is just one hole, it's not going to matter."
  • "There are upsets in matchplay golf and then there are humiliations of the kind endured by Rory McIlroy in the second round of the Accenture Match Play Championship."
  • "Full marks for honesty and full marks too for the age-old cliche about matchplay golf being the graveyard of expectations."