How to Use stroke play in a Sentence

stroke play

noun

• There are 36 holes of stroke play with the field cut to 64.
  — Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
• The 30-team field will be cut to 15 after three rounds of stroke play.
  — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 28 May 2021
• The four lowest scorers of the 18-hole, stroke play event will earn a spot.
  — Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 15 June 2019
• Kertson had finished stroke play as the eighth seed, White as the 39th.
  — Julia Stumbaugh, azcentral, 3 Aug. 2019
• Lynne Cowan was in a tie for first after one day of stroke play at the U.S.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2022
• After 36 holes of stroke play, the field will be reduced to the low 64 scorers.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2020
• Last year, the Sun Devils finished stroke play first to earn the top seed in the match play portion of the event.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 25 May 2023
• The 72 holes of stroke play feature fourballs in the first and third round, foursomes in the second and fourth rounds. ...
  — Dennis Manoloff, cleveland.com, 29 Apr. 2018
• The professionals in the field will play 54 holes of stroke play for a purse of $2 million.
  — Scott Bell, Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2021
• The championship starts with two days of stroke play before the field is whittled to 64.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2022
• The defending champion and the top seed out of stroke play advanced in the opening round of match play at the U.S.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2022
• Both competed through stroke play and match play to take the top spots in their divisions.
  — Jack Marrion, Houston Chronicle, 22 July 2019
• Thompson, from Cincinnati, Ohio, was the 51st seed after stroke play.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2022
• Senior Women's Open is a 72-hole stroke play event with a $1 million prize purse.
  — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 5 Aug. 2022
• Back then, the PGA Championship format was 36 holes of stroke play to reduce the field to 32 players, and then match play.
  — Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com, 3 Aug. 2020
• The Sun Devils had gone into match play as the top seed after finishing as the top team through the four rounds of stroke play.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 25 May 2022
• The current format of stroke play followed by match play was adopted in 2009.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 25 May 2023
• The 12 Brookhaven boys rolled through the regional, winning the stroke play portion by seven shots.
  — Dallas News, 21 Sep. 2022
• The top eight teams after Monday’s stroke play advance to the match-play portion of the championship.
  — Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 22 May 2021
• 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, 22 July 2019
• The field was whittled down by two rounds of stroke play before match play began Wednesday.
  — Julia Stumbaugh, azcentral, 3 Aug. 2019
• The Wildcats will need to finish Sunday's round in 15th place or better to qualify for the fourth round of stroke play.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 28 May 2022
• After 36 holes of stroke play, the field is reduced to 32 for the match-play bracket to determine the champion.
  — Mark Kazlowski, Dallas News, 29 Jan. 2020
• The championship will be contested over 54 holes of stroke play.
  — Beth Ann Nichols, The Arizona Republic, 19 May 2022
• The tournament format begins with two rounds of stroke play.
  — Matt Cohen | [e-mail], al, 14 Aug. 2023
• The tournament began with two rounds of stroke play, with the top 32 players advancing to match play.
  — Steve Millar, Daily Southtown, 5 July 2018
• After 18 holes of stroke play Tuesday, the low 32 scores advance to the championship match play bracket.
  — Mark Kazlowski, Dallas News, 30 June 2021
• The round of the day went to Canadian Shelly Stouffer, who finished two shots behind Cowan after the two days of stroke play.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2022
• Jake Shuman and Sam Jones finished stroke play tied for first by going 7-under.
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2022
• Johnson, 30, is a new name to the Utah Amateur, having won Nevada titles in both stroke play and match play.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Sep. 2020

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024