SUUNTO Golf - Manual (Page 21)

GOLF GUIDE
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SCORING IN MATCH PLAY
At the start of a match, the score is tied or in other words, all square. The score is
then recorded in terms of one player’s lead over another player.
For example, if player X has won 5 holes, and player Y has won 2 hole and they
have halved 4 holes, player X is leading 3 up.
A winning score of 2/1 means that the winner won the match by 2 holes with 1 to
play. The highest score possible is 10/8.
If player X is leading for example 4 up and there are four holes remaining, it is
called dormie. That means player X needs only one hole halved to win the whole
match.
The final score of a match play event can be listed in different ways. 1/0 or 2/0
means that all holes were played and that the winner was leading by either one
or two holes.
For example 3/2 means that 16 holes were played and the winner was leading by
three holes. The match was over because the winner was ahead by more holes
than the number of holes left to play.
And if the match is tied after 18 holes players continue to play more holes to
determine the winner. 20 holes after winner’s name means that game was over
after two extra holes.
DID YOU KNOW?
In two famous amateur titles, The US Amateur and British Ama-
teur Championship, match play format is used to determine the
winner. After two rounds of stroke play 64 players face the chal-
lenge of match play. All elimination matches are 18 holes except
for the final, which are 36 holes.
The PGA Championship, one of the four major championships,
changed from a match play format to a stroke play format in
1958.