When is a match play golf game over?
Mar 27, 2022 · Austin Country Club is always a great venue for this event and, as many players have noted, a terrific match play golf course. The back nine coming home provides a lot of risk-reward shots, which...
How does match play work in golf?
Mar 18, 2022 · The event returns to Austin Country Club, March 23-27, and will feature golf’s biggest names for the only match-play tournament on the PGA TOUR.
When is a winner declared in a golf match?
Mar 26, 2022 · Austin Country Club is once again the host venue for the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. (Ben Jared/PGA TOUR) The World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play continues Saturday from...
How do you win a match in a PGA Tour match?
30 rows · Mar 24 - 27. Corales Puntacana Championship. Puntacana Resort & Club (Corales Golf Course) - Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Chad Ramey. 271 (-17) Mar 31 - Apr 3. Valero Texas Open. TPC San ...
What is match play?
Unlike in stroke play, where a player aims to post the lowest score over 18 holes, golfers in match play have to try to win more holes than their opponent.
How does the scoring work?
Whichever player, or team, completes the hole in the fewest strokes wins the hole, and therefore wins a point. If both scores are identical, the hole is halved, resulting in no change to the overall score.
Anything else?
When a player is in a position where they can still halve the match but cannot lose, this is known as “dormie”. So if Player A is 2-up with two holes to play, they are “dormie 2”.
Playing with handicaps
In a handicap match, it is the lowest net score that wins each hole. The golfer with the highest handicap receives extra shots according to the difference between each players’ handicaps.
Match play on tour
The Ryder and Solheim Cups are both match play golf events. Both are played over three days between teams of 12, with a variety of fourball, foursomes and singles matches.
