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Definition of Stroke play
1. Noun. Golf scoring by total strokes taken.
Definition of Stroke play
1. Noun. (golf) A scoring system in which points are awarded based on the number of strokes used to sink the ball, as opposed to match play. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stroke Play
Literary usage of Stroke play
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Athletic Games for Players, Instructors, and Spectators by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft, William Dean Pulvermacher (1916)
"In -Match Play singles, competitors are given three quarters of the difference
between their stroke play handicap. Thus, if A had a stroke play handicap of ..."
2. On the Court and Off by Anthony F. Wilding (1918)
"CHAPTER II THE WAY TO IMPROVE THE very best form of practice, and the only royal
road to improvement, is stroke play—the training of individual strokes as ..."
3. On the Court and Off by Anthony F. Wilding (1912)
"Nor is stroke play such a dull affair as many suppose. Personally I have enjoyed
much fun and healthy exercise from half-an-hour's methodical knock -up with ..."
4. Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis by Jahial Parmly Paret (1922)
"Changing the pace is perhaps the most puzzling of all variations of stroke play,
and it can be done ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1868)
"not familiar with the stroke, play it wide as a rule, being afraid of hitting
the wire. If they will take the trouble of practising the stroke by placing ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1868)
"not familiar with the stroke, play it wide as a rule, being afraid of hitting
the wire. If they will take the trouble of practising the stroke by placing ..."
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