How to Use stroke play in a Sentence

stroke play

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  • 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 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 | McOhen@al.com, 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
  • After 54 holes of stroke play, the field will be cut to 15 teams and the top nine individuals not on an advancing team.
    — Jeff Metcalfe, azcentral, 17 May 2018

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