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It was his second missed cut in five stroke-play tournaments this season, which also includes a victory in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
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It was his first missed cut in nine stroke-play events on the PGA Tour this season, his last missed weekend coming in the Deutsche Bank Championship last September.
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Golf Association eliminate most of the differences between match-play and stroke-play rules.
Can We Have More Match Play? John Paul Newport 2010
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In seven stroke-play tournaments since winning the SBS Championship to open the season, he has failed to finish in the top 25 and has missed the cut twice.
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Golf has proposed a 72-hole stroke-play competition for men and women, with 60 players in each field.
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In a stroke-play tournament against players all across the course, a stymie (in particular, a deliberate stymie) is not fair to the player being stymied.
Can We Have More Match Play? John Paul Newport 2010
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Not until the mid-18th century are there records of stroke-play competitions, introduced to make tournaments involving larger numbers of golfers feasible.
Can We Have More Match Play? John Paul Newport 2010
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Manassero became only the third player to win the British Amateur after having the best score in stroke-play qualifying.
Manassero, 16, becomes youngest British Amateur champion 2009
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The Tour administers two match-play events, the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in February and the biennial Presidents Cup, but the rest are stroke-play events with easier-to-schedule outcomes (weather being the only wild card).
Can We Have More Match Play? John Paul Newport 2010
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His missed cut last week in the Players was his second of the year in eight stroke-play events; he also disappointed his fans in Florida by missing the weekend in the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March.
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