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Here are the different types of final scores
you might see in match play:
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1-up:
As a final score, 1-up means that the
match went an entire 18 holes with the winner
finishing with one more hole won than the
runner-up. If the match goes 18 holes and
Sally won 6 holes while Jack won 5 holes (the
other holes being halved, or tied), then Sally
beat Jack 1-up. |
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2
and 1: When you see a match play score
that is rendered in this way - 2 and 1, 3
and 2, 4 and 3, and so on - it means that
the winner clinched the victory before reaching
the 18th hole and the match ended early. |
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The
first number in such a score tells you the
number of holes by which the winner is victorious,
and the second number tells you the hole on
which the match ended. So "2 and 1"
means that the winner was 2 holes ahead with
1 hole to play (the match ended after No.
17), "3 and 2" means 3 holes ahead
with 2 holes to play (the match ended after
No. 16), and so on. |
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2-up:
"1-up" means the match went the
full 18 holes, and a score such as "2
and 1" means it ended early. So why do
we sometimes see scores of "2-up"
as a final score? If the leader was two holes
up, why didn't the match end on No. 17? |
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A
score of "2-up" means that the player
in the lead took the match "dormie"
on the 17th hole. "Dormie" means
that the leader leads by the same number of
holes that remain; for example, 2-up with
2 holes to play. If you are two holes up with
two holes to play, you cannot lose the match
in regulation (Match Play Ladder utilizes
a playoff to settle ties). |
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A
score of "2-up" means that the match
went dormie with one hole to play - the leader
was 1-up with one hole to play - and then
the leader won the 18th hole. |
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5
and 3: If Player A was ahead by 5 holes,
then why didn't the match end with 4 holes
to play instead of 3? Because the leader took
the match dormie with 4 holes to play (4 up
with 4 holes to go), then won the next hole
for a final score of 5 and 3. Similar scores
are 4 and 2 and 3 and 1. |
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Summary
of the Match Playf Format |
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