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((short description|Scoring system in golf))
((refimprove|date=October 2013))
'''Stroke play''' is a scoring system in the sport of [[golf]]. In the regular form of stroke play, also known as '''medal play''', the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes.<ref>((cite web |title=Stroke Play |url=https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/rules-hub/topics/stroke-play.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124130440/https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/rules-hub/topics/stroke-play.html |archive-date=24 January 2022 |website=USGA.org |publisher=United States Golf Association |access-date=16 July 2022))</ref> In a regular stroke play competition, the winner is the player who has taken the fewest strokes over the course of the round, or rounds. Other forms of stroke play include [[Stableford]], whereby points are gained based on hole scores, '''maximum score''', in which there is a limit to the number of strokes that may be taken on each hole, and [[Par (golf scoring format)|par (or bogey)]], where holes are won or lost against a target score on each hole.<ref>((cite web |title=Rule 21. Other Forms of Individual Stroke Play and Match Play |url=https://www.randa.org/en/rog/the-rules-of-golf/rule-21 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814063228/https://www.randa.org/en/rog/the-rules-of-golf/rule-21 |archive-date=14 August 2022 |website=The Rules of Golf |publisher=The R&A |access-date=22 August 2023))</ref>

Although most professional tournaments are played using the regular stroke play scoring system, some notable exceptions exist. In [[match play]], the player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents. Match play scoring is used in the [[WGC-Match Play Championship]], the [[World Match Play Championship (European Tour)|World Match Play Championship]], and most team events, for example the [[Ryder Cup]]. A few tournaments such as the [[Barracuda Championship]]<ref>((cite web |title=WHAT IS MODIFIED STABLEFORD? |url=https://barracudachampionship.com/the-modified-stableford-scoring-format/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716094834/https://barracudachampionship.com/the-modified-stableford-scoring-format/ |archive-date=16 July 2015 |website=barracudachampionship.com |publisher=Barracuda Championship |access-date=16 July 2022))</ref> have used a modified Stableford system.<ref>((cite web |last=Blixt |first=Jonas |title=How it works: Modified Stableford explained by Jonas Blixt |url=https://www.pgatour.com/news/2015/08/03/stableford-format-barracuda-championship.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806001412/https://www.pgatour.com/news/2015/08/03/stableford-format-barracuda-championship.html |archive-date=6 August 2015 |website=PGATour.com |publisher=PGA TOUR, Inc |access-date=16 July 2022))</ref>

==Scoring==
In stroke play scoring, players record the number of strokes taken at each hole and total them up at the end of a given round, or rounds. The player with the lowest total is the winner. In [[Handicap (golf)|handicap]] competitions, the players would subtract their handicaps from the total (gross) score to generate their net scores, and the player with the lowest net score is the winner.<ref name=usga>((cite web |url=http://www.usga.org/bookrule.aspx?id=14258 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611050650/http://www.usga.org/bookrule.aspx?id=14258 |archive-date=2009-06-11 |title=Rule 3. Stroke Play |publisher=[[United States Golf Association|USGA]] |access-date=2009-07-21))</ref>

Scores may be reported in relation to [[Par (score)|par]] for easy comparison with other golfers' scores. For example, a player whose score is three strokes over par after a given hole would appear as "+3" on the scoreboard.

If two or more players have the same number of strokes, it may be desired to determine an outright winner. Two of the more common methods are a [[playoff (golf)|playoff]] and scorecard count back.

===Cut===
Multi-round tournaments may enforce a "cut" to reduce the size of the field for later rounds. In a typical 72-hole elite tournament, played over one or two courses, there is a cut after 36 holes; tournaments played over three courses have a cut after 54 holes. The number of players who make the cut depends on the tournament rules – in a typical PGA Tour event, the top 65 (formerly the top 70) professionals (plus ties) after 36 holes. Any player who returns a score higher than the cut mark takes no further part in the tournament.

Tournaments may also employ another cut after 54 holes if a large number of players make the 36-hole cut. Players missing this cut are designated as "made cut, did not finish" (MDF). The PGA Tour employed a secondary cut prior to reducing the cut line to the top 65 for the [[2019–20 PGA Tour|2020–21 season]].<ref>((cite web |last=Ballengee |first=Ryan |title=Jordan Spieth is a victim of the final MDF secondary cut in PGA Tour history |url=https://thegolfnewsnet.com/ryan_ballengee/2019/08/04/jordan-spieth-is-a-victim-of-the-final-mdf-secondary-cut-in-pga-tour-history-115639/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919115824/https://thegolfnewsnet.com/ryan_ballengee/2019/08/04/jordan-spieth-is-a-victim-of-the-final-mdf-secondary-cut-in-pga-tour-history-115639/ |archive-date=September 19, 2020 |website=Golf News Net |date=August 4, 2019 |access-date=August 8, 2019))</ref>

===Playoff===
((main|Playoff (golf)))
One of the most common methods for settling ties is by means of a playoff, whereby those players who have tied for the lead replay a set number of holes. If still tied after those holes, then further [[Sudden death (sport)|sudden-death]] holes may also be played until a winner emerges.

Ties in professional golf are generally settled by means of a playoff. Different tournaments have various formats for their playoffs, ranging from another full round, as employed in the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]], through to a three- or four-hole playoff as used in the [[PGA Championship]] and [[the Open Championship]] (British Open), to straightforward sudden death, which is used in most tournaments including the [[Masters Tournament]] and all other regular [[PGA Tour]] and [[European Tour]] events. In the longer playoff formats, if at least two players remain tied after such a playoff, then play generally continues in sudden-death format.

====Count back====
One method of breaking ties commonly used in amateur competitions, especially when a playoff is not practical, and used in professional tournaments to seed players in knockout rounds (such as the World Super 6 in Perth, Australia) is a scorecard "count back", whereby the player with the lowest cumulative score over the last 18, 9, 6, 3, or 1 hole(s) is declared the winner.<ref name=rules>((cite web |url=https://www.randa.org/Rog/2019/Rules/Committee-Procedures/5A |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205131423/https://www.randa.org/Rog/2019/Rules/Committee-Procedures/5A |archive-date=February 5, 2021 |title=5A Setting the Terms of the Competition |website=The R&A |access-date=December 15, 2019))</ref><ref>((cite web |url=https://www.golf-monthly.co.uk/features/the-game/golf-countback-work-66195 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201225318/https://www.golf-monthly.co.uk/features/the-game/golf-countback-work-66195 |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |title=How Does Golf Countback Work? |website=Golf Monthly |first=Roderick |last=Easdale |date=November 6, 2017 |access-date=December 15, 2019))</ref>

==See also==
*[[Variations of golf]]

==References==
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[[Category:Golf terminology]]
[[Category:Rules of golf]]

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