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.x.Bethan.x. · 08-03-2007, 06:10 AM

Which do you prefer?
Medal play or Match play?
I prefer match play but i wondered what everyone else thought.
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blue3715 · 08-03-2007, 11:27 AM

Match play is the ultimate (then again, 4 rounds of medal play isn't so easy either). Match play requires must more of a mental game, being able to play your game and not get overly consumed by the other players actions.

You also need to fortitude to call out the other player on a penalty, and on yourself as well. I've called myself on two penalties that noone really saw.

Medal play is fun, but I prefer doing that in group events (2 man or 4 man teams). It's makes for more fun.

Foster4 · 08-04-2007, 02:42 AM

Match Play is king....going 1v1 and seeing your opponent is fun ...Its like a kill or be killed type match...you going after each other with all you got...

indiginit · 08-04-2007, 11:12 AM

i have never played match play formally. only on the video games against computer opponents.

i think i would prefer it for day to day competition, but medal play is the ultimate. its match play against your tee-partner(s), and an underlying drive to go low.

i've never medaled, but i've 'matched' many.

Fourputt · 08-05-2007, 12:31 AM

Match play is the root of the game of golf. It's the only way it was played for a few hundred years. Stroke play has really only taken hold in the last 75 or so. Until 1952 even the PGA Championship was contested at match play. I'd rather play a match than any other form of golf. Even the rules become easier... 1 stroke? 2 strokes? Who cares? You break a rule, you lose the hole... move on.

What really killed match play in professional golf was the advent of television (and then by extension it died out in most club play in the US too). It's hard to schedule live coverage when it might end as much as 2 hours early (as in a match closed out on the 11th hole, 8 and 7). And there is really nothing to watch while the players are walking to their balls, so the last couple of rounds of any match tournament leave lot of time to fill when nothing is happening on the course.