How does match play golf scoring work?
At root, match play scoring is very simple: Golfers compete hole by hole, and the golfer who wins the most holes wins the match. But match play competitions can create some scores that novices might not be familiar with, scores that may look odd or use terminology unfamiliar to beginners. Basics of Match Play Scorekeeping Simple: Win a hole, that’s one for you; lose a hole, that’s one for your opponent. Ties essentially don’t count; they aren’t kept track of in the scorekeeping. The score of a match play match is rendered relationally. Here’s what we mean: Let’s say you’ve won 5 holes and your opponent has won 4. The score is not shown as 5 to 4; rather, it’s rendered as 1-up for you, or 1-down for your opponent. If you have won 6 holes and your opponent 3, then you are leading 3-up, and your opponent is trailing 3-down. Essentially, match play scoring tells golfers and spectators not how many holes each golfer has won, but how many more holes than his opponent the golfer in the lead h
