three-ball match

[ three-bawl ]

noun

, Golf.

1. a match among three players each of whom plays a ball.

Word History and Origins

Origin of three-ball match¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

"I believe it is the law that there are no stymies in a three-ball match."

From Project Gutenberg

In a three-ball match, a ball on the putting-green, which is moved by another ball, must be replaced as nearly as possible where it lay.

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On request being made, a three-ball match must allow a single, threesome, or foursome to pass.

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If in a three-ball match a player's ball strike or be moved by an opponent or an opponent's caddie or clubs, that opponent shall lose the hole to the player.

From Project Gutenberg

Where, in a three-ball match, at any teeing-ground no player is entitled to claim the honour from both opponents, the same order of striking shall be followed as at the previous teeing-ground.

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