Medal-Match

Medal play in golf is based on total scores for 18 holes. Match play is based on scores for each of the 18. The U. S. Open Championship is medal play. The U. S. Amateur Championship used to be two days of medal play followed by a match play tournament among the 32 lowest scorers. Because some of the ablest players often missed getting into the low 32, the U. S. Golf Association three years ago decided to change to match play throughout. This system proved tedious, uninteresting. Last week, at its annual meeting, the U. S. G. A. announced a new system meant to embody the good points of both old ones: 36 holes of medal play, followed by four days of match play among the 64 lowest scorers.

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