Do you like Match Play or not?

[BonoVox]

I like to play it.

I like to watch it too. Though I would not want it every weekend. It is a bummer when players you want to watch get knocked out early.

[rbaddis]

Kind of like Steve Stricker getting knockecd out in the first round.

[Blades4me]

Match play is the the most exciting to watch or play--sometimes its too exciting.

[ronbo25]

Yes, I love match play. It really brings out my competitive drive. Occasionally, our weekend group will change up the standard stroke play games with a match play event. We usually do this when the PGA has a match play event (i.e. Ryder cup time). I find I play my best golf in match play.

[rjfan91]

I love match play and get to play a couple events a year. One is our courses match play championship. The other is our course vs. another course Ryder cup style. 64 vs 64. That's a lot of fun too as it mixes team and individual.

I prefer to play in match play events because they seem more exciting. There is also a little bit of on the fly strategery that is exciting. i.e. My opponent hit his drive into the woods. Let me put this driver back into my bag and pull that 5-wood out.

[ronbo25]

I love match play and get to play a couple events a year. One is our courses match play championship. The other is our course vs. another course Ryder cup style. 64 vs 64. That's a lot of fun too as it mixes team and individual.

Excellent point about the strategy. I hadn't thought of that. I am a huge strategist in other sports and realized with your post why I continue to enjoy match play. It certainly adds another facet to your game - hole to hole strategy based on what your opponent is doing.

[Lefty-Golfer]

Love match play, at my club it is used in 90 plus percent of the matches.

our club championships alternate every year match then stroke.

[grandaddy510]

i love watching match play. stroke play your playing the course but match your playing the course and an opponent. there's nothing like the pressure on your opponent sticking it to 6 ft and then he comes back and puts it in kick in range and makes that 6 footer look 16. can't wait for the ryder cup!

[Gareth]

i like it as a blow up hole doesnt mean your round is over like in strokeplay

True. You're also playing your opponent rather than the course. Different pressure.