Rule 2-1

General

A match consists of one side playing against another over a stipulated round unless otherwise decreed by the Committee.

In match play the game is played by holes.

Except as otherwise provided in the Rules, a hole is won by the side that holes its ball in the fewer strokes. In a handicap match the lower net score wins the hole.

The state of the match is expressed by the terms: so many ?holes up?? or ?all square,?? and so many ?to play.?? A side is ?dormie?? when it is as many holes up as there are holes remaining to be played.

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