Do you enjoy matchplay

[drawboy]

I and my partner have just qualified for the knock out stages of one of our board comps. Now after qualifying for a couple last year and playing really badly in the matchplay stage I swore I wasn't going to play in any board comps that had a matchplay element to them. I just do not play as well in matchplay as I do in medal competitions. I'm really not looking forward to the next round. Do you enjoy or dread matchplay?

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I don't mind playing it. I'm just not very good at it

 

[Wayman]

Love match play especially scratch. Try to avoid shot ones as most time giving loads shots away

 

[Val]

Yip I enjoy it, first tie will see me give 9 shots which is unheard of, still think I'll win though.

 

[duncan mackie]

love it

don't mind if I'm giving 18 or getting 10 shots - that's what handicapping is designed for.

absolutely love it

 

[pbrown7582]

I enjoy matchplay comps have a tendacy to implode but still enjoy playing, have entered a couple of national comps as only the 1 at the club beside the couple of board comps you qualify for.

 

[AmandaJR]

Love it - my favourite form of golf especially if there's a team element too. Not so keen if I'm playing mates from the same club though!

 

[Imurg]

I hate Matchplay - full stop

 

[noble78]

Yeah I like match play too, not played singles match play yet though

 

[Mungoscorner]

Matchplay = Proper golf. :thup:

 

[DAVEYBOY]

My favourite form of the game and with me and my mate being very similar in ability we have some great matches which are very often all square standing on the 18th.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I don't mind playing it. I'm just not very good at it

I love this positive vibe before the Volvo's. We will be fine. Actually afer tonight I'm the one going to drag us down

 

[louise_a]

I love it, already played 5 for the club this season (won 5), it suits my game, a few good holes followed by a big triple or worse.

 

[garyinderry]

i enjoy a good ding dong match play match. although sometimes it just turns into pistols at dawn with both players just wacking the ball as hard as they can towards the pin in an attempt to make a birdie or salvage a hole from an unlikely postiton.

the notion of building a good round goes out the window. i dont think i play my best golf in these conditions although you can get a certian swagger about your game when you are cruising 4 up

 

[Iaing]

Love it!
Won my first round singles tie last Friday. By my reckoning that's five wins in a row in singles ties.

 

[chrisd]

We play this throughout the winter and in inter club matches and its just the best format. My regular partner and I won the club winter league last year and its just about the hardest comp to win, sadly we went out of this years comp in the last 16 hen my back was so sore that I couldn't pick the ball out of the cup

 

[fundy]

Best format of golf for me, will always play matchplay given half a chance. Tend to thrive on the me vs opponent rather than me vs golf course side i think

 

[Hobbit]

Love it! I love inter-club team (league)matches, although scratch is beyond me now.

 

[richart]

Just got to the final of the Club winter foursomes. Chance to get on the board a second time in four years, but you just never know in matchplay. You don't need to play well, just better than your opponents. I had a mare in the semi-final, and the only fairway I hit was the 4th, and that was when I was playing the 16. Came from 3 down after 10 to win on the last. My only real contribution was to hole a four footer on the last.

Despite playing rubbish I loved the match, and winning with a partner makes it better. Big thumbs up for matchplay, and a chance to actual beat someone, rather than just play with them.

 

[slicer79]

Hate matchplay. Over 3 years since I entered any competition that had a matchplay format