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Code golf is a type of recreational computer programming competition in which participants strive to achieve the shortest possible source code that solves a certain problem. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Code golf challenges and tournaments may also be named with the programming language used (for example, Perl golf ).
Match play is a scoring system for golf in which a player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents; as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes. In match play the winner is the player, or team, with the most points at the end of play.
The match play format fell out of favor in professional individual golf tournaments with the growth of television. The two major match play tournaments in the pre TV era were the PGA Championship, which converted to stroke play format in 1958, [4] and the British PGA Matchplay Championship which faced a slow decline after the introduction of the British PGA Championship in 1955 (which had a ...
The December 2004 issue of Golf Digest reported that in May 1956, Jim Russell, the head pro at Walla Walla Country Club in Walla Walla, Washington, fired a shotgun to sound the start of play. [1] [2] This is purportedly the first time a tournament used such a starting format. Today, a central siren, loudspeaker or horn is used so that golfers ...
Bracketology — think the NCAA basketball tournament and now college football — requires seeds, and it doesn't translate in golf like other sports because there's such a fine line between the ...
A playoff in the sport of golf is how a tie is resolved at the end of a match or competition, often by means of an extra hole, or holes, being played until a winner emerges. [1] Playoffs are a standard occurrence in match play and professional stroke play tournaments to determine a winner in the event of a tie at the completion of normal play ...
TGL (for TMRW Golf League) [1] is a golf league created by TMRW Sports, a venture formed by sports executive Mike McCarley and professional golfers Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy in partnership with the PGA Tour. The league employs a combination of traditional golf play with elements of simulated indoor golf, and features players from the PGA ...
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