# Match-Play Tactics · Golf Level 6: Advanced

Golf · Level 6: Advanced · Insporta Book (https://book.insporta.app/golf/level-6/match-play-tactics/)

Match-Play Tactics in Golf (Level 6: Advanced) on Insporta: 40 sourced facts behind 4 tests. Covers: match states and concessions; and more.

Playing a match: states and concessions, playing first or second, team formats, and tactics on the green.

## Test 1: Match states and concessions

- The player can no longer lose in regulation. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2 (match play), with general match-play tactics)
- The match ended on the 16th green. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2 (match play), with general match-play tactics)
- A concession cannot be refused or withdrawn. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2 (match play), with general match-play tactics)
- A late putt of the same length then feels unfamiliar. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2 (match play), with general match-play tactics)
- Nerves grow as the match tightens. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2 (match play), with general match-play tactics)
- In stroke play you mostly play the course. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2 (match play), with general match-play tactics)
- Net strokes in a handicap match. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2 (match play), with general match-play tactics)
- '5 and 4' means five holes ahead with four left. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2 (match play), with general match-play tactics)
- The opponent's position comes first. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2 (match play), with general match-play tactics)
- Five won, two lost, two halved. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2 (match play), with general match-play tactics)

## Test 2: Playing first or second

- After a halved hole the honour stays as it was. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 6.4a)
- Their result sets your level of risk. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2 (match play), with general match-play tactics)
- Let them make the mistakes. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2 (match play), with general match-play tactics)
- A safe par may no longer be enough. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2 (match play), with general match-play tactics)
- There is no penalty, but the stroke can be cancelled. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 6.4a)
- Then the opponent must match it. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2 (match play), with general match-play tactics)
- Against the spirit of the game, even if not a breach. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 1.2)
- The honour follows the last hole won. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 6.4a)
- The better their position, the more you must attack. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2 (match play), with general match-play tactics)
- A safe par may lose the hole. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2 (match play), with general match-play tactics)

## Test 3: Team formats

- Then they play alternate shots. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 22)
- Only the better score counts on each hole. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 23)
- One good score is enough. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 23.2)
- Long par 4s and par 3s are split with care. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2 (match play), with general match-play tactics)
- Each side counts its better score. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- In team events it scores half a point each. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2 (match play), with general match-play tactics)
- Then the other can charge the harder one. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2 (match play), with general match-play tactics)
- The first tee decides the whole order. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2 (match play), with general match-play tactics)
- After the choice it is played like foursomes. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Alternate tee shots, alternate strokes. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 22)

## Test 4: Tactics on the green

- Bounce and roll are free information. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2 (match play), with general match-play tactics)
- Most useful when the lines are similar. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Done by clearly telling the opponent. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2b)
- The ball may then be picked up. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2b)
- A putt that stops short cannot halve. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2 (match play), with general match-play tactics)
- No need for risk. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2 (match play), with general match-play tactics)
- Short putts are often given. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Pace first. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2 (match play), with general match-play tactics)
- The situation sets the pace. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 3.2 (match play), with general match-play tactics)
- Going to school on their putt. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))

Sources: PGA coaching and general teaching guides, launch-monitor teaching material, sport-psychology research as used in golf, the Rules of Golf 2023 and Model Local Rules where a rule is named, and championship records for settled events; original questions authored, nothing reproduced.

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