Match play is head-to-head, scored one hole at a time rather than by total strokes. Win a hole to go one up; lose it to go one down; tie it and the hole is halved. Your overall stroke count doesn't matter — only whether you beat your opponent on each hole. A blow-up costs you that one hole and nothing more.
The standing shows how many holes ahead a side is: 3 UP, 2 DN (down), or AS — all square. It updates every hole, with a thru count while the match is live.
A match ends the moment one side is up by more holes than remain — there aren't enough holes left to catch up. That result is written as a closeout: 3&2 means three up with two holes to play. Still level after the last hole? The match is halved. Eagle Sheet lets you complete the round as soon as it's mathematically decided, without playing out dead holes.
Holes are decided on net score by default, with handicap strokes allocated by Stroke Index — so a higher handicapper can win a hole outright with a stroke in hand. Switch to gross for a scratch match with no strokes. How handicap strokes work →
Match play is strictly two-sided: two players head-to-head, or two teams. In team mode each hole is played best ball — a team's lowest score among its players is its score for the hole, and the lower of the two teams wins it.
Completing the match unlocks the Summary and Stats — the result and margin, holes won by each side, the best winning run and where the match turned, plus a chart of the match flow hole by hole.
Set up a round in this format and share the link with your group — live scoring, free, no account needed.