Match play golf is the preferred method of competition for team events, such as the Ryder Cup, although there is also a World Match Play Tournament for professional golfers. The essence of match play golf is that each hole is basically a separate competition, unlike stroke play when it is the score over the hole round that matters. With match play each golfer is attempting to win as many holes as possible, this is done by completing a hole in fewer shots than the opposition. Winning a hole though may not necessary mean scoring a birdie, and a hole can be won with a bogie if the opposition scores a double bogey or worse. Each hole doesn’t always have a winner though and where a hole is completed in the same number of shots, the hole is halved. The score for the round of golf is not important, and it is quite conceivable for a player to win more holes than their opponent but could have lost if strokes had been counted.