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Equal pressure on amateur in type of golf game (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

match play

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'type of golf game' is the definition.

'equal pressure on amateur' is the wordplay.
'equal' becomes 'match' (matching is a kind of equaling).
'pressure on' becomes 'p' (abbreviation. I am not sure about the 'on' bit.**).
'amateur' becomes 'lay' ('lay' can be similar in meaning to 'amateur').
'match'+'p'+'lay'='MATCH-PLAY'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for match play that I've seen before include "Golf competition scored by counting holes rather than strokes" , "scoring system" , "Form of golf" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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