long game

Noun

 * 1) A long-term strategy or endeavor.
 * 2)  The version of the game played until one team makes 10 points, as opposed to the short game, which is played to 5 points.
 * 3) * Chamber's Encyclopedia: “About 1785 the experiment of dividing the game into half was tried, and short whist was the result. The short game soon came into favour; and in 1864 the supremacy of short whist was acknowledged.”
 * 4)  The aspect of the game in which the strategy is to advance downfield by throwing the ball to a receiving player; the passing game.
 * 5)  The portion of the game, played with driver clubs, in which the ball is advanced down the fairway to the putting green.
 * 1)  The version of the game played until one team makes 10 points, as opposed to the short game, which is played to 5 points.
 * 2) * Chamber's Encyclopedia: “About 1785 the experiment of dividing the game into half was tried, and short whist was the result. The short game soon came into favour; and in 1864 the supremacy of short whist was acknowledged.”
 * 3)  The aspect of the game in which the strategy is to advance downfield by throwing the ball to a receiving player; the passing game.
 * 4)  The portion of the game, played with driver clubs, in which the ball is advanced down the fairway to the putting green.
 * 1)  The portion of the game, played with driver clubs, in which the ball is advanced down the fairway to the putting green.

Usage notes

 * One who follows a long-term strategy is said to "play the long game".