friday rules quiz

One of the principles of penalties is that in strokeplay the whole field is affected by your rules infraction, but in matchplay only your opponent is affected. Likewise, for a match where you are both playing at the same time, both have an equal chance of playing on the course beforehand, so that is allowed, whereas in a strokeplay event, early starters do not have the same chance as later starters, and in any case, the entire field would be unable to get out, hence it is prohibited.
 
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