Yes you can but must play the medal first
Matchplay tie
- Thread starter jamielaing
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Yes you can but must play the medal first
need_my_wedge
Has Now Found His Wedgie
Had to play a match yesterday before today's deadline - both of us away for the last 4 weeks combined..... Was absolutely chucking it down when we started... Sun out and down to Tshirts by 7, lovely round, and won it on 18 despite never being up in the match...... 
robert.redmile
Assistant Pro
Hi - any ideas why you must play the medal first, and not the match? (genuine question btw, there must be a reason!)
Ethan
Money List Winner
Probably because with a match, either player has an equal chance to ply the course first, but not necessarily so in a medal with start times spread across part of the day.
Canary_Yellow
Journeyman Pro
Isn't it just that practice isn't allowed on the course pre-medal but nothing to stop you practicing pre-matchplay match?
Ethan
Money List Winner
Yes, that is the rule, but the previous poster was asking what the logic for that rule was and I think it one of equity - it is equitable, at least in terms of opportunity, in matchplay but not necessarily so in medal.
Canary_Yellow
Journeyman Pro
Ah yes of course - that makes sense.
pbrown7582
Money List Winner
its in the rules of golf no play allowed on the course prior to a comp in a stroke play event but is allowed in a matchplay comp
