You are allowed to play the course prior to a match play round, but not prior to a stroke play round. Penalty for playing the course prior to a stroke play competition is disqualification.
Stroke Play is the "Standard" way of playing Golf, wehere ieach stroke is counted and the player with the lowest score is the winner.This is opposed to MAtch Play where each hol is contested individualy and the player who wins the most Holes wins the match
It doesn't matter if it's stroke play or match play. The club you use depends on the distance to the hole and your lie.
In matchplay there is no need to fill in a scorecard. In stroke play however, if you do not play all 18 holes it is classed as a NR.
Pele played his first match when he was seventeen, and played for Brazil.
This kind of match play bracket is typical of match play championships such as the U.S. Amateur or U.S. Public Links Championship. To qualify for match play, players must first compete in a preliminary stroke play competition (after qualifying through local and sectional rounds). The top 64 scores (playoffs for final spots) are entered into the first round of match play.
They played England.
Breaking the rules of golf either result in a one or two shot penalty or disqualification in stroke play and a loss of hole in match play.
They had played today and won against Pakistan there next match is on Tuesday.
play in a private match
Actually, it's a Boxing Day test match, played on 26 December, the day after Christmas. The Boxing Day test match is played at the MCG, or Melbourne Cricket Ground.
first match was played in 1920 against England