Fair Play, Formats, and Strategy

Assignment

Role-play a 9-hole match play competition with your parent. On each hole, the player with the lower score wins the hole. Write down who wins each hole. After 9 holes, count who won the most holes — that player wins the match. Then compare: what was the total stroke count for each player across all 9 holes? Could the match play winner have a higher total stroke count than the match play loser? (Often they can!) What does this reveal about how the format changes strategy?