^^^This
It's not intended to be an advantage. It's intended to be a disadvantage to make a match more competitive. Think about it in terms of match play. If you're hitting second, you have a better chance of winning a given hole since you know what the person who won the last hole did with their drive (they crank it out of bounds, you hit a 3-wood to the middle of the fairway). Theoretically, you'd alternate winning every other hole because of it (obviously it doesn't work that way in real life). The advantage isn't as clear in stroke play, but it's still there.
