Vikings: Yes, the golfer is cheating.
But that is another analogy that does not work in this instance.

These two players are not colaberating with each other.... it is Ed Trice playing a game under a different name so nobody will know which player he is. There is no way this is "cheating"!

Back to the golfer...he is cheating because he is technically breaking the rules, there is no rule in multi player games that have no rankings, that a player cannot make moves at the suggestion of someone else who is not themselves in the game.