Thank you for checking out PC Golf version 11  By Jim Kitchen.

To create your own golf course please run the golf course maker program.

Golf Game Instructions.

 Welcome to the first tee.
 Before each shot, the scene will be set for you.  Respond by 
choosing the right club from your bag and pressing a key to hit the
ball when the sound indicator reaches the power level that you want
to hit the ball with

 The  game is  programmed to mix  pre-set  club distance with your 
indicated percent of full swing to produce your
 results.

 Obviously, the more you  play  and  learn the subtleties
 of club swing percent,' the  better  you  will score.

 WHAT? YOU THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE EASY?

" Special key instructions. 

C. crowd and ambient sounds toggle.
K. speak key toggle
Escape key. save and or exit game.
F1. repeat current prompt.
F2. repeat last shot.
F3. say your bag of clubs.
F4. say special key instructions.
F5. say instructions.
F6. reed golf hints
F7. review golf log file
F8. or control key. stop speech temporarily.
F9. adjust rate of speech.
F11. adjust volume of speech and sounds. 
F12. change voice. "

To select one of the first 6 built in courses press the number of the course 1 - 6 and then press enter.  To play any of the other courses start typing in the courses name, when you are on the course that you want to play, press enter.

Golf Hints.

The object of golf is to get the ball into the hole.  On most of
the holes you will want to start at the tee using your 1 wood so
that you can drive the ball about 300 yards.  Of course you don't
want to do that on say the holes that are like 147 yards.  But
after you drive the ball off of the tee your next goal is to get
the ball onto the green using one of your other clubs.  Most likely
an iron.  Once on the green it will tell you how many feet you are
from the pin which is the flag pole that is stuck in the hole.  Now
all you have to do is hit the ball with the correct amount of power
to get the ball into the hole.  Oh yeah you want to get the ball
into the hole in as few strokes as possible.  Par or less is the
goal.  A birdie is one less than par.  An eagle is two less than
par and a double eagle is three less than par.  A hole in one is
always a good thing.  A boggy is one over par and a double boggy is
two over par.

The game of golf takes lots of practice and knowing which club to use for each shot. Putting of course takes lots of practice.  Here is a list of which club I use depending on how far it is to the green.  With the exception of the pitching wedge I go pretty much for maximum power
with each club.

less than 100 yards = pitching wedge.
less than 125 yards 9 iron.
less than 140 yards 8 iron.
less than 155 yards 7 iron.
less than 175 yards 6 iron.
less than 190 yards 5 iron
less than 205 yards 4 iron.
less than 220 yards 3 iron.
less than 235 yards 2 iron.
less than 250 yards 1 iron.
the 1 wood will get me about 300 yards and the 4 wood about 260
yards.  

Adding sounds to the game.

You can add your own ambient sounds to the golf game.  They will be
the sounds that are randomly played on the golf course when you do
not press a key for awhile.

All you need to do is put wave files in this folder.  The wave
files will need to start with the 3 letters amb and have a .wav
extension.  Do not replace the existing wave files named amb1.wav
through amb37.wav.  I recommend you name the wave files with the
standard dos file name format.  I E no more than 8 letters followed
by the extension .wav  I also recommend that you use 8 bit wave
files with the sample rate of 11025.

jim@kitchensinc.net
http://www.kitchensinc.net
(440) 286-6920
Chardon Ohio USA
