The main differences of the 1998 version of MS Golf compared to its
predecessor are the enhanced graphics and sounds.

In this version there are three eighteen hole courses, the Bay harbour Golf
Club, Casa de Campo Links, Teeth of the Dog and a nine hole course The
Preserve Nine, making sixty three playable holes in all. The game is highly
configurable, for example each match can be played with ten difficulty
settings, ten different scoring variations including stroke and match play,
skins, scramble, bingo bango bongo, and teams. Other configuration options
include customising the player, changing the weather conditions, using a two
or three click system to control the swing, playing the full course, the front
nine, back nine or practice holes and much more.

Each hole has a fly-by preview to aid the golfer and there are optional
windows such as the vertical view which gives a birds eye view of the hole and
the flight of the ball.

Multiplayer games are possible via a direct modem link, network LAN, and the
internet over the Internet Gaming Zone which the in-game help describes as “a
site on the World Wide Web that connects, or “matches up”, players from all
over the world for various types of computer games”.

The CD contains a folder called ‘Goodies’ in which there are alternate models
for the golfers – these have to be installed manually, Windows NT4 service
pack three a requirement for multiplayer gaming under that operating system,
and Microsoft System Information ( a tool for gathering system configuration
information to help Product Support engineers solve system related problems)

Microsoft Golf 1998 Edition