<s>
Front	B-Application
Page	I-Application
Sports	I-Application
:	I-Application
Golf	I-Application
is	O
a	O
golf	O
simulation	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Headgate	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Front	B-Application
Page	I-Application
Sports	I-Application
:	I-Application
Golf	I-Application
features	O
two	O
golf	O
courses	O
:	O
Pete	O
Dye	O
Golf	O
Club	O
in	O
West	O
Virginia	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Prince	O
Course	O
in	O
Hawaii	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
several	O
multiplayer	O
options	O
,	O
including	O
LAN	B-General_Concept
and	O
modem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Front	B-Application
Page	I-Application
Sports	I-Application
:	I-Application
Golf	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Headgate	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
had	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
Links	B-Application
386	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TrueSwing	O
feature	O
would	O
later	O
be	O
implemented	O
into	O
PGA	B-Application
Championship	I-Application
Golf	I-Application
1999	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
,	O
also	O
by	O
Headgate	O
and	O
Sierra	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
golfers	O
are	O
made	O
of	O
texture-mapped	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Front	B-Application
Page	I-Application
Sports	I-Application
:	I-Application
Golf	I-Application
was	O
once	O
planned	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
November	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
neared	O
completion	O
as	O
of	O
April	O
1997	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
shortly	O
thereafter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Front	B-Application
Page	I-Application
Sports	I-Application
:	I-Application
Golf	I-Application
was	O
critically	O
acclaimed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
SimGolf	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
golf	O
game	O
to	O
introduce	O
a	O
mouse-controlled	O
swing	O
method	O
,	O
critics	O
considered	O
the	O
TrueSwing	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
superior	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Malcolm	O
X	O
Abram	O
of	O
the	O
Atlanta	O
Journal	O
and	O
Constitution	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
TrueSwing	O
method	O
"	O
is	O
instantly	O
more	O
absorbing	O
than	O
the	O
traditional	O
three-click	O
method	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
Gordon	O
Goble	O
of	O
Gamecenter	B-Operating_System
considered	O
the	O
TrueSwing	O
natural	O
and	O
unrestrained	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
McDonald	O
considered	O
Front	B-Application
Page	I-Application
Sports	I-Application
:	I-Application
Golf	I-Application
to	O
be	O
a	O
"	O
modest	O
golf	O
game	O
"	O
that	O
needed	O
improvement	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
compete	O
against	O
other	O
golf	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
critics	O
praised	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
although	O
Goble	O
considered	O
them	O
slightly	O
inferior	O
to	O
Jack	B-Application
Nicklaus	I-Application
4	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Links	B-Application
LS	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaiafas	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
using	O
3D	O
golfers	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
FMV	B-Application
golfers	O
typically	O
used	O
in	O
other	O
games	O
,	O
as	O
3D	O
allows	O
the	O
golfers	O
to	O
react	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
to	O
the	O
mouse	O
swing	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
have	O
various	O
post-show	O
reactions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goble	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
is	O
hampered	O
somewhat	O
by	O
rare	O
technical	O
flaws	O
"	O
such	O
as	O
crashes	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
like	O
other	O
golf	O
games	O
,	O
it	O
"	O
is	O
strong	O
in	O
some	O
areas	O
and	O
weak	O
in	O
others	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lackey	O
complained	O
of	O
poor	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
at	O
times	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
,	O
which	O
Sierra	O
aimed	O
to	O
remedy	O
with	O
a	O
patch	O
.	O
</s>
