<s>
PGA	B-Application
Championship	I-Application
Golf	I-Application
1999	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1999	O
golf	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Headgate	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sierra	O
Sports	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
sequel	O
,	O
PGA	B-Application
Championship	I-Application
Golf	I-Application
2000	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PGA	B-Application
Championship	I-Application
Golf	I-Application
1999	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
includes	O
seven	O
real-life	O
courses	O
:	O
Black	O
Diamond	O
Ranch	O
,	O
Coeur	O
d'Alene	O
Resort	O
,	O
Pasatiempo	O
,	O
Pete	O
Dye	O
Golf	O
Club	O
,	O
Prince	O
Course	O
,	O
Royal	O
Birkdale	O
,	O
and	O
Sahalee	O
Country	O
Club	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PGA	B-Application
Championship	I-Application
Golf	I-Application
1999	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
features	O
12	O
game	O
modes	O
,	O
including	O
four-ball	O
,	O
match	O
,	O
scramble	O
,	O
and	O
skins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
choose	O
to	O
let	O
a	O
caddie	B-Application
select	O
the	O
golf	O
clubs	O
,	O
and	O
candies	O
can	O
also	O
track	O
the	O
statistics	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
shots	O
to	O
gradually	O
learn	O
which	O
clubs	O
work	O
best	O
in	O
certain	O
scenarios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiplayer	O
options	O
include	O
modem	O
and	O
LAN	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
WON.net	O
was	O
also	O
an	O
option	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
1998	O
,	O
Sierra	O
Sports	O
announced	O
an	O
agreement	O
with	O
PGA	O
Interactive	O
to	O
create	O
PGA	B-Application
Championship	I-Application
Golf	I-Application
1999	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
,	O
scheduled	O
for	O
release	O
that	O
October	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cook	O
,	O
who	O
founded	O
Headgate	O
Studios	O
,	O
had	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
Links	B-Application
golf	O
games	O
and	O
Sierra	O
's	O
Front	B-Application
Page	I-Application
Sports	I-Application
:	I-Application
Golf	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
survey	O
data	O
and	O
photographs	O
were	O
then	O
put	O
through	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
photogrammetry	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
golfers	O
consist	O
of	O
400	O
animated	O
motions	O
and	O
are	O
made	O
of	O
up	O
to	O
20,000	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
TrueSwing	O
was	O
previously	O
featured	O
in	O
Front	B-Application
Page	I-Application
Sports	I-Application
:	I-Application
Golf	I-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
enhanced	O
for	O
PGA	B-Application
Championship	I-Application
Golf	I-Application
1999	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
copies	O
of	O
PGA	B-Application
Championship	I-Application
Golf	I-Application
1999	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
began	O
shipping	O
in	O
late	O
May	O
1999	O
,	O
and	O
were	O
expected	O
to	O
be	O
on	O
sale	O
by	O
June	O
1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
GameRankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
critics	O
considered	O
the	O
gameplay	O
inferior	O
to	O
the	O
Links	B-Application
,	O
Jack	O
Nicklaus	O
,	O
and	O
PGA	O
Tour	O
series	O
,	O
although	O
Ewan	O
MacDonald	O
of	O
Eurogamer	O
preferred	O
it	O
over	O
the	O
Links	B-Application
series	O
and	O
considered	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
better	O
golf	O
games	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphics	O
received	O
some	O
praise	O
,	O
although	O
they	O
were	O
also	O
considered	O
inferior	O
to	O
the	O
Links	B-Application
and	O
Jack	O
Nicklaus	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
critics	O
were	O
mixed	O
on	O
whether	O
the	O
game	O
physics	O
were	O
superior	O
to	O
the	O
Links	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Todd	O
referred	O
to	O
the	O
commentators	O
as	O
"	O
Nostradamus	B-Application
and	O
Jeane	O
Dixon	O
"	O
because	O
of	O
their	O
"	O
uncanny	O
knack	O
for	O
predicting	O
where	O
your	O
ball	O
is	O
going	O
to	O
drop.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Others	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
program	O
would	O
freeze	O
or	O
crash	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
some	O
critics	O
noted	O
issues	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
crash	B-General_Concept
or	O
freeze	O
when	O
playing	O
on	O
WON.net,	O
although	O
Goble	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
website	O
's	O
support	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
is	O
still	O
in	O
its	O
early	O
stages	O
and	O
should	O
improve	O
in	O
the	O
future.	O
"	O
</s>
