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- The Instructions below are divided into 5 Sections:
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- I. HOW TO PRINT OUT THESE INSTRUCTIONS
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- II. SPECIAL LOADING INSTRUCTIONS
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- III. STARTING THE TOURNAMENT AND ENDING THE GAME
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- IV. A PLAYER'S GUIDE TO PGA TOUR GOLF
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- V. THE FINAL MOMENTS OF THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP
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- I. TO PRINT OUT THESE INSTRUCTIONS:
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- You can send these instruction files to your printer. Type PRINTME
- followed by a P to send to a printer (P must be in capitals).
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- PRINTME P Will send instructions to your printer
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- README.TXT is a text version of these instructions. You can load this
- file into your favorite word processor and read or print the file from
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- II. SPECIAL LOADING COMMANDS
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- For complete instructions regarding loading and starting the game from a
- floppy disk or hard drive refer to the instructions found in your Maxell
- package.
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- SOUNDBOARD USERS:
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- Adlib soundboard users must load Adlib's sound.com driver BEFORE
- running the program (supplied with your Adlib board). Type
- SOUND.COM at the prompt and then press ENTER. Adlib compatible
- boards are not supported. Other supported
- soundboards -- Roland MT-32 & CMS boards are detected automatically.
- Music is played during the Fly-Bys only.
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- MOUSE USERS:
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- PGA TOUR Golf only supports Microsoft compatible
- mouse drivers. Your mouse driver must be loaded
- prior to playing PGA TOUR Golf.
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- III. STARTING THE TOURNAMENT AND ENDING THE GAME
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- Your first stop is the Pro Shop. Maxell's Special Edition lets you start
- during the final moments of THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP by selecting the
- Tournament option from the Play menu. The other features that are
- shaded such as Driving Range, Putting Green, Save Game, certain
- selections from the other gaming menus, and all of the selections from
- the Options menu are only available in the full retail version.
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- To exit the program: Select Quit from the Play menu while in the Pro
- Shop.
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- To exit while playing the Tournament: 1) Select the PGA TOUR Tent
- feature from the Go To menu; 2) Select Quit from the Play menu. Pressing
- the ESC key twice will also exit you from the program.
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- For complete instructions regarding cursor control and menu selection
- refer to the instructions included in the Maxell box.
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- IV. A PLAYER'S GUIDE TO PGA TOUR GOLF
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- Let's play the 16th hole at TPC at Sawgrass to show you the basics of
- the game.
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- 1) From the Pro Shop, select the Tournament option from the Play menu.
- 2) Type your name and select OK at the Player's Card.
- 3) An overhead shot of TPC at Sawgrass, an introduction screen to
- THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP, and the current Leader Board screen will
- appear. Press the spacebar, joystick or mouse button to move past
- these screens.
- !!!NOTICE THAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN 2ND PLACE!!!
- 4) Next, a panoramic helicopter fly-by shot will give you your first
- view of the 16th hole. PGA TOUR Pro Bruce Lietzke shares some
- valuable advice. Every hole in PGA TOUR Golf has a fly-by with
- advice from one of our 10 featured PGA TOUR Pros!
- 5) The overhead view screen will come up and give you vital info
- about the hole. The flashing dot on the left is the tee where you
- start and on the far right is the green. This view will come up
- before every shot of more than 85 yards to show you where your ball
- has travelled.
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- 6) Now it's time to hit the ball. But first, from left to right,
- a description of the Wind Gauge, the Stroke Bar, Info Box, and the
- Aiming Cross Hair (flashing in the middle of the screen).
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- Wind Gauge: The rotating arrow indicates the wind speed and
- direction. Adjust the club, direction, and strength of your
- strokes to compensate for the wind.
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- Stroke Bar: The bar that is just under the golfer lets you control
- the power and accuracy of your swing and displays the distance
- potential of the club currently selected (currently 260 since you
- have a driver and are teed up). See item 7 below for a complete
- description of this feature.
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- Info Box: Displays which hole you're on, the par for the hole,
- number of strokes taken this hole, your current round score (over
- or under par), current distance from the hole, and the current club
- selected.
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- TO SELECT A DIFFERENT CLUB: MOUSE -- move the cursor into the Info
- Box and click either mouse button; JOYSTICK -- move the joystick up
- or down to change clubs; KEYBOARD -- press the up or down arrows on
- the keypad to change clubs.
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- Aiming Cross Hair: Indicates the direction the ball will travel if
- well hit.
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- TO CHANGE THE POSITION OF THE CROSS HAIR: MOUSE -- move the cursor
- to the direction you want and click the right mouse button;
- JOYSTICK -- move the joystick left or right; KEYBOARD -- press the
- left or right arrows ( <-- or --> ) on the keypad.
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- 7) Hitting the ball:
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- A) First aim the cross hair. At the 16th tee move the cross hair
- about an inch to the right so you will clear the trees and
- remain in the fairway.
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- B) To hit the ball you need to press the Stroke Button (spacebar,
- joystick button 1, or left mouse button) three times in
- succession. The first press (1) starts your backswing; the
- second (2) ends your backswing and determines the power of your
- shot; the third (3) hits the ball and determines whether the
- shot will hook, slice, or travel straight.
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- STROKE BAR
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- I-----I------I------I------I------I----------I-----I
- I 260 I I I ======================I I
- I--/--I--^---I------I------I---^--I----------I-----I
- / ^ 100% 75% 50% ^ 25% ^
- Distance ^ ^ ^
- Potential Overswing Area Power Bar Accuracy Point
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- (1) Press the Stroke Button to start your backswing. The
- Power Bar quickly appears and moves left from the Accuracy
- Point, indicating the growing strength of your backswing.
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- (2) Press the Stroke Button to Stop your backswing. Each club
- has a Distance Potential which appears in a box to the
- left of the Stroke Bar. The percentages below the Bar
- indicate the percent of the total Distance Potential you
- want to use. When the Power Bar reaches the strength you
- want, press the Stroke Button. The Bar will begin to
- shrink back toward the Accuracy Point (a small line marks
- the point where you stopped the Power Bar).
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- So, if you want to hit the ball the Distance Potential of
- 260 yards you would stop the Power Bar at the 100% line.
- To hit less than 260 yards, stop the power bar at a
- smaller percentage. If the Power Bar goes beyond the 100%
- line any errors you make when you hit the ball (see item 3
- below) will be exaggerated.
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- The Distance Potential listed does not take into account
- the current wind situation. This distance also reflects
- the distance the shot will travel if it lands, and rolls,
- in the fairway. Landing in the rough or sand will greatly
- reduce the distance travelled by the shot.
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- (3) Press the Stroke Button to hit the ball. To hit the ball
- straight, press the Stroke Button when the Power Bar
- returns to the Accuracy Point. If you stop the Bar before
- the Accuracy Point, the ball will hook to the left. If
- you hit the Stroke Button after the Bar has moved beyond
- (to the right of) the Accuracy Point, the ball will slice
- to the right.
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- SPECIALTY SHOTS
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- PGA TOUR Golf lets you hit three types of unique shots on the course:
- Chip Shot, Punch Shot, and the Fringe Putt. Select these shots from the
- Special Shots feature under the Options menu.
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- 1) Punch Shot: Use when your ball is half-buried in the deep rough,
- under a tree, or any other time you have a poor ball lie.
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- 2) Chip Shot: Use when the ball is close to the green or on the
- fringe. The strategy of the shot is to hit the ball just on to the
- green and let it roll the rest of the way to the hole.
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- 3) Fringe Putt: Used when the ball is just on the outside rim of the
- green. The grass is higher here than on the green itself so
- remember to hit your Fringe Putt harder.
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- PUTTING
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- Okay, you made it to the green in good shape. Well, for a lot of TOUR
- Pros, this is where the real game begins. PGA TOUR Pros spend years
- learning to "read" greens. PGA TOUR Golf provides you with a unique 3-D
- topographical grid of each green to let you learn to read the greens as
- well as any PGA TOUR Pro.
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- Once the grid is displayed, use the F1 & F2 keys to rotate the grid
- left & right. Note the elevation (above or below) between the ball
- and the cup as well as the distance. This information is printed
- above the Grid View. Allign the ball to the hole with the Aiming
- Cursor based on how you "read" the green's slopes and undulations.
- The Grid View will come up automatically any time you are within 30
- yards of the green. Consider the Chip Shot if you are off the green.
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- For putting, use the Stroke Bar in the same way you would hit a drive.
- However, you can change the Distance Potential of your putter up or
- down in the same manner you change clubs. Select the putting strength
- necessary so that you can hit most of your putts at or near 100%. For
- instance, if you are 10 feet from the hole and your current Distance
- Potential is 20 feet, you will have more time to hit the Stroke Button
- accurately if you shorten the Distance Potential to 15 or 10 feet.
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- V. THE FINAL MOMENTS OF THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP
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- While in the Tournament you can view the Leader Board from under the View
- menu to see where you stand in the pack. You can also view your stats by
- selecting Current Players from under the Stats menu. PGA TOUR Golf keeps
- exactly the same statistics the real TOUR does.
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- Shaded items in various menus of this Maxell Special Edition version of
- PGA TOUR Golf either come up automatically, like the Overhead and Ball
- Lie, or are only available in the full retail version.
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- It's been a thrilling fourth round of Tournament action here at THE
- PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP. You're 3 shots back of the leader as you step
- up to the intimidating 16th tee of the TPC at Sawgrass. GOOD LUCK!
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- PGA TOUR, TPC, Tournament Players Club, and
- THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP are registered trademarks
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- Demo Program Contents Copyright 1990 Sterling Silver Software
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- To buy the full featured version of PGA TOUR Golf see your
- local retailer or send $49.95 (+ $3.50 s/h) to the address
- below:
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- Electronic Arts -- PGA TOUR Golf
- P.O. Box 7530
- San Mateo, CA 94403
- (CA, CT, & MA residents add tax)
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