Q: How do I raise the Imagination rating of my holes?

A: The Imagination rating for holes is based on the different type of shots that golfers take when playing your holes. Holes that require your golfers to use any of the Fade, Draw, High-Backspin, and Low-Punch shots will inevitably have higher imagination ratings than those that only require straight shots or those that rely solely on accuracy.

Q: How do the number of holes affect what type of course I have created?

A:

• MC - "Municipal Course" are courses that have 0 to 5 holes
• GC - "Golf Courses" are courses that have 6 to 9 holes
• CC - "Country Clubs" are courses that have 10 to 17 holes
• CC - "Championship Courses" are those that have exactly 18 holes

Q: My skills seem to be limited depending upon the course type that I have. How does each course category affect my maximum points in skills?

A:

• MC - On a "Municipal Courses" you may have a max skill of 60% in any of your skills
• GC - On a "Golf Course" you may have a max skill of 80% in any of your skills
• CC - On a "Country Club Course" you may have a max skill of 100% in any of your skills
• CC - On a "Championship Course" there is no maximum skill cap, and you may go beyond 100%

Q: How does the Power Hitter skill affect my golfer?

A: For every 10% that you put in the power hitter skill you gain 4 Yards on all hits.

Q: How does the Long Driver skill affect my golfer?

A: For every 10% that you put into the Long Driver skill you gain 6 Yards for all drives from the tee.

Q: How does the driving range affect my golfers?

A: The standard Driving Range adds 15 yards to drives for everyone who visits it, while the upgraded Driving Range adds 30 yards to those who visit it.

Q: Why is the Luck skill important, how is it used?

A: The Luck skill affects your golfer's chance of hitting trees as well as increasing your chance to receive a "lucky bounce" toward the green in a normally bad shot.

Q: Why is the Recovery skill important, how is it used?

A: The Recovery skill affects your golfers ability to continue gracefully after a bad shot. For example a shot hit into the rough that would normally hamper your golfer's accuracy and distance would not affect your golfer as much if he/shee possesed the recovery skill. Meaning, you can occasionally treat bad terrain as if it were fairway in terms of its modifiers for accuracy and distance.

Q: I need to expand, but I.M. Picky hasn't visited my course quite some time. How do I get him to appear?

A: I.M. Picky will visit your coursed based upon your courses current fun or skill rating. For Easy and Moderate settings he will appear based upon your courses' Fun Rating, but for Difficult and Impossible, he will appear based on your courses' Skill Rating.

Q: I need to expand, but Ivana Richman hasn't visited my course quite some time. How do I get her to appear?

A: Ivana will visit your coursed based upon your courses current fun or skill rating. For Easy and Moderate settings she will appear based upon your courses' Fun Rating, but for Difficult and Impossible, she will appear based on your courses' Skill Rating.

Q: I need more money but J.P. Bigdome hasn't visited my course quite some time. How do I get him to appear

A: J.P Bigdome will visit your course for every 2 holes that you build, so will visit your course a total of 9 times assuming you eventually build a 18 hole golf course.

Q: Why would a course designer want to use terrain that has a significant amount of bounce or roll?

A: If you would like to make a hole "tricky" you could place firmer terrain (with higher roll and bounce ratings) in areas that golfers are likely to aim for so that their balls are redirected and respond in different ways.

In the screenshot image below for example, there is a hill that has firm fairway centered on it. If golfer were to hit their ball to the center of the hill, the ball would either take an unexpected bounce or roll that could make it roll back down the hill. This tactic would indirectly reward those golfers who have the long driver or power hitter skills since they would be able to hit it over the hill and possibly benefit from the ball rolling further if they could make it land on the other side of the hill.

Q: My trees and buildings always seem to look the same when I place them. Is there any way that I can change their size or the direction they face?

A: With the use of the TAB key on your keyboard after selecting an item from the interface that you would like to place you can then press the key to rotate buildings and landmarks, etc. or even adjust its size in the case of trees.

Q: I'm stuck, and have no idea how I'm going to get out of this money pit. Is there any way to gain some quick cash?

A: Yes, aside from home sites, which become available when silver members join; it is also possible to use a very simple money cheat in the game to gain some quick cash. Simply press the "Shift" and "=" ("+") key on your keyboard to gain more money and access to landmarks. Note that you can continue to hold it down for some really obscene amounts of money.

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