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- Mystic PC Dox Division Presents:
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- The Skin Game At Bighorn Dox
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- THE SKINS GAME AT BIGHORN
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- Welcome to the most innovative challenge in interactive golf. It's
- the same picturesque crouse, the same dramatic scoring you've seen on
- television. Only now you step to the tee, vying for golf's richest purse!
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- SHORTCUT: Mastering the Swing
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- If you feel you can't wait to take your first shot, go directly to the
- Swing Screen and place your cursor high on the screen. A flag will appear,
- showing you where the hole is located. Use the aim indicator to direct your
- drive, relying on the "wind speed and direction box" for guidance.
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- Next, you're ready to challenge the course. Each BIGHORN hole stretches
- before you on the swing screen.
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- Place your cursor in the aim area and check wind direction and velocity
- Then click the up or down arrows on the club button until the club you want
- appears. Remember the game always recommends an appropriate club for each lie,
- but your strategy may suggest a different choice.
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- Next, click on the map button for a detailed look at the hole you're
- playing, including fairway and green contours, distance to the pin and your
- lie.
- Drag the marker anywhere on the map to tell you the distance from
- your ball to that marker, and this will aim your next shot.
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- To return to the swing screen click lie.
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- Another method is to aim your shot, move the cursor to the top of the
- screen. You'll see the flag, which shows the locations of the pin. To adjust
- direction of your shot drag the "aim indicator, using the wind - speed and
- direction indicator" to help you decide where you want to drive the ball.
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- Now you're ready to swing. To begin, position the cursor over the
- golfer. Click and watch the swing indicator begin to fill. Your club's
- maximum range is written at the top of the swing bar. Click when you reach
- your desired range, but don't relax, because the bar will begin to empty
- immediately.
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- To control hook or slice, try to click just as the swing bar empties
- to zero.
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- Stopping just short of zero will cause the ball to hook slighty
- (which can add control and distance), while emptying past zero will cause
- a slice, and on a course this challenging, that often means an out-of-bounds
- shot and one stroke penalty.
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- When you reach the green you'll find the lag indicator just above the
- map button.
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- The Lag indicator "reads" the break of your upcoming putt. If the
- green area extends above the red level indicator, the break is up; below the
- red indicator is down.
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- The slant of the green area gives you the break left or right, with
- the degree of the slant telling you how severe the break will be.
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- Between holes, the status of the game is shown. For regulation play,
- your strokes and standing against par are shown.
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- For "Skins" play, the money and number of "skins" won and the
- remaining purse are displayed. To move on the next hole, just click the mouse
- button.
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- The Game Menu will display other Skins Game features, such as "next
- tee" which allows you to move to the next hole as soon as one player has
- clinched the "skin" for that hole.
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- "Gimme" allows you to drop your ball in the cup without putting it.
- Within 3 feet, one stroke will be added to your total. Within 30 feet, two
- strokes will be added to your score. Outside of 30 feet, you must putt away.
-
- Scorecard displays current scores for all holes and how players stand
- against par.
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- Advice brings up "Pooch", your caddy, with a tip or two to help you
- avoid BIGHORN's roughs and ravines. He knows the course better than anyone,
- and he's not shy about offering addvice.
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- Fly-Overs show you a helicopter view of each hole before you tee off-
- just like the televised Skins Game.
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- Help is guided narrative of how the game is played.
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- The Skin's File Menu includes a New Game option for ending the current
- game and starting a new one.
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- Restore ends the game you're playing and allows you to return to a
- previous saved game.
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- Save saves the current game at whatever hole you've reached.
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- Quit lets you leave the game.
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