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Game Rules, Strategies and Tips
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Chapter 3. Game Rules, Strategies and Tips

Table of Contents

Starting a Game
Players Page
Course Page
Options Page
Saved Games
Saving Your Game
Loading Your Game
Practicing
Undo
Switching Holes
Putting Options
Advanced Putting

Here's in-depth description of "Kolf"'s basic features.

Starting a Game

To start a game, choose Game->New. This opens a dialog where you can configure your new game.

Tip

More third-party "Kolf" courses are available at the "Kolf" website. See the "Kolf" user-uploaded courses page.

Players Page

To add a player to your game, click the New Player button.

The text boxes in the grass area are the names of the players in this game. To change the name of the players, change the text in the text boxes. To change the ball color of the players' balls, click the middle button that has a color rectangle, and a dialog will open where you can select the new ball color. The rectangle on the button is the current player's ball color.

To remove a player, click the Remove button next to the player's name.

Course Page

To choose the course that you want to play, click its entry in the list box on the left of this page. "Kolf" comes with many built-in courses that you can play.

To add a course that you have downloaded or made, click on the Add... button on the bottom of this page, and choose the course file in the file dialog.

Options Page

On this page you can choose whether or not this game will be played in Strict mode. In strict mode, there is no undo, moving holes, or editing of the course. This mode is generally for competition. Only in strict mode are high scores kept.

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