1001 Minigolf Challenge

You can select 23 different courses to play, but you must complete them in order first. You can go back and replay any course you have already completed.

When you have finished a course, you can look at the "Stats" to compare your highest scores to other players in your family, but the score sheet does not allow you to compare the scores of the game you just played to other games you have played (it only compares your high scores), and the scores are not always in the right place, so the score sheet is nearly useless. . For example: On course 15, it put my score for hole 1 in the hole 2 spot and had the score for the last hole of course 14 in the hole one spot. The rest of the holes were off as well The only way you can keep score of your current game is to write down the scores for each hole and add them up yourself.

Unlike a real golf game, you do not count the strokes you take, but you get 6 points for a Stunning Finish, 5 for an Albatross, 4 for an Eagle, 3 for a Birdie, 2 for a Par, 1 for a Bogey, 0 for a Double bogey, and -1 for a Triple bogey or worse (Bad Finish).

The par setting on most holes is OK, but on some holes the par is set so high that you can get a "Stunning Finish" every time, and on other holes the par is set so low that it is impossible to reach, which is very frustrating. For example on one par 11 hole, you might easily reach the hole in 4 or 5 strokes. On a par-4 hole, it may take 8 or 9 strokes just to reach the hole.

Although the map shows the courses on an island, every course appears to be floating over water.

The physics are near perfect and the graphics are awesome. You select the power of your swing and how centered you hit the ball. There are ramps to jump and fans to blow your ball over logs. Weeds will slow your ball down. With practice, you might bounce your ball off of a rock or tree to jump a log for a shortcut and better score.

There are several sets of courses to choose from, but a new score sheet does not come with each set. In the second pack, Course 1, hole 1 is much harder than in the default set, but the score sheet picks up your scores from the default set for comparison.

If the programming team would fix the score sheet problems, adjust some of the par numbers, and allow you to take back a shot or redo an individual hole, this would be a great game, but right now it is not.