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Access released numerous versions golf games throughout the years, some preceding their flagship Links series. And for their Links series, they released numerous course disks, giving users more courses to play on.

Access Software

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Name Year Type Platforms Description
Leaderboard Golf 1984 Game Commodore 64
World Class Leader Board 1987 Game DOS
Links: The Challenge of Golf 1990 Game Amiga [1]
DOS
Links: Championship Course: Pinehurst Country Club 1991 Course disk DOS Courses of the Pinehurst Resort
Links: Championship Course: Firestone Country Club 1991 Course disk Amiga Courses of the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio
DOS
Links: Championship Course: Hyatt Dorado Beach Resort 1991 Course disk DOS Courses of the Hyatt Dorado Beach Resort
Links: Championship Course: Bay Hill Club & Lodge 1991 Course disk DOS Courses of the Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Florida
Links: Championship Course: Bountiful Golf Course 1991 Course disk Amiga Fairways and greens of the Bountiful Golf Course
DOS

Microsoft Game Studios

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  • Golf (1994) Windows 3.1
  • Golf 2.0 (1995) Windows 3.1/95
  • Golf 3.0 (1996) Windows 95
  • Golf 1998 Edition (1998) Windows 95
  • Golf 1999 Edition (1999) Windows 95
  • Golf 2001 Edition (2000)
  • Links Extreme (1999) Windows[2]
  • Links LS 2000 (2000) Windows
  • Links LS 2000 10 Course Pack (2000) Windows
  • Links Championship Edition (2001) Windows (Includes Links 2001, Links Expansion Pack 1, a Course Designer, a Course Converter and 4 new courses) [3]
  • Links 2001 (2001) Windows Microsoft Game Studios
  • Links Expansion Pack (2001) Windows
  • Links 2003 (2002) Windows Microsoft Game Studios[4]
  • Links 2003: Championship Courses (2002) Windows
  • Links 2004 (2003) Xbox [5]
  • Links 2003: Championship Edition (2003) Windows (Includes Links 2003 and Links 2003: Championship Courses)[6]
  • Links Golf Courses Library (several versions)[7]

Note: Microsoft Golf 1.0-3.0 are just Access' Links 386 redesigned to run natively under Microsoft Windows. Golf 1998 Edition and 1999 Editions were produced by Friendly Software.[8] After Access Software was acquired by Microsoft in 1999, Microsoft produced Golf 2001, which was based on Links, and then discontinued the Golf series to continue with the Links series.