This will be referred to as the first mark on the swing gauge or a quarter of a swing.

2) On par 4s ONLY, after your tee shot, you will normally be within 120 yards of the hole.  The bottom of the small map to the left will tell your distance.  If you are over 110 yards, select your 3W by using the little red arrows.  Now click the TOP of the ball to move the red dot to the top and do a full swing with good aim.  If you are 110 yards or below, select the 1W and click the TOP of the ball.  With the 1W, every mark on the swing gauge equals 25 yards.  If you are 35 yards away, let the line on the gauge go about 2/5ths between the first and second marks then click.  If you are in the rough, go a little bit further than your desired mark.  If you are in the sand, go even a bit more further than that.
REMEMBER: If you don't quite get to the place on the gauge you wanted, don't worry, the ball will roll.  But if you go past by just a tiny bit, the ball will go over the hole and you may have a tough 3rd shot.

3) On par 5s, your second shot will normally be within 240 yards of the hole.  Select your 1W and do a full NORMAL swing.  Your third shot will either be on the putting surface or you will have to chip it in the hole.  To chip, do what the instructions say in 2) and you should get it in the hole.
REMEMBER: This does not not always apply to hole 14.  Hole 14 is tough if you don't know how to play it right.  On your second shot on hole 14, do a full HIGH swing with your 3W.  You will probably end up over the hole (and possibly the green), but you can use what you learned above to chip the ball into the hole.  It's better than being in the water!
Please Note (2 iron): Another way of doing this is using the 2 iron.  It works the same way, but has slightly different distance than the 1W.  I learned this technique using the 1W and I'm convinced it works just the same as the 2 iron.  I don not have tips for the 2 iron because I do not use that club.  Others do.  I just think whatever club you learn this technique with you should use.  They both get the job done so there's no point if debating which one is better.

The first thing that I always look at before I hit the ball on any hole is the wind.  You've probably been told not to worry about the wind gauge, well this is true if you are only trying for scores of about -25.  But when you are trying to get the perfect score on every hole, the wind matters!  ALWAYS REMEMBER THESE TIPS FOR EVERY HOLE!

1) As I mentioned, before you hit the ball ever check the wind first.  I've played this game enough to know how the wind affects the ball.  Just like in real golf, if the ball is up high in the air, the wind will affect it more than if it was low along the ground.  Also, the longer the ball is in the air, the more affect the wind will have upon it.

2) I've found that, for some reason, when the wind is blowing from left to right, it has a greater affect on the ball than if it was blowing from right to left.  I don't know why this is, it definitely has something to do with the way the game was programmed.  But just keep this in mind.

3) The wind gauge will be from 19 (strongest wind and greatest affect on the ball) to 0 (no wind and no affect on the ball).  I have had people tell me that they have had wind of 20 or more, but I have never seen the wind power more than 19 throughout the whole time I have ever played this game.  As soon as I see a figure higher than 19, I'll adjust this tip.

4) Really, the only way for you to learn how much the wind affects the ball is just to play a lot.  There is not more more that I can tell you about the wind than what I have already mentioned.  The only other thing you really need to know is by how much does the wind affect the ball.  You can only find this out by playing the game enough.  You will eventually learn where to aim and such when you have strong wind.  Just keep the other 3 tips about the wind in mind whenever you play.

1) How to make a screen-shot of your scorecard.
- When you are looking at your scorecard, press the <Print Screen> button on your keyboard (upper-right next to F12).  This button takes a snap-shot of everything on your screen and puts it in the clipboard to paste elsewhere.
- Open MS Paint (Start>Programs>Accessories>Paint).  When Paint loads, click Edit>Paste (pressing Shift+Insert is a shortcut) to paste the snap-shot of your screen into paint.  If a little alert pops up asking you to resize the bitmap, click "Yes".
- Now click File>Save As.  When the little window pops up, type in the file name scorecard.jpg (not .bmp), select the folder to save it in, then click "Save".  If you have to save it as bmp, do so, but Paint usually will let you save the image as .jpg
- Now send the file as an attachment in an email to highlandgolf@mail.com.  Please include your Pogo ID in the email.  Do not send email to my old address (boss@highlandgolf.freeservers.com) because I will not receive it!
- Check the Scorecard Showcase in a day or two to see your scorecard!  You can send me as many scorecards as you like but only the best 5 will be posted.