CYBERSPORT : PUT A HOLE IN YOUR COMPUTER.Byline: Tom Hoffarth Watching golf on TV is frustrating frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: enough. Playing it on the computer takes that frustration to a new level. Cybergolfers can compete against each other on more than 100 of the world's most famous golf courses playing Jack Nicklaus Noun 1. Jack Nicklaus - United States golfer considered by many to be the greatest golfer of all time (born in 1940) Jack William Nicklaus, Nicklaus Online Golf Tour live on the Kesmai's GameStorm online site (http://www.gamestorm.com). It's based on Accolade's popular Jack Nicklaus CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). series. It's also based pretty much in better-than-reality conditions. The online version of Nicklaus golf is somewhat different from the CD-ROM. For example, there's a ``ready-play golf mode,'' allowing foursomes A Foursomes match is a type of golf match.It takes place between two teams of two golfers. The golfers on the same team take alternate shots throughout the match, with the same ball. Each hole is won by the team that completes the hole in the fewest shots. to play a round in less than an hour. Try that on a public course. Plus, there are real-time leaderboards, chat sessions and galleries. Each downloadable course also has competition in real time if your aim is to kill an afternoon at your work station. Play in enough online tournaments and you get an official handicap. There are also variables for weather conditions and you can use unlimited camera angles to play, or just be a spectator Spectator, English daily periodical published jointly by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele with occasional contributions from other writers. It succeeded the Tatler, a periodical begun by Steele on Apr. 12, 1709, under the pseudonym Isaac Bickerstaff. . The only thing needed to play is a GameStorm account ($9.95 a month for unlimited play) available on the company's Web site. Kesmai, by the way, is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., whose own Fox Sports Interactive will begin its own line of sports games A sports game is a computer or video game that simulates the playing of traditional sports. They are extremely popular, the genre including some of the best-selling games. such as ``Fox Sports Golf '99'' and ``Fox Sports Soccer '99'' next month. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO no caption (Jack Nicklaus) Daily News File Photo |
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