The origin of the game of golf is debated - some say it comes from Scotland, others say from the Romans. Some say it's based on a ball and stick sport from ancient China. Whatever it's exact origins, the game of golf has been around for centuries and now, with the relatively recent advent of computer sports gaming, golf has made a seamless transition, to remain ever popular and entertaining in this new medium, in this new technological age.
Sports Video Games have been around since the 1980s, computer Golfing Games have been a popular favourite since then as well. The development of detail and the technology of golfing games can be seen as simultaneous to general computer development. We are becoming ever close to having a completely realistic computer golfing game where a player can experience all the elements of playing real golf, even the wind in their hair, right in their own home.
Some golfing games put emphasis on actual play, where the gamer is a golfer completing a series of holes. Other games have a more managerial aspect, where a gamer must strategize cleverly in order to win. The former kind obviously relies on top notch software technology; it is in these games that the upward trajectory of PC golfing can be witnessed. At this point in time, our most advanced golfing games rely on capturing the gamer's own physical movement so that instead of merely pressing a button on a keyboard the gamer simulates an actual golf swing - all the accuracy of posture and strength determining the accuracy of their shot (which is portrayed in superb detail on the monitor, television or similar projection).
Why has golf remained such a popular sport and why does it work so well as a computer game? Some may argue that it is the methodical nature of the sport, the precision. Any newbie might have a lucky shot once in a while, but on PC and on the actual course, it takes real time and investment to ensure well times, well placed shots every time. In terms of the real kind of golf (on the green), its popularity could e due to its peacefulness and harmony with nature - by it's very nature golf takes place in beautiful settings and given it's relatively slow pace, golf allows players to enjoy the natural surroundings more than any other sport. In many Computer Golfing games, this naturalistic beauty has been translated into some of the most advanced scenery capture graphics around and gamers, like golfers can enjoy these vistas at their leisure.
Another possible advantage of golf's slow pace is that you needn't be a world class athlete to play it. Not so with computer golf. Although, of course, one needn't be in peak physical condition to enjoy computer golf, it does require as much hand eye co-ordination and technical know-how as any other computer sporting game.
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