Golf Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not utilize a standardized playing area, and coping with the varied terrains encountered on different courses is a key part of the game. The game at the usual level is played on a course with an arranged progression of 18 holes, though recreational courses can be smaller, often having 9 holes. Each hole on the course must contain a tee box to start
NES Open Tournament Golf "Mario Open Golf" featured five playable courses whereas "NES Open Tournament Golf" only featured three. The background music between both games also differed, with the exception of few tracks that were used in both games. The Famicom version, "Mario Open Golf" is significantly more difficult than the NES version. Most of the holes seen in "Mario Open Golf" are not in "NES Open Tournament Golf", though there are a few holes that exist in both versions without any modifications. If someone plays "Mario Open Golf" they will notice a handful of holes that look nearly identical the holes in "NES