User Guide

IMPORTANT!
Links 2003 requires
Microsoft® DirectX®
8.1 or higher to play
online or network
games. Microsoft®
Windows® 2000, and
Microsoft® Windows
XP fully support
network games.
Microsoft® Windows
NT® is not supported
by Links 2003.
NOTE
To play on the MSN
Gaming Zone, you
must run Internet
Explorer (5.5
or later).
TIP
To chat in Links
Match Maker, click a
name in the Contact
window and type a
message. To chat with
someone not in your
contact list, type [ ]
around their name to
send a message.
TIP
Want to see if your
friends are playing?
Select Show Only
Games That Have
Friends in Them.
NOTE
To play online with
other players in an
e-mail tournament, or
to meet other players
using the same
e-mail settings, see
To join a game using
Links Match Maker
(this page).
O P
This Topic may look intimidating, but it’s a
lot easier than you might think (only the #5
handicap). For the adventurous or sociable
golfer, it offers a world of possibilities… literally.
Make a solid connection off the tee and you’re
virtually there.
Links 2003 Online Play Options
ZONE.COM—Exit Links 2003 and launch your Web
browser to http://zone.msn.com, where you can play
the Links 3-Hole Challenge! See NOTE.
THE LINKS TOUR—Participate in the of cial online
Links Tour. It’s free!
DIRECT CONNECTION—Play over a LAN with up to
seven others.
LINKS® MATCH MAKER—A server dedicated to
hosting online Links games, offering features that
notify you if your friends are online and allow you to
chat with them at any time.
COUNTRY CLUB—Exit Links 2003 and launch your
Web browser to the Links Country Club Web site.
To join the Links Tour
1. On the Main Menu, click Online.
2. In the Play Online screen, click The Links Tour.
3. In the Login screen, type your Tour ID and
Password. If you’re not a member, click
Join the Tour. Your Web browser will open a sign-
up page for the Links Tour.
To join a game using Links Match Maker
1. On the Main Menu, click Online.
2. In the Play Online screen, click
Links Match Maker.
3. In the Game Listing screen, click Login.
4. Type a User Name and Password, and then
click OK.
5. Under Game Name, click a game to join.
6. Click Join Game.
To host a game using Links Match Maker
1. Follow steps 1–4 above, and then click Host Game.
2. Specify the Course, Skill Levels, Swing Types, and
Rules (MOP), and then click Next.
3. After one or more players join your game, click
Start Game.
E-mail Tournaments
Create .LTS  les (speci ed settings) and e-mail them
to friends, who can play simultaneously online or
separately of ine. Results can be remitted to the host.
To play in an e-mail tournament
1. Double-click the .LTS  le attached to the e-mail
–or–
On the Main Menu, click Play Golf.
2. In the Play Golf screen, click E-mail Tourney.
3. Find and select the .LTS  le, and then click Open.
4. In the E-mail Tournament screen, click Of ine (to
start the round, playing alone), or Online (to go to
the Links Match Maker screen, see NOTE).
Home in One
Par 5 | Handicap 5