Golf is probably the best low intensity sport ever created. IT involves concentration and perfect muscle reflex, but there is no real chance of injury or having todeal with fatigue. It is ideal for relazing while at the same time engaging your mind. Sometimes, however, people take that relaxation even further. Enter the golf game.
Online golf games are plentiful due to their newfound popularity. The sheer variety of games available is almost mind boggling. You can play miniature golf, frisbee golf, golf with cats shooting an arrow instead of hitting the ball... In this article I try to wade through the murky world of online golf games and deliver you the best of the best. Feel free to cut and paste at will!
BEST FREE GOLF GAMES
I think the best free online golf game by far is found at http://www.greatdaygames.com/games/golf.aspx. This is a great 3-d game with beautiful graphics. There are a variety of courses available as well as actual people online you can play against. Most free online golf games only allow you to play against yourself and it is in this department that Great Day Games: Golf seperates itself from the pack.
BEST FREE GOLF TRIALS
The first download I recommend if you are looking for a game trial of some more advanced games is Total Golf Pro 2. This is one of the hotter sports management simulations. It allows you to decide on what tournaments to enter, your practicve routine and allows you toof course enter the games and play yourself. It can be found at compsimgames.about.com/od/downloadgamedemos/p/tpg2_d emo.htm.
For the pro game with a humorous twist you simply have to try Sims Golf. This is widely hailed as one of the funniest golf games ever released and the pristine graphics stand up well to this day. This doubles as a management game bcause you get to build your own course! Don't worry, it is easy.
You get to create your own golf pro, complete with personality, looks, and customizable dialogue. You can model your golfer after yourself or come up with something completely unique. You can even trade your golf courses with other simgolf players from anywhere on the planet! This one is great. It can be found at simgolf.ea.com.
Then there is Mini Golf Master. You can find a demo version of this game at http://www.gamingdale.com/children/158.html. The 3-d world here is well realized and there are eighteen different courses to choose from. The physics are great and you can play through obstacles ranging from castles to aliens to pirate ships!
BEST FREE GOLF VARIATIONS
A lot of people I know are into something called "frisbee golf". This is just golf with frisbee throwing replacing swinging at the golf ball. It is very popular so of course it was only a matter of time beforesomeone made a game about it. The great part is some of these games are free and easily found online.
The best two sites for this game are http://www.addictinggames.com/discgolf.html and http://www.crazymonkeygames.com/Frisbee-Golf.html. You might want to try the former first as the latter has a few pop ups that manage to get past most blockers. This is a fun game and gives you some great variety while at the same time maintaining the crux of what makes golf so much fun to play to begin with.
And no essay on the subject would be complete without giving mention to miniature golf games! To me they are the most fun of themall. It is just like golf only with obstacles and interesting sites all around. The most imaginative minature golf game I have played can be found at www.miniclip.com/games/mini-golf/en. The goal is to complete the 18 hole course in as fewstrokes as possible. Good luck!
CONCLUSION
Obviously there are a plethora of options available for nayone wanting to play gofl for free online. My favorite game is Sim Golf but you cannot go wrong with any of the games listed above. Now stop reading and start playing!