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Instruction booklet · January 1996

PGA Tour 96

Sport1 playerESRB ESA-1

The story

This game takes place during the 1995 PGA Tour season. The game features many professional golfing stars and various modes from stroke play to match play and even tournament mode. Golf clubs are assigned automatically by the caddy as the computer deems suitable for every lie and every situation.

Specifications

Released: January 1996
Developer: Electronic Arts
Publisher: Black Pearl Software
Players: 1
Genre: Sport
Rating: ESRB E
Chip: SA-1
Series: PGA Tour Golf
Themes: Action
View: Third person

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

AllGame: 3.5/5

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The Omaha World-Pixel

Week of January 5, 1996

Jan. 7

One of the worst blizzards in American history hits the eastern states, killing more than 150 people. Philadelphia receives a record 30 inches of snowfall and New York City's public schools close for the first time in 18 years. The federal government in Washington, D.C. is closed for several days, extending the time federal employees are out of the office from the 1996 federal government shutdown.

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