1994 · SIMS Co., Ltd. · Simulation · Sports

Fred Couples Golf

Sega exclusive

Fred Couples Golf is a handheld golf sim where you compete across four courses in tournament, stroke, or match play. Customize player names, shirts, difficulty, and caddies. The game offers overhead course views for shot planning, practice mode, and four‑player link play, while Fred Couples appears as an opponent only.

Released: 23 December 1994
Platforms: Game Gear
Genres: Simulation Sports
Developers: SIMS Co., Ltd.
Publishers: —
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Country: Japan
Age ratings: ESRB E
Languages: English, Japanese

About

Fred Couples Golf is a 1994 golf video game for the Game Gear featuring professional golfer Fred Couples. A 32X sequel, Golf Magazine: 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples, was released in 1995.

Keywords

golf
golf simulator

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The player chooses from four generic golf courses and must compete in either a tournament, stroke play, or match play. Each golfer has their unique strengths and weaknesses. Names can be changed in addition to shirt color and the difficulty level. Through a Game Gear link, four players can play at once.

Fred Couples, the golfer that endorsed the game, can only be used as an opponent. He is not available as either a teammate or as a playable character.

Reception

GamePro gave the game a mostly negative review. Though they praised many of the game's elements, such as the practice mode, the animations, and the controls, they found the graphical layout to be a fatal flaw, and concluded "Golfing fiends may enjoy the strong details in Fred Couples Golf, but the tiny, cramped graphical layout will assault the senses of casual hackers."