| British Open Championship Golf | |
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| Developer(s) | LookingGlass Technologies |
| Publisher(s) | LookingGlass Technologies |
| Director(s) | Rex E. Bradford |
| Designer(s) | Rex E. Bradford Ben Hansford Steven W. Nadeau |
| Programmer(s) | Tony Tomc |
| Artist(s) | Gayle Robertson |
| Composer(s) | Eric Brosius |
| Platform(s) | Windows 95 |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Golf sports game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
British Open Championship Golf is a 1997 sports video game developed and published by LookingGlass Technologies. A simulation of The Open Championship, it allows the player to engage in multiple forms of golf, including stroke play and fourball. The player competes at reproductions of the Royal Troon Golf Club and the Old Course at St. Andrews as and against famous golfers of the time. Announcer commentary is provided by actor Michael Bradshaw and Wide World of Sports host Jim McKay.
British Open Championship Golf was the third self-published game released by Looking Glass Technologies. It was directed by Rex Bradford, designer of the early golf title Mean 18. The team sought to create an accurate simulation of tournament golf play, which they felt was missing in the genre. To achieve this goal, they focused on recreating the atmosphere of a tournament, and included reactive crowds and announcers. The game was placed in competition with popular golf series such as Links and PGA Tour.
The game was a major commercial failure, and Looking Glass ceased its self-publishing operations after its release. Despite this, it was generally well reviewed by critics, who praised Jim McKay's commentary and the game's graphics and atmosphere. Criticism was leveled against its lack of multiplayer or course creation functionality, and some reviewers found fault with its brevity.
- ^ Staff (April 21, 1997). "Looking Glass Ships British Open Golf". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on February 18, 1998. Retrieved December 5, 2019.