Monster Media 1994 #2/Monster Media No. 2 (Monster Media)(1994).ISO/personal/cgproi.zip/READ.ME

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WELCOME TO COMPLETE GOLF SYSTEMS Complete Golf Pro

This program is being distributed via Shareware.
You may freely distribute this product via electronic or other
means for other users to evaluate.  All users evaluating
the software are granted limited 90 day evaluation
period to determine the usefulness of the product.
After the 90 day evaluation period, users must
either register the program or discontinue use.     No rights
granted hereunder for product support, bug fixes, upgrades, etc.
are extended to non-registered users.

To Register CGPRO

Send a check for $39.95 to Complete Golf Systems
               545 San Esteban Ave
               Coral Gables, FL  33146
               [phone]

Provide the following information with your registration fee:

Registered User Name:________________________________________

         Address:________________________________________

     City,St,Zip:________________________________________

        Wk Phone:(___)____-_____ Hm Phone:(___)____-_____

Handicap Index (if known):  _______

Where program was obtained: ___________________________________________________


Other Programs:
Complete Golf Systems also provides a comprehensive golf handicapping
and tournament management program.  That program is currently offered
at $149.95 in many golf stores around the country and by direct
mail to Complete Golf Systems.    Registered Compuserve and Internet users
may obtain it with a $50.00 discount.  Registered Complete Golf Pro or
Quick Handicap users save an additional $25.00. Or $74.95 plus S&H and
and applicable taxes.

Quick Handicap Calculator: CGS also has a shareware version of a
quick handicap calculator.  The program performs USGA and Trend
Handicap calculations for from 1 to 20 scores.    Registration is $15.00.

The following provides information on the CGS total package:

The program is written for IBM compatibles and has just gone
on sale this past December.  It is useful to all golfers of
all skill levels, but can prove especially handy (and
profitable) to club pros, league managers, or individuals
in charge of a regular foursome+ in tournament management and
scoring.

Complete Golf Systems(CGS), is a totally integrated golf
handicapping, tournament management, and game analysis
software program.

Our goal in creating this package was to provide a system
whereby players of all skill levels could enjoy and benefit
from its use. Therefore, in addition to the obvious goal of
accurate handicapping, we have attempted to provide other
applications to assist in analyzing one's game and learning
more about golf in general.  As such, the program contains
the following modules:

Handicapping:  The handicapping module allows the
user to enter scores at whatever course or
courses they play and will automatically calculate a
U.S.G.A. Handicap Index.  There is no limitation,
other than disk space, as to the number of
players a user may keep handicaps for.    Thus, if a user was
in charge of a country club, or golf league they could
maintain accurate up to date handicap indexes for all of the
players at the club or in the league.

All U.S.G.A. handicap indexes are prepared following
U.S.G.A. guidelines.  This includes the two most recent
changes to the handicap indexing system: tournament play and
Equitable Stroke Control ("ESC").  Some players always seem
to play better than their handicap during tournaments.    As a
result the U.S.G.A. changed the handicapping system to make
adjustments to handicap indexes based upon a complex formula
of tournament vs. non-tournament scoring.  The user is
relieved of this tedious process in the C.G.S. system by
simply toggling a switch to indicate a tournament or non-
tournament score in the score entry procedure.    In Equitable
Stroke Control, the U.S.G.A. found that players were too
confused in calculating equitable stroke adjustments to
their reported scores.    Therefore, ESC was changed to be
somewhat easier than before.  The details aren't important
as the CGS system alleviates the checking of scorecards for
ESC in its score validation routines.  If in entering a
score, the user has not adjusted his card for ESC and there
is a score that should have been adjusted, the system posts
a warning message and identifies the score to be fixed.

The U.S.G.A. handicap index system is based upon the ten
best scores of the last twenty rounds played.  For players
with less than twenty scores, the number of rounds used is
adjusted until the player reaches twenty scores.  The system
works quite well assuming the player plays on a regular
basis.    However, not everyone plays often enough to really
make their handicap reflective of their playing skill at the
current time.  For players only playing a couple of times
per month, their handicap might reflect their game six or
seven months ago, not today.  What happens to the guy who
was playing great, gets injured and can only play once per
month.    Assuming he plays worse now, it may take him a year
and a half to get an index rating more appropriate to his
current ability.  In fairness, the U.S.G.A. does allow for
adjustments to be made to handicap indexes in this
circumstance. But, what about the seasonal golfer who takes
the winter off.     When he begins play again, his handicap may
be low from his last season's play.  It may take him all of
the season to get back to the playing form that accurately
reflects his handicap.

The CGS system recognizes this problem and offers a
solution.  In addition to the USGA system of handicapping,
the system provides for "Trend Handicapping".
Trend Handicapping allows the user to
specify the total number of rounds required, the total
number of scores used, and the percent of scores used in
determining a player's trend handicap.    Instead of the
U.S.G.A.'s 10 scores of the last twenty rounds, the user may
decide to use 87% of the best three scores of the last five
rounds.     The trend handicap is posted for each player along
with their U.S.G.A. handicap in the system and is available
for use in the tournament module.

Tournament Management:    Have you ever been asked to put together a
"little" tournament for your company, your club, or your
friends.  Most likely, you then had to set up a list of
players, organize the teams, decide upon a format and then
spend some quality beer time calculating scores.  The CGS
tournament module (new for version 2.0) does it all for you.
From automatically creating tournament scoring records based
upon a pick list of players, to printing out the results of
the accompanying skins games, the CGS system is a
comprehensive tournament management package.

The CGS     tournament system provides for the following
features/functions:
     Tournament Setup             Automatic Pairing
     Player Selection and Tagging    Wagering, Purses,Skins, Etc.
     Automatic Handicap Updating     Automatic Flighting
     Multiple Handicap Types         Stroke vs. Points
     Scoring
     More...

Game Analysis:    The CGS game analysis module is
integrated into the player scoring system
to provide hints as to possible areas for game improvement.
For those players interested in improving their game, they
just need to record a few simple figures each time they
play.  1) How many drives were hit into the fairway, not
including the par three's?; 2) How many greens were reached
in regulation? and 3) How many putts were taken during the
round?    These three simple statistics, along with the
scoring stats maintained from the scoring module are
reported to the players as averages for all rounds played.
By examining these performance statistics, its possible for
players to see where in their round their game is falling
apart or is really strong.  Why they score better on one
round versus another.  Did you score well because you hit
more drives in the fairway or made more greens in regulation
after missing the fairway.  Hopefully, the statistics will
allow you to concentrate your practice efforts on the areas
of the game that can result in the most quickest way to
lower scoring.

Reports:  Most all of the information on the
system is available in easy to read and understand screens.
However, many people just have to have a hard copy that they
can touch and feel.  The CGS software provides for dozens of
reports, and more are always on the way in future releases.
Reports can either be printed on the screen, or to a disk
file, or to the printer.  In addition, all the information
in all of the systems files are available for user
customized reporting with a third party report writer.

The CGS System maintains a number of standard reports
divided primarily into two sections, Player Handicapping and
Tournament Reporting.  In the player handicapping section,
reports that list player demographics and current handicaps
are available, as are reports on player course handicaps,
player game analysis and player handicap cards.     Tournament
reporting is obviously much more complex with the added
necessity of results reporting and handicapped score cards.

We appreciate your support and would like to hear your comments.

 Please report any problems or request additional information from:

  Complete Golf Systems
  Jeff Kurzner
  545 San Esteban Ave.
  Coral Gables, FL  33146-1336
  [phone]

  Compuserve address: 70023,1751
  Internet address:   [e-mail]

All the Best!