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T H E 1 9 T H H O L E
by Barbara H. Schulak
I was just reading about golf in Sports Illustrated. Apparently, golf
is the only professional sport where the players are expected to inform the
judges when they have broken the rules. In all other sports, if a player
can get away with an infraction because the judges didn't see it, more power
to him. I must admit that this speaks well for golf. Perhaps it is truly a
"gentleman's game".
Often when a golfer plays, he's playing for score, not necessarily to
beat an opponent. A golfer's day-to-day scoring is very important in
establishing a handicap, and this program by avid golfer Barbara Schulak
will help you keep track of your scores and progress. It will also figure
your USGA Index and Home Course Handicap.
Since I know little about the modern game of golf or the USGA, and since
Barbara has included onscreen help for every menu choice, I'll just mention
a few salient points about the program and get outta here. I've got TV to
watch.
(1) The program only keeps track of the last 50 scores. This is to keep the
sort routine from bogging down. If you would rather it keep more scores (at
the expense of speed) you can change the value of x in line 6. First, run
the program -- you MUST run the program first -- break out with RUN/STOP-
RESTORE, then change line 6, and enter GOTO10000 to scratch and re-save the
revised program.
(2) The input routines are not idiotproof. The program expects you to be a
gentlemanly golfer AND data enterer. If you play by the rules, the program
will treat you right.
(3) The scores are sorted by date, so please enter the date as asked: two
digits for month (01 to 12), two digits for day of the month (01 to 31), and
two digits for year (00 to 99). Since 00 for the year 2000 is sorted
earlier than 99 for 1999, you may want to stay away from mixing scores from
1999 and 2000 on the same disk -- IF golf still exists in the year 2000.
(4) The program allows for your playing several courses. Before you start
entering scores, you should set up the Courses file. The Course # is the
number of the course in the order they were entered.
(5) Barbara has provided a couple of demo files -- one course file ("golf
courses") and one scores file ("barb") -- so you can load these and see what
your record will look like after you've entered a few rounds. The program
provides a file requestor, but it shows all SEQ files. When entering a file
name for saving, use a name that you will recognize later as a scores file.
LOADSTAR 128 would like to thank Barbara for using the most modern
programming techniques in this specialized data base. We hope you'll find
that it knocks five or six strokes off your game. If not, there's always
cheating when the judge's back is turned.
FT
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