PGA Championship Golf
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PGA Championship Golf 2000 is a computer game for Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...

. It was developed by Headgate Studios and released by Sierra Sports
Sierra Entertainment
Sierra Entertainment Inc. was an American video-game developer and publisher founded in 1979 as On-Line Systems by Ken and Roberta Williams...

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Features of the game include tour play, and several versions of play used to score golf including Match play
Match play
Match play is a scoring system for golf in which a player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents; this is as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes...

 and Stableford
Stableford
Stableford is a scoring system used in the sport of golf. Rather than counting the total number of strokes taken, as in stroke play, it involves scoring points based on the number of strokes taken at each hole...

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In total 3 versions of the game have been released. The original game, simply known as PGA Championship Golf 2000 had 13 courses and featured renditions of real golf courses including Pasatiempo Golf Club
Pasatiempo Golf Club
Pasatiempo Golf Club is a golf club located in Pasatiempo, Santa Cruz County, California. Designed by the famous Scottish architect Alister MacKenzie, the course is famed for its breathtaking scenery and rich golfing history. MacKenzie claimed that it was his best ever layout, ahead of even Cypress...

. PGA Championship Golf 2000 - Titanium Edition included 20 golf courses, and finally PGA Championship Golf 2000 - Collectors Edition, which featured 32 courses, many of which were fantasy courses provided by online designers.

There is a community of players who visit Golf Sim Clubhouse to discuss the game on a forum and meet up to play online. Over 1,600 user created courses are also available for download and designers can upload new courses to the site.
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