Table of Contents:

    General downloading problem solutions

    Trying to download course -- File not there/Tripod problems

    Where to download other people's golf courses

    Course crashes when chosen inside game and attempted to play

    Poppy Hills, Badlands, Las Vegas, Las Colinas... -- Where to find them

    Old, but maybe still useful information

Here are some recent emails which might help you install my (and probably other people's) golf courses:

 

Problem:

From Jason(a.k.a. Testdrive) (GolfP3@aol.com)

 

  I have downloaded putt putt 10 times.  I finally got it to download right but does not show on courses list when I run game.     I ran it from internet and unzipped it as follows.        C:\Program Files\EA SPORTS\Tiger Woods PGA 2001\Data\Courses\Shainin Putt Putt.viv
After installing it like this I finally got it to proper folder, instead of making a new program folder.  However when I run tiger woods 2001 it does not show Shainin Putt Putt on course list.  What am I doing wrong?  This has really gotten me fired up.  Downloading Patch for game was simple,  but having this much headache downloading a course is unreal.  I am losing valuable time on my ladder trying to download courses that others have downloaded for a varity  of cases tournys please help.  I to would like a little more varity to my tiger woods 2001.  Thanks Testdrive (Jason).

 

Response:

Yeah, I know how frustrating it can be getting these courses to work sometimes.  I've gotten tons of emails over the years, dealing with all sorts of downloading problems.  If the following suggestions don't work, I'll try downloading Putt Putt from my web site, to make sure it's not corrupt, but just some things to check are:
 
    - Make sure all files located inside the zip/exe file you downloaded install to a directory named "Shainin Putt Putt", which is located inside <TW_DIRECTORY>/Data/Courses/.  (You mentioned the name of the .viv file is "Shainin Putt Putt" -- the name of the directory has to match the name of the .viv file for the course to work properly)
    - Are there 49 files in the "Shainin Putt Putt" directory.  (If not, there may be some files missing, creating this problem)
    - Sometimes (actually, for me, most of the time), new courses I've downloaded appear near the bottom of the list of courses (the list isn't in alphabetical order for me, so check at the very bottom or near the bottom for "Shainin Putt Putt")
    - If you didn't download Shainin Putt Putt from my web site (www.JoshShainin.com), I can't help you any further than to tell you to try downloading Shainin Putt Putt (and all of my courses) from my web site.  Some of my courses are only available from my web site, and for all of my courses, I've tried to test them thoroughly, and last time I've tested all of them, they've downloaded perfectly.  Occasionally, my files get corrupted, for unknown reasons, and if that's the case, I'll just upload my course files again on the internet, test them, make sure they download correctly, then notify you.
    - If you don't use a downloading program, I highly recommend you do so.  A free one, which Notapro led me to and works like a charm, is Download Accelerator Plus.  A link to it is located on my main Tiger Woods page of my web site.
 
These things are at least some things to check, to make sure everything is set up correctly.  If you are still having problems, please email me again, and I'll try to think of some more things to try.  Good luck, and have fun with Shainin Putt Putt and your tourneys!
 
Josh

 

Problem:

From Paul (PWAYMONT@aol.com)

 

Josh
How can I download this course.
The web page is saying the file concerned isnt there.
Please help.
Regards
Paul.

 

Response:

I tried downloading the first 100K of Naish, and everything seemed to be working fine.  If your problem is occurring deep in the download, then I'll try downloading the whole file.  However, it seems like you are having problems simply starting the download.  Sometimes, when a lot of people download Naish and Executive in a short period of time, Tripod will shut down my downloads for awhile (hopefully not more than a day).  I put these warnings on the Naishoubanashi Kusabana and Shainin Executive pages, because this isn't the first time I've gotten emails from people having problems downloading these courses.  Again, I just tried the download, and it seems as if Tripod has my downloads working again.  If you still experience this problem, I'll check into it.  One program I use to assist in downloading is Download Accelerator Plus.  If your download gets interrupted (such as if Tripod shuts you down in the middle of a download), you can resume the download from the point you got interrupted, instead of having to download the file from the start again.  I'll put a link to download DAP (when I find the link to the DAP web site) on my main Tiger Woods page, because it is free, and is a very useful tool for downloading large Tiger Woods files.  Putting all this aside, glad you like my courses -- I love that kind of user feedback.  I only wish EA paid us for designing courses.  Maybe they'll have another course design contest in the future.  I have been short on time lately, but will try to get my ACC Practice Green "course" out soon, by this weekend.  It is based on the putting green located at the Albuquerque Country Club.  Not really a course, but should challenge people's short games.  Will try to get another full scale course out during the summer, when school finally finishes.  OK, well, good luck with Naish, and talk to you later.
 
Josh

 

Problem:

From Johnny (Smith2some@aol.com)

 

I am fairly new to Tiger Woods EA Sports golf.  I've downloaded a few
courses, but I am looking for Augusta.  I saw it on your course list, but
it's not downloadable from there.  Do you know where I can get it?

I would sure appreciate it!

Johnny

 

Response:

You should be able to find several versions of Augusta at Notapro's Course Downloads (which should be located on my main Tiger Woods page of my web site).  Last I checked, he had 3 versions of Augusta to download, but
maybe somebody designed an Augusta with the latest changes to it, just in time for the upcoming tournament.  Anyway, hope this helps, good luck, have fun, and if you need anything else, feel free to email me.
 
Josh

 

Problem:

From Nikhil Bhulabhai (Nikhil@microware.co.zw)

 

hi josh
 
i got your web site from a collegue who has emailed you a few times.
his name is sundeep and has downloaded all your courses and we
play them, i went to the EA sports course architect web site and
downloaded the courses from the shogunate competition, the ones like
isu ( winner ) , lotus leave , vendel , centenial. i unzipped these files
and placed in them on my c:\program files\ea sports\ data\ courses
folder. the problem i am having is that when i have started tiger woods
99, i select one of these courses and click start and the game bombs
out and immediately goes to my desktop. all of your courses work fine,
its seems that the larger sized courses dont want to work. please could
you assist me.
 
complements on an excellent web site and for the shanin extreme - tough
one to conquer
 
 
thanks alot
nick

 

Response:

 

I just downloaded Centennial from the EA web site, and got it to work as far as I could tell on my computer.  I'm not exactly sure why the game is bombing out on you, but things to check would be making sure there are 49 files inside a directory called "Centennial" located inside your Data/Courses directory of your Tiger Woods game directory.  (Since I just downloaded Centennial, and you have Centennial, this would be a good course to test).  If there aren't 49 files, or if the directory isn't exactly the name of the .viv file of the course (in this case, "Centennial"), the game could easily crash.  If there are 49 files, and your directory is called "Centennial", then the only thing I could suggest is either leaving a message on my message board of my web site (JoshShainin.com), so that maybe someone visiting my web site can answer your question, or maybe checking out the EA (or other) message boards around for answers to your problem.  Hope this helps, and good luck!
 
Josh

 

Problem:

From Dave Hurst (hursts@drivingschool-adi.freeserve.co.uk)

 

HI THERE JOSH
 
WHAT A GREAT SITE YOU HAVE...
 
COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHERE I CAN DOWNLOAD TW99 COURSES = POPPY HILLS, BADLANDS, LAS VEGAS AND LAS COLINAS.
 
 
THANKS
DAVE HURST

 

Response:

 

Glad you like the web site!  Those courses came with the TW99 Collection CD Pack, and as far as I know, nobody has those courses available over the internet.  You might want to check with Notapro (there is a link to him on my main Tiger Woods page, but www.tigerrealm.com should also get you there, last I checked), and if he can't get it to you, maybe they are still selling that collection at EA's web site.  I know I saw that collection at Electronics Boutique not too long ago in the bargain CD section; if all else fails, and you still really want those courses, you might want to try there, and other computer software places in their bargain sections.  All of those courses are awesome; I play Poppy and Badlands frequently, and are still among my favorite courses for the TW golf series.  Hope this helps.  If you need any more help or have any more questions, please feel free to email me again.  Good luck, and talk to you later.
 
Josh

 

Old, but maybe still useful information:

 

Follow below instructions to install Shainin Golf Courses:

 

1. To download a Shainin Golf Course, click on the link that says "Download Shainin <name of course> V<version>". A window will pop up, asking you to either open it or save it. Click save it and hit the OK button. A new window will appear. Choose to save the file to your desktop and click OK. Ignore the page that sometimes appears saying "Action Cancelled"; everything is working OK. Download time is normally 30 minutes, so be patient.

 

2. Once downloaded, find the file on your desktop. Double-click it to open it. If you are using WinZip, click "I agree" to get to the main screen. Once on the main screen, near the top is a button saying "Extract"...click it. In the box asking you where you want to save your file, enter the location where Tiger Woods is installed (by default, Tiger Woods 99 installs to C:/Program Files/EA SPORTS/Tiger Woods 99 [WITH SPACES], Tiger Woods 2000 installs to C:/Program Files/EA SPORTS/Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2000 [AGAIN, WITH SPACES], and Tiger Woods 2001 installs to C:/Program Files/EA SPORTS/Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2001 [ONCE AGAIN, WITH SPACES]), followed by /Data/Courses/. The whole thing looks something like this:

 

C:/Program Files/EA SPORTS/Tiger Woods 99/Data/Courses/

 

Click Extract, and check to make sure the course installed correctly by starting the game and looking for the name of the course in the list of courses.

 

If you have any problems installing the course, or any other problems with the Tiger Woods games, please email me so that I can try to help you.

 

IMPORTANT PROBLEM NOTE:  Some people, when creating a course zip file, make it so that you have to also put the course name when unzipping.  If you encounter such a zip file, you will have to unzip the files to the following example directory:

 

C:/Program Files/EA SPORTS/Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2001/Data/Courses/<NAME OF COURSE>/

 

...assuming you have a standard computer and are installing everything to default directories.  Change drive letters and directories where appropriate.  Also, I believe that the <NAME OF COURSE> has to match the .viv file contained in the zip file.  If you can locate the .viv file, make sure that <NAME OF COURSE> contains everything in front of the .viv.  For example, if you had to put <NAME OF COURSE> when installing Shainin Fairways V2.1 (if you download the course from my web site, you shouldn't have to put <NAME OF COURSE>, but you might have to put <NAME OF COURSE> if you download the course from elsewhere), you would replace <NAME OF COURSE> with Shainin Fairways V2_1, because the viv file associated with Shainin Fairways V2.1 is Shainin Fairways V2_1.viv.  This is much more confusing, which is why I try to zip my files such that you don't have to put <NAME OF COURSE>.  However, apparently, a lot of zip files require <NAME OF COURSE>, so beware.

 

If you have had no success unzipping your files as indicated earlier on this page, try this method of adding the course name when unzipping.  If you still can't get it to work, again, please feel free to email me.

  

  

UPGRADE TO NEW VERSION:

 

If you are upgrading to a newer version of the same course, do the above instructions to install the new version, then, if you want to delete the old version of the course, you need to do the following. Go to your Tiger Woods folder (double-click "My Computer", then double-click "C:" if that is your hard drive, then go to and double-click the Tiger Woods folder that the old course is installed to.

 

Defaults:

 

Tiger Woods 99-  double-click Program Files folder, then EA SPORTS folder, and finally Tiger Woods 99 folder.

Tiger Woods 2000-  double-click Program Files folder, then EA SPORTS folder, and finally Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2000 folder.

Tiger Woods 2001-  double-click Program Files folder, then EA SPORTS folder, and finally Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2001 folder.

 

Now double-click the "Data" folder, then double-click the "Courses" folder. Look for the name of the old version, for example, if you want to get rid of Shainin Fairways V1.2, look for the folder with the name Shainin_Fairways_V1_2 (spaces and decimals are replaced by underscores). Left-click that folder, then right-click that folder, and choose "Delete". Click "Yes", and everything should be OK now.

 

Again, if you are having any problems deleting the old version, or with anything else related to Shainin Golf Courses, feel free to email me.

 

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