Downloading Course Files to play

Downloading and installing courses for play with Golden Bear Challenge may seem like a daunting task.

But it is really very easy, and will only take a couple of minutes to learn. If you have any questions, comments, or problems regarding downloading or installing GBC courses, please do not hesitate to ask for help on the Golden Bears Den Forums

This guide will help you through each process of downloading and installing a GBC course, from choosing which courses to download, through loading the course into your game.

Currently you have two options for downloading courses, you can either download some of the Jack Nicklaus 5 courses and convert them to GBC, or you can grab some of the recently released GBC JN6 courses from the links below.

If you want to download some of the many JN5 courses available, and also most all of the JN6 courses released since the release of JNGBC/JN6, the best place to do that is right here at the Golden Bears Den on the Forums in the Downloads Area.

When you have chosen a course to download, you have to actually download it onto your computer. So simply click on the link and save the file to your hard drive.

Depending upon the speed of your modem and the number of current downloaders, it shouldn't take to long to get the files you want, with a slow modem and on Dial-Up connection, to download the course. But faster with faster connections that are available now.

Sometimes you won't be lucky enough to have the link right in front of you to download the course, so you may have to do a little bit of searching to get it.

Once you have a course downloaded, you will need to extract or 'unzip' the files needed to run the course.

The course file that you downloaded will be in the .zip format, and your system should unzip these files automatically with no problem unless you are working under a Operating System that does not support the Zip Format.

If so head over to http://www.winzip.com and download the evaluation version of Win Zip.

Once you have Win Zip installed, you are ready to unzip the course and start playing!

Open up your zip file and extract the *.course file into your Courses folder found here:

C:\Program Files\Activision\JN6-Golden Bear Challenge\Data\Courses\

Or what ever Drive you have installed the game onto, C:\, D:\, E:\, etc.

The next time you load Golden Bear Challenge, your new course will be available in the course selection menu.

ENJOY!