| The Famicom booklet (HVC-GF) and the title screen it pictures are copyright 1984 and name only Nintendo; the booklet prints no release date. The North American booklet (NES-GF-USA) is copyright 1985. | printed p. 2 (PDF p. 3) | Manual |
| Golf has three games, 1-player stroke play, 2-player stroke play, and 2-player match play, on one 18-hole course of 9 holes out and 9 in; the player with the fewest strokes wins. The Famicom booklet gives the same three and the same course. | printed p. 2 (PDF p. 3), Object of the Gameprinted p. 4 (PDF p. 5), How to Playprinted p. 4 (PDF p. 5), How to Play | Manual |
| A shot takes three presses of A: the first starts the backswing, the second stops it and starts the downswing, which sets the distance, and the third sets the point of impact, which sets the curve. Impact on the swing meter's white line hits the ball straight, left of it slices, and right of it hooks. With the 1 wood, a downswing started at the meter's extreme left and an impact on the white line with "just the right timing" hits a super shot of 306 yards. B is not used. | printed p. 5 (PDF p. 6)printed p. 6 (PDF p. 7)printed p. 6 (PDF p. 7)printed p. 6 (PDF p. 7)printed p. 6 (PDF p. 7)printed p. 3 (PDF p. 4), controls | Manual |
| Up and down on the control pad select the club and left and right turn the direction the player faces. A WIND display gives one of 8 directions and a speed from 0 to 15 MPH. | printed p. 5 (PDF p. 6)printed p. 6 (PDF p. 7), Stanceprinted p. 6 (PDF p. 7), Wind direction and velocity | Manual |
| A putt takes two presses of A, and where the downswing starts sets how far the ball rolls. The player aims at a target mark with the control pad, and a mark on the green shows the grain of the turf, which changes the roll. | printed p. 7 (PDF p. 8), Puttingprinted p. 7 (PDF p. 8), Puttingprinted p. 7 (PDF p. 8), Puttingprinted p. 8 (PDF p. 9) | Manual |
| Both booklets warn that some rules differ from real golf. A ball out of bounds costs 2 strokes and is played again from where it lay; the woods are usually out of bounds, as are the ponds on the 5th, 8th and 18th holes and any ball that leaves the screen. A ball in the ocean, a pond or a river costs 1 stroke and is played from a set place. A bunker shot flies half as far as a fairway shot. | printed p. 8 (PDF p. 9), Rulesprinted p. 8 (PDF p. 9), Rulesprinted p. 8 (PDF p. 9), Rulesprinted p. 8 (PDF p. 9), Rulesprinted p. 8 (PDF p. 9), Rulesprinted p. 8 (PDF p. 9), Rulesprinted p. 8 (PDF p. 9), Rules | Manual |
| The booklet's course table gives the 18 holes 6,889 yards in all, par 72: 3,426 yards out and 3,463 in, each par 36. | printed p. 9 (PDF p. 10), course tableprinted p. 9 (PDF p. 10), course tableprinted p. 9 (PDF p. 10), course table | Manual |