Audio:Music Volume - Sets the volume of the music in the game
Gameplay SFX - Sets the volume of the sound effects while playing the game
UI SFX - Sets the volume of the sound effects while in the User Interface
Commentary - Sets the volume of John's on course commentary
Ambience - Sets the volume of the ambient sounds like birds, crickets, etc
Gameplay:Green Grid - Turns the green grid on or off. Assists with putting.
Wind Meter - Turns the Wind meter on or off.
Shot Suggestion - ON gives you the club and shot type (full, pitch, flop, etc) Club Only will only give you the club to hit for the distance you are from the pin. You need to choose the shot type. OFF always gives you the driver or putter, if on the green. It also affects the yellow aiming marker. With it OFF or Club Only, the marker will basically be put right at the hole.
Scout Camera - Allows you to use the Scout Camera when setting up your shot. The Scout Camera zooms forward on the hole to give you a view of what's up ahead.
Approach and Putting Cameras - This can be set to on to allow you an alternate camera view when within 70 yards of the green.
Drive Difficulty - This setting will change the driver difficulty by default. It will loft up your driver every time so you don't need to manually do it. The Hardest setting lofts the driver further up than the Hard setting which in turn, shrinks the cone even further making an accurate shot that much tougher.
Display - Display Units - Choose between Metric and Imperial measurements in the game.
Score Display - Choose to display your score by Total (Gross) score or by the Net (handicap) score.
Follow Camera - With it set to ON the camera will auto follow your ball. Set to OFF, the camera will stay at your golfer until you hit the Action button to follow the ball (I.E. hitting "A" on the Xbox Controller)
Main Camera Preset - This is your main viewing angle. You can toggle between cameras in game by hitting the "V" button on the keyboard. On the Controller, click down on the stick opposite of the one you use to make your swing.
Putting Camera Preset - This sets the default camera that you can use when putting. It gives you an alternate view of the green. You can toggle this the same way as the Main Camera.
Approach Camera Preset - Just like the putting, this is an alternate view when you are in the approach range. Toggle similar to Main and Putting cameras.
Scout Camera Preset - This sets the default target for when you use the Scout Camera. You can set this to either the landing area or the green. Toggle just like the other camera.
Aiming Reticle - Decide between having it on or off in the game.
HUD Offset - Increase the number to move the HUD elements closer to the center of the screen. The HUD elements are the information graphics you see on the screen when on the course.
Show Ball Trail - Decide between having the yellow ball tracer on or off.
VSYNC - Enable or Disable vertical Vsync. This allows you to synchronize the frame rate of the game with the monitor refresh rate for better stability. If the Vsync is turned off, you might obtain a higher frame rate but it also may cause artifacts in the game.
Depth of Field - This is an optical technique that is used to reinforce the illusion of depth. Turning this off may improve performance.
Anti-Aliasing - This is basically a smoothing technique but it does require a lot of computing power, so turning it off may improve performance.
Object Detail - This is the overall visual quality of the objects on the course. The higher the number the more horsepower needed from your computer. Lower the number may improve performance.
High Quality Tree Count - The higher the number the more high quality trees that are being drawn on screen. lowering the setting draws less high quality trees but may improve performance.
High Quality Tree Distance - This is the distance to which the high quality trees are shown. Again, lowering may improve performance.
Water Quality - This setting changes the water quality being displayed and it can have a significant effect on performance if lowered.
Controls:Left Stick Swing - This gives the option as to which thumbstick you want to use to make your swing. Turn it ON to swing with the left stick and aim with the right stick.
Swing X-Axis - When set to Normal, the ball draws on an in to out swing and fades with an out to in swing. When set to Inverted, the opposite is true and the ball path follows the path of the swing stick.
Default Gameplay Controller - Choose between using a Keyboard/Mouse or a Controller. Note: You have to return to the main menu for changes of this setting to take effect.
Default Designer Controller - Same as gameplay but this refers to when you are in the Greg Norman Course Designer (GNCD)
Course Designer Mouse Zoom - This sets the sensitivity of the wheel when using a mouse in the GNCD.
Course Designer Mouse Rotation - This sets the sensitivity of the camera rotation with the mouse when in the GNCD.
Course Designer Camera Inversion - This sets the inversion setting for the camera when you are in the GNCD. So you can have the camera move left when you move left or invert that.
Gameplay Camera Inversion - Same idea as the Course Designer inversion setting.
Social:Turn Order Animation - This basically sets the speed of the turn order animations. FULL will take the longest as it shows the full animation of your opponent. QUICK speeds up the animation as it only shows the shot and not the entire setup process of your opponent. NONE just launches the ball instantly and is the fastest turn based option.
Refresh Tour Rivals - Setting this to ON will refresh the ghost rivals between rounds during competitions. Leaving this to OFF will keep the same ghosts you have chosen through each round of the event.
Show Rival Scores - Set this to ON if you want to see rivals scores before playing your round. Set this to OFF if you do not want to know what your rivals shot prior to playing. Setting this to OFF displays "
" for your rival's scores in your notification feeds.
Auto Add Friends - This will add friends to your scorecard automatically when you both go to the same course.
Auto Added Rivals - This will add ghosts/rivals to your game when you go to play a round. You can auto add up to 3 rivals.
Default Turn Order - This is the default setting for Turn Based play when playing against rivals.
In Game Notifications - Set this to ON to receive all social notifications when playing the game. Set to INVITES ONLY to only receive game invites while playing the game. Set to OFF so that no notifications come through while playing the game. You will only see them after you are done with your round and back at the menus.
