Editing Golf: Japan Course

{{italic title}}
{{game infobox
|image=[[File:Famicom-Golf-Japan-Course-cover.png|200px]]
|developer=[[HAL Laboratory]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|release={{flag list|Japan|February 21, 1987<ref>{{Cite|url=https://www.nintendo.com/jp/famicom/software/fmc-gj/index.html|title=ゴルフ{{ruby|JAPAN|ジャパン}}コース|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo Japan|accessdate=August 13, 2024}}</ref>}}
|languages={{languages|jp=y}}
|genre=Sports (golf)
|modes=1–2 players
|ratings=
|platforms=[[Family Computer Disk System]]
|format={{format|fds=1}}
|input={{input|fc=1}}
|serials=FSC-GFJE
}}
'''''Golf: Japan Course''''' is a Japan-exclusive golf game released for the [[Family Computer Disk System]] on February 21, 1987. It stars [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] and is considered the earliest entry in the ''[[Mario Golf (series)|Mario Golf]]'' series. It is similar in gameplay to the earlier ''[[Golf]]'', though with polished mechanics. The holes in the game are fictional. The game received a companion title a few months later known as ''[[Golf: U.S. Course]]'', which also had fictional holes and improves even further on the mechanics. As with most FDS games, side A of the disk is reserved for menus and saving scores, while side B is used for the gameplay.

==Gameplay==
[[File:FCGJPC Gameplay.png|thumb|left|Mario on the first hole]]
The gameplay is similar to that of the original ''Golf'', though new features are added to improve the immersion and quality-of-life. There is now a distinction between fairways and rough grass, and trees now act as solid obstacles rather than simply an indicator of out-of-bounds areas; the out-of-bounds areas now have a clear boundary surrounding densely-packed forest instead. There are four levels for rough grass and three for sand bunkers, with each making the ball more difficult to hit far. The player can now swing in any direction regardless of whether they are on the green or not. The greens themselves can now push the ball in multiple directions rather than only a single direction at a time, and each hole may appear in one of three positions on each green. The player can move away from the ball to do a practice swing by pressing {{button|NES|select}}, or view the current score sheet by pressing {{button|NES|start}}. To change clubs, the player now needs to hold down {{button|NES|B}} and press {{button|NES|pad}} up or down; pressing {{button|NES|pad}} left or right while doing that switches between one of three swing speeds. The middle "2" speed is closest to what the swing speed in ''Golf'' is, while the default "1" is slower and "3" is faster.
<gallery class="graybg"widths=48px heights=56px style="display:inline-block;image-rendering:pixelated">
Golf JC P1 Mario swing.gif|Speed 1
Golf JC P1 Mario swing med.gif|Speed 2
Golf JC P1 Mario swing fast.gif|Speed 3
</gallery>
{{multiframe|[[File:Golf JC P2 Luigi.png]][[File:Golf JC P2 COMP1.png]]|bg=gray|Luigi and COMP1}}
There are four game modes, which can be chosen between by pressing {{button|NES|pad}} left and right or {{button|NES|select}} at the top option of the main menu:
*Mario Stroke Play: Mario plays by himself.
*2 Player Stroke Play: Mario and Luigi play alongside each other.
*Mario Match Play (not available in the gold editions): Mario plays against the computer opponent, called "COMP1," which is a palette swap of the brothers. He wears black overalls and hat over a brown shirt and shoes.
*2 Player Match Play: Mario and Luigi play against each other.
There are four slots to save scores (represented by balloons, the strings being cut by a crab when overwriting) with blank slots recorded as 900.
===Clubs===
The draws listed are as they are on the tee or fairway with no wind resistance. The four levels of rough grass and three levels of bunker sand all detract varying amounts from it. Swinging at a higher speed usually increases it, but runs a greater risk of losing control on the ball's curve.
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!style="background:#88D800"|Club
!style="background:#88D800"|Draw
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|'''1W'''
|style="background:black;color:white"|240y
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|'''3W'''
|style="background:black;color:white"|220y
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|'''4W'''
|style="background:black;color:white"|210y
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!style="background:#88D800"|Club
!style="background:#88D800"|Draw
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|'''1I'''
|style="background:black;color:white"|195y
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|'''3I'''
|style="background:black;color:white"|175y
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|'''4I'''
|style="background:black;color:white"|165y
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!style="background:#88D800"|Club
!style="background:#88D800"|Draw
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|'''5I'''
|style="background:black;color:white"|155y
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|'''6I'''
|style="background:black;color:white"|145y
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|'''7I'''
|style="background:black;color:white"|130y
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!style="background:#88D800"|Club
!style="background:#88D800"|Draw
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|'''8I'''
|style="background:black;color:white"|115y
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|'''9I'''
|style="background:black;color:white"|100y
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|'''PW'''
|style="background:black;color:white"|90y
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!style="background:#88D800"|Club
!style="background:#88D800"|Draw
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|'''SW'''
|style="background:black;color:white"|80y
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|'''PT'''
|style="background:black;color:white"|50y
|}

==Contest and alternate editions==
{{lost|The ROM for Champions' course hasn't been dumped.|section=y}}
[[File:FDS Japan Course.png|thumb|100px|The blue disk]]
The game comes on a blue disk, meaning it is compatible with the Disk Fax, a device found in public places across Japan such as department stores. These machines would send the player's saved games and high score information to [[Nintendo]]. Nintendo held a contest centered around this game, and winners received one of two special versions of this game that came on a gold disk.<ref>{{cite|url=pony.velvet.jp/fcdisk/fmcmdskw28.html|title=◆オリジナルコース入りゴールデンカードはコースが2種類！|publisher=Family Computer Disk System Art Database|accessdate=January 22, 2021|language=ja}}</ref> Both versions are harder, replacing the course with new, more challenging holes. Around 80,000 contestants submitted their Mario Stroke Play scores with the national winner beating the rest with his cumulative score of 87.<ref>{{cite|date=August 16, 2022|url=www.zel-life.com/entry/golf_japan|title=【ゴルフJAPANコース】インターネットの無い時代に、通信の持つ可能性をゲームにもたらした意欲作！【ファミコン・ディスクシステム・任天堂・レビュー】]. サブカルチャーのある生活|accessdate=January 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=famicon.s348.xrea.com/entries/19870221_golfjapanc|title=ゴルフJAPANコース|publisher=Famicon Masterpieces|accessdate=January 23, 2021}}</ref> Contestants who had the same score were ranked by when their submission was received.

Around 5,000 runners-up and raffle winners received the Professional Course gold disk (white sticker), which came in a Diskun case. The redesigned title screen removes "Family Computer" at the top and adds「入賞」(''nyūshō'', "prize-winning") at the bottom.<ref>{{cite|author=やまだくん|date=June 9, 2018|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GTtBUsinG8|title=ゴルフJAPANコース オリジナルコース(賞品) プレイ動画 / Golf Tournament Japan Course Prize Cart (FDS) Playthrough|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=January 22, 2021|language=ja}}</ref> It is mildly more difficult.

The top 100 contestants received the Champions' Course gold disk (yellow sticker), which came in a luxury case along with a gold plaque with the winner's name and rank inscribed. On the game's title screen are the contestant's name and rank, making each disk unique.<ref>{{cite|date=January 17, 2013|url=tepcodan.blog.ss-blog.jp/2013-01-17|language=ja|title=昔のファミコンソフトをやってみた⑮ （ゴルフ・チャンピオンズコース編）|publisher=てぷこだんブログ|accessdate=January 22, 2021}}</ref> The Champions' Course is much more difficult<ref>{{cite|author=TEPCODAN|date=January 14, 2013|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_kOZYDUtFQ|title=任天堂ゴルフチャンピオンズコース|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=January 22, 2021|language=ja}}</ref> and one of the rarest games Nintendo ever made.
{{br}}

==Maps==
Each hole can appear in three locations, which is picked depending on how many strokes were made in the previous holes; this number does not change the hole in any regular interval, ie, per each swing, but instead uses more complex measures to determine it. In some holes, mainly in the Prize Card variants, all water on the map is randomly replaced with sand, which is determined at the game's beginning.
===''Japan Course''===
;Outward nine
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#88D800"|<big>Hole 1</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 1 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''365y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 10'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 1 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#88D800"|<big>Hole 2</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 2 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''401y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 4'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 2 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#88D800"|<big>Hole 3</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 3 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''590y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 6'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 3 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#88D800"|<big>Hole 4</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 4 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''223y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 16'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 3'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 4 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#88D800"|<big>Hole 5</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 5 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''410y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 12'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 5 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#88D800"|<big>Hole 6</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 6 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''181y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 18'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 3'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 6 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#88D800"|<big>Hole 7</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 7 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''589y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 14'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 5'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 7 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#88D800"|<big>Hole 8</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 8 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''342y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 18'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 8 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#88D800"|<big>Hole 9</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 9 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''441y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 2'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 9 green.png]]
|}
;Inward nine
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#88D800"|<big>Hole 10</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 10 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''350y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 9'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 10 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#88D800"|<big>Hole 11</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 11 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''401y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 17'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 11 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#88D800"|<big>Hole 12</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 12 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''564y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 15'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 5'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 12 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#88D800"|<big>Hole 13</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 13 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''131y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 13'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 3'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 13 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#88D800"|<big>Hole 14</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 14 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''414y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 3'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 14 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#88D800"|<big>Hole 15</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 15 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''412y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 11'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 15 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#88D800"|<big>Hole 16</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 16 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''198y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 7'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 3'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 16 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#88D800"|<big>Hole 17</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 17 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''434y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 5'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 17 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#88D800"|<big>Hole 18</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 18 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''661y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 1'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 5'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf JC Hole 18 green.png]]
|}

===''Professional Course''===
;Outward nine
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#EA9E22"|<big>Hole 1</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 1 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''403y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 13'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 1 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#EA9E22"|<big>Hole 2</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 2 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''388y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 7'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 2 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#EA9E22"|<big>Hole 3</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 3 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''198y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 9'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 3'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 3 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#EA9E22"|<big>Hole 4</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 4 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''524y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 5'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 5'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 4 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#EA9E22"|<big>Hole 5</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 5 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''355y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 17'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 5 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#EA9E22"|<big>Hole 6</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 6 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''398y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 11'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 6 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#EA9E22"|<big>Hole 7</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 7 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''180y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 15'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 3'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 7 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#EA9E22"|<big>Hole 8</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 8 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''609y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 1'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 5'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 8 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#EA9E22"|<big>Hole 9</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 9 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''430y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 3'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 9 green.png]]
|}
;Inward nine
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#EA9E22"|<big>Hole 10</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 10 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''119y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 16'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 3'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 10 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#EA9E22"|<big>Hole 11</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 11 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''518y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 6'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 5'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 11 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#EA9E22"|<big>Hole 12</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 12 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''403y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 8'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 12 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#EA9E22"|<big>Hole 13</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 13 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''383y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 12'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 13 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#EA9E22"|<big>Hole 14</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 14 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''348y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 14'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 14 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#EA9E22"|<big>Hole 15</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 15 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''394y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 4'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 15 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#EA9E22"|<big>Hole 16</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 16 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''356y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 18'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 16 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#EA9E22"|<big>Hole 17</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 17 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''185y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 10'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 3'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 17 green.png]]
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:#EA9E22"|<big>Hole 18</big>
|-
|rowspan=4 width=50% height=336px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 18 map.png]]
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''534y'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 2'''</big>
|-
|style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 5'''</big>
|-
!height=128px style="background:black"|[[File:Golf PrC Hole 18 green.png]]
|}

===''Champions' Course''===
{{image|more=yes|section=yes|Consistency with other two sections}}
;Outward nine
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!width=262px style="background:#FF8170"|<big>Hole 1</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''354y'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 6'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!width=262px style="background:#FF8170"|<big>Hole 2</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''588y'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 14'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 5'''</big>
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!width=262px style="background:#FF8170"|<big>Hole 3</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''192y'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 10'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 3'''</big>
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!width=262px style="background:#FF8170"|<big>Hole 4</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''418y'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 8'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!width=262px style="background:#FF8170"|<big>Hole 5</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''363y'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 12'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!width=262px style="background:#FF8170"|<big>Hole 6</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''213y'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 18'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 3'''</big>
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!width=262px style="background:#FF8170"|<big>Hole 7</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''529y'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 16'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 5'''</big>
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!width=262px style="background:#FF8170"|<big>Hole 8</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''381y'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 4'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!width=262px style="background:#FF8170"|<big>Hole 9</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''401y'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 2'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|}
;Inward nine
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!width=262px style="background:#FF8170"|<big>Hole 10</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''356y'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 13'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!width=262px style="background:#FF8170"|<big>Hole 11</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''495y'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 7'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 5'''</big>
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!width=262px style="background:#FF8170"|<big>Hole 12</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''386y'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 3'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!width=262px style="background:#FF8170"|<big>Hole 13</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''440y'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 5'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!width=262px style="background:#FF8170"|<big>Hole 14</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''161y'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 17'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 3'''</big>
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!width=262px style="background:#FF8170"|<big>Hole 15</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''414y'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 15'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!width=262px style="background:#FF8170"|<big>Hole 16</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''363y'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 11'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 4'''</big>
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!width=262px style="background:#FF8170"|<big>Hole 17</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''153y'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 9'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 3'''</big>
|}
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!width=262px style="background:#FF8170"|<big>Hole 18</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''533y'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''HDCP 1'''</big>
|-
|height=63px style="background:black;color:white"|<big>'''Par 5'''</big>
|}

==Menus==
Most of the game's menus relate to the contest, and vary depending on whether the disk had been registered with a high-ranking score.
{|border=1 style="text-align:center;display:inline-block"
|-
!style="background:#88D800"|Menu
!style="background:#88D800"|Description
|-
|[[File:Golf JC Service data.png]]<br>Service data
|The service data screen. It appears in ''Japan Course'' as the middle option on the main menu, and is not present in the prize card versions. If the disk was registered with a high enough score, it would be replaced with a special screen showing the top ranks and highlighting the owner's placement.
|-
|[[File:Golf JC Name registration.png]]<br>Name registration
|The name registration screen. It appears in ''Japan Course'' as the bottom option on the main menu, and is not present in the prize card versions. It is used to label the data with the player's name so they can be properly credited for their score.
|-
|[[File:Golf JC High scores.png]]<br>High scores
|The high scores screen. Aside from appearing after a full 18 holes are finished, it can be reached by pressing {{button|NES|select}} from the name registration menu. It appears as the bottom option on the main menu in the prize card versions.
|-
|[[File:Golf JC Personal stats.png]]<br>Personal statistics
|The personal statistics screen. It can be reached by pressing {{button|NES|select}} from the high scores screen, but only if entered from name registration menu - pressing select from here returns to the name registration. It appears as the middle option on the main menu in the prize card versions.
|}

==Staff==
{{main|List of Golf: Japan Course staff}}

==References in later games==
*''{{wp|Wii Sports Resort}}'': the golf holes are reused in this game, similar to how ''{{wp|Wii Sports}}'' used holes from the original ''[[Golf]]''.

==Gallery==
{{main-gallery}}
<gallery>
JapanCourse1.jpg|[[Mario]]
JapanCourse4.jpg|Mario
JapanCourse14.jpg|[[Princess Peach]] kissing Mario
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ゴルフ{{ruby|JAPAN|ジャパン}}コース
|JpnR=Gorufu Japan Kōsu
|JpnM=Golf: Japan Course
}}

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
*[https://www.nintendo.com/jp/famicom/software/fmc-gj/index.html Official site]

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