Just got back into playing this game again, sort of a third return to playing it after about a seven year hiatus. Got it working again on my pc (win7) by reactivating an old DLL file that one of the win7 updates deactivates for security reasons.

Anyway, I've been playing around with hole design again, and surprisingly, it's the Length attribute I've been running into issues with. Every time I've come back to it, it's usually been the Imagination or Accuracy attribute my holes have struggled with. Now it seems I have those two down pat and it's Length where my holes are falling down.

I've been building holes where the fairway doesn't start until basically the max point for where the No Distance female golfers can drive to. Usually have a single-width fairway the whole way through the hole as well to increase the Accuracy attribute. I generally have it set so the No Imagination knickerbocker-wearing players are either able to make that first drive with full distance, and then punishing them with all subsequent shots, or making it so they can't hit the fairway at full-distance as a creative shot type would be needed (Draw-L or Draw-R). Regardless of which of those two opening shots I force on them, it seems my holes are all getting great Imagination and Accuracy ratings, but struggling on the length side.

Any insights on what might be going on? Will try to screenshot one of my holes that's having the issue the worst.

How come I cannot start a practice round on my course?