This is an Expansion Pack for the 2001 golf simulation, Links 2001, requiring the base game to play. It enhances the core sport gameplay by adding four new, detailed courses: Stone Canyon Club (Arizona desert), Grand National (Alabama lakeside), the updated Fazio Foothills Course, and Troon North (with updated graphics). A distinctive feature is the inclusion of Ayrshire Dunes, a fictional course created by an enthusiast. The scope focuses entirely on new environments, increasing course variety for PC golfers.
This expansion pack significantly broadens the available playing fields by adding four distinct, high-fidelity golf environments. Players gain access to the natural desert terrain found at Stone Canyon Club in Arizona.
Further variety is introduced with the lakeside setting of the Links Course at Grand National, part of the Robert Trent Jones Alabama Golf Trail. Golfers can also experience the dramatic, cliff-lined fairways of The Fazio Foothills Course at Barton Creek, which has been updated within this release.
Additionally, the package includes updated graphics for the panoramic scenery and inherent challenge presented by Troon North in Scottsdale, enhancing the visual fidelity of that existing location.
As an added bonus for PC golfers, this expansion features Ayrshire Dunes, a fictional course also known as Northern Dunes. This unique addition was created using the Arnold Palmer Course Designer tool by enthusiast Mike Jones, offering a different design aesthetic compared to the real-world venues.
As an expansion pack, this content is not standalone; it directly integrates new course assets and graphical updates into the existing simulation engine of the main title. It enhances the core gameplay loop—the simulation of golf—by providing new locations to play, rather than introducing new mechanics or story elements.
The scope of this release is focused entirely on environmental additions. It provides four new, detailed courses, including one fictional design, substantially increasing the replayability and variety of settings available to the player base of the original simulation.