Mike: I first started playing real golf back in 1972 when I was 12 years old. A local school teacher named Butch Breeden was a former pro, and his support helped many local kids learn golf. I grew up in the Santa Barbara, CA area and that community had a very good junior golf program. I played in weekly tournaments every summer and played for my high school team as well. I played college golf, but by that time I was pretty burnt out. I also played sand volleyball, basketball, racquetball, among other interests, and at the time, these sports were much more interesting than golf was. About five years ago, I met my future wife, and she asked me to teach her to play golf. This is what renewed my interest in golf. The first computer golf game I played was Mean 18, so for a time, I played computer golf instead of real golf. Today, my handicap fluctuates between 5 and 6; I lose most of my strokes on the putting green. I probably own about 20 or 30 putters that were all candidates to help me fix this problem, but deep down I know it's me, not the equipment.

Mike: I had been working on the next Jack Nicklaus game (it will probably be called Golden Bear Challenge) since Accolade shipped Jack 5 (November 1997). Hypnos Entertainment had been working on Jack Nicklaus Online Tour since Spring 1997. The move of Jack from Accolade to Activision was consummated in April of this year, and that is when I joined Hypnos and work formally began on the game. We have completed the game design and are writing code. There isn't much that is visual yet, so we can't really put a percentage completed onto the project yet. Basically, we are cranking full speed ahead, but it's very early still.

Mike: Yes. It is tentatively titled "Jack Nicklaus Presents: Golden Bear Challenge."

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