Golf guide
Read the wind and plan your route across nine holes.
Original Wii Sports for Wii (2006). Wii Sports Resort, Wii Sports Club and Nintendo Switch Sports are separate games.
Golf in pictures
Golf in the original Wii Sports · Image from Wii Sports Guide; © Nintendo.
Courses
The original game has nine holes, grouped into Beginner, Intermediate and Expert sets of three. You can also play all nine together.
Scoring and hazards
Finish each hole in as few strokes as possible. Water hazards and out-of-bounds shots add a penalty stroke. Check the wind indicator before choosing your aim.
Clubs
Choose among a putter, wedge, iron and driver. Their listed maximum ranges are 30, 75, 115 and 205 yards respectively.
Plan the landing, then the swing
Check wind, the intended landing point and nearby hazards before selecting the shot. A direct line at the flag is not always a good route when a miss enters water or leaves an awkward approach. Take a practice swing and watch the power display, then make the real swing with the same motion. Adjust one factor after a poor shot so the next attempt teaches you something clear.
Recover with a manageable target
When a shot leaves you far from the planned position, choose a safe next landing rather than trying to recover the entire lost distance immediately. Around the green, control and a readable putting line matter more than a powerful motion. The Putting and Hitting the Green training activities isolate those skills. A lower-risk approach can produce a better hole total than alternating spectacular shots and penalty recoveries.
References
Adapted text attribution
Sport reference summaries are adapted and rewritten from the community source. Credit: Wii Sports Wiki contributors. Adapted text is shared under CC BY-SA 3.0. The new playthrough-planning recommendations are editorial additions. Game images have separate rights and are not licensed by this text notice.