 British Open Championship Golf was the third self @-@ published game released by Looking Glass Technologies . It was directed by Rex Bradford , designer of the early golf title Mean 18 . The team sought to create an accurate simulation of tournament golf play , which they felt was missing in the genre . To achieve this goal , they focused on recreating the atmosphere of a tournament , and included reactive crowds and announcers . The game was placed in competition with popular golf series such as Links and PGA Tour . 
