The game was developed and published by HB Studios, a studio whose primary work in the past has been contract work for annual sports releases. In particular the company had often worked with Electronic Arts and were expecting to get the contract to develop the 2015 edition of PGA Tour. However after Electronic Arts cancelled the series, HB Studios decided instead to make their own golf game. (From Wikipedia)
I loved this game and used to play through steam with a couple friends many hours. The course creator was amazingly in depth and easily counted for 1/2 my time playing. The graphics were very nice and the gameplay was near perfect, just with a green that felt a little too frictionless at times.