I don't quite understand about 97 not liking 99.
99 is great and you can get it for under 10 bucks on Eb@y.
2001 is coming out this fall and I can't wait for it. I'd get LInksLS over any golf game out there. It's just so much better than the rest. You'd be better off with a gameboy golf game than any EA Sports crap. Ever since PGA97 I had to stop using it because of their "risk" meter.. Basically if it was a risky shot, you shouldn't shoot it. Problem was, on the green if you shot it ANY direction except the right way, it would be a risk.. took all the fun out of it.
Go Links.. run whichever version you can, but get links.