Hole in One Golf is a golf game with some unusual features like the event feature. Activating events allows a bunch of critters to interfere with your ball after you hit it. Those critters may play to your advantage or disadvantage. The game features Hole in One Golf 's eight event characters: Caprice, Zippy, Canny, Ribbon, Dasher, Wroth, and Mute.
The game has three different modes of play: Stroke - where you aim for the lowest possible score; Tour - where you take on the professionals in the tournament competition; Link - where you play against your friend through Game Link Cable. There are three different 18-hole courses to choose from: Tokyo, Arizona, and Hawaii.
During gameplay, you can see two main perspectives: a back camera view during the hitting phase, where you select the hitting point and power with which to hit the ball; and a top-down overview of the full field view, weather info, hole distance, and terrain. On the green, there are three types of terrains: flat, slow slope, and high slope.
The game also supports rumble features and comes with a special-made game cartridge that can fit one AAA battery inside, along with a single AAA battery itself for power.