First time playing the game.
The golfing is actually kind of fun. I sorta forgot I was playing a horror game and that I was aiming the business end of a shotgun towards my face. That might be a bad thing depending on what you are going for, but the golf works.
The only issue I encountered was that the ball clipped through the ground close to the hole in the first round of level one and I got softlocked. However, I didn't have the same problem after restarting and it was only the first hole so it wasn't a big loss.
Someone else already commented this but saving should also save level progress. It doesn't change the gameplay any since it's basically the same as saving the game at the start of the next level.
However, I admit I'm biased because I have mixed feelings on limited saves as a whole. I've always found them annoying more than anything, and anger is an excellent antidote to fear.
Keep up the good work.