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gib2504 · 08-10-2008, 03:01 PM

Something to add from my earlier post about improvments.

One mode that needs alot of work is the PGA season, it is so unrealistic it's annoying, I played a 4 round Major at Wentworth the other day and I finished -43 and i came in 3rd place.

This is stupid, when has a PGA event ever finished with someone -45 under, you get -13,-14 under and win this would be so much more realistic, It is making me not want to play the PGA mode, I will have to break the course record every round to have a chance to win an event, this is not what happens in real life.

I think this is because the game is too easy, as the previous person said, if you having a average drive of 390+ yards it makes a joke of the game.

If you watched the Ryder Cup last month you would have seen how often professional golfers land on the green, which isn't every approach shot, alot of times they land far side of the green or back of the green.

And so many times in pro golf, they make mistakes and go in the rough and it means a par is a good result in the hole, It is far too easy to hit recovery shots, you can go in the rough and still easily birdie.

The swing needs to be more reliant on the quality of the swing, maybe not slice or fade away but maybe not go as far if the swing isn't right.

Also in PGA mode, there are people atop of the leaderboard who I have never heard of, or golfers who might appear up top once or twice not every single tournament.

Say if your on a 4 round Major the par is 70 you would need to get 60 in every round to win the event, show me in golf where this happens.

What I have also noticed, say you do break the course record, you'll maybe do most fairwaylalalala, greenlalalalalatc, then you look at the leader board, you've scored a 59 the best ever on the course, and a A.I player will have got 57. EA please get rid of this now, if you break a course record thats been set in real life, you should have played your best round ever and the A.I thinks it can do it aswell.

Surely this is patchable to tone down players abilities or make the game harder.

08-10-2008, 03:01 PM	#22 (permalink)
gib2504 Rookie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 13	Something to add from my earlier post about improvments. One mode that needs alot of work is the PGA season, it is so unrealistic it's annoying, I played a 4 round Major at Wentworth the other day and I finished -43 and i came in 3rd place. This is stupid, when has a PGA event ever finished with someone -45 under, you get -13,-14 under and win this would be so much more realistic, It is making me not want to play the PGA mode, I will have to break the course record every round to have a chance to win an event, this is not what happens in real life. I think this is because the game is too easy, as the previous person said, if you having a average drive of 390+ yards it makes a joke of the game. If you watched the Ryder Cup last month you would have seen how often professional golfers land on the green, which isn't every approach shot, alot of times they land far side of the green or back of the green. And so many times in pro golf, they make mistakes and go in the rough and it means a par is a good result in the hole, It is far too easy to hit recovery shots, you can go in the rough and still easily birdie. The swing needs to be more reliant on the quality of the swing, maybe not slice or fade away but maybe not go as far if the swing isn't right. Also in PGA mode, there are people atop of the leaderboard who I have never heard of, or golfers who might appear up top once or twice not every single tournament. Say if your on a 4 round Major the par is 70 you would need to get 60 in every round to win the event, show me in golf where this happens. What I have also noticed, say you do break the course record, you'll maybe do most fairwaylalalala, greenlalalalalatc, then you look at the leader board, you've scored a 59 the best ever on the course, and a A.I player will have got 57. EA please get rid of this now, if you break a course record thats been set in real life, you should have played your best round ever and the A.I thinks it can do it aswell. Surely this is patchable to tone down players abilities or make the game harder.