[emw80]

Before i get into this id like to say i love this game and i ask the makers of the game to take this post as a constructive criticism with the aim of better future development for the enjoyment of the end user and NOT as a bad mark.

I will start with the worst point,

I have played PGA TOUR GOLF from back in the days of the SNES when it was actually called PGA TOUR GOLF, so iv seen the progress along the way and enjoyed the benefits as a gamer that this progress brought us.
THANK YOU.
Now we have had a long chain of titles branded by TIGER WOODS, which im sure has helped his career as much as EA with its game sales,
but since the PGA series was first branded with Tiger i feel they have lost something from the game, which is the focus on the end user,
time after time we have had the same stuff with one or two small additions like swing system etc, and maybe a new course or two in every other title, which was fine for a while But now,

todays console systems with hard drives and the ability to download extra content EA (and others) have a massive opportunity to make EVERYONES game experience more enjoyable than ever before,
But sadly this is NOT the case and the DLC opportunity has just been exploited for maximizing profit and not trying to balance user enjoyment and fairness with profit making, as we are being asked to purchase courses which were FREELY available in previous titles, what was wrong with saying "OK we ran out of space on the disc to put all the courses you got in the last title, but hey we have up loaded them for you to get from LIVE and PSN at no charge",
After all the PGA tour experience isn't the same without them, and they know this, and capitalized on it in my opinion.

This move by EA took a lot of the shine away from the game for me as I'm sure it did for many other loyal followers of the series.
Gears of war2 gave us some pretty amazing FREE maps when you bought the game new, and recently CALL OF DUTY WORLD AT WAR gave us one free map, and just a few days ago LEFT FOR DEAD gave us a new multiplayer game mode FREE, FORZA 2 gave us loads of shiny new cars for free and it all came from the DLC market place!.....see where its going EA?
If these guys can, so can you!
Maybe even ditch TIGER WOODS from the title and get back to roots with maybe PGA TOUR GOLF - 2010 as title?
Then we could start to get input from all the other pro's to the extent to which Tiger has been involved for all these years,
He just bores me in the game now. Still great to follow in real life, just not in the game anymore, time to give everyone else a place.

So what id like to see in the next title on is ANY AND EVERY course from previous titles Included free of charge, IF you guys want to make new courses for the game, like European and African and Asian courses then
im definitely going to purchase the whole lot without hesitation.
Old content up dated is welcome but we shouldn't be charged for it,
But NEW CONTENT for purchase is more than welcome.


As for in game issues,
I would like to see TAP IN'S come back,
CAREER CO-OP OFF AND ONLINE, but make it so one cannot continue progress without the other, and still be able to pursue a solo career when not playing co-op with stats from both being merged.

TARGETING;
If the target circle allows me to and shows that i can get there, then i should be able to get the ball there, its that simple.
EYEBALL VIEW FROM BEHIND THE BALL, so i can see my line choices on the green.
FROM TEE, 1 circle showing IMPACT point after user adjustments due to wind and shot power and simultaneously showing a 2nd circle LANDING ZONE, factoring in the bumps and slopes from the impact point,
This method could be used for second shot and also on the approach to the green as long as its from the fairway.

In cases of your shot coming from a sand pit or on an awkward angled slope PLEASE show us a trajectory line coming out of the shot to its impact point,
I can guess these shots fairly well in real life, but in a game its near impossible,
Some might say that this is part of the fun of the game, but its not,
as the target circle shows where your shot WILL land but when you hit the ball you notice it straying left or right quite a lot and in worst cases you just lost that all important match winning shot, AH well back to the start, NO just fix this issue please.
ROLLING COMMENTARY that doesn't stop when you skip player animations and replays,

and like in FIFA 09 can we have the opportunity to select a name from a big list for the commentators to say in game?

And in career mode it would be cool to have the commentators keep you informed of other golfers scores and leaderboard positions,
they could say things like "tiger has just finished the 18th with an eagle which puts him 11 under for today" this keeps me in focus and under pressure and im sure other gamers out there would like that kind of pressure also.
The in game board which say "WELCOME TO (whatever course)"
should also show your shot, score, standings and then flick over to show overall leaderboard placements, then flick back to
"WELCOME TO (whatever course)" it all makes up for good in game atmosphere.

battle mode; can we have the distractions back? i liked having the ability to put your opponent off buy clicking the button to make noises.

People quitting out of waged games; instead of awarding someone when the other person quits or disconnects just nullify the bet as this can still be unfair, so if these things do happen theres no winners or losers.
or in cases of one person quitting out of the game then give the other the win and money,
the disconnection thing is tricky, as i have had someone on FIFA 09 pull the plug or whatever he did but i got the loss and when i checked the email score, it said "other guy" 3 - ME 0, which is strange because i was winning 1-0 and as soon as i scored he pulled the plug.

That's about it,,,till next time!
Sorry about the wall of text.

AND NO MORE HAVING TO RE MAKE OUR PLAYERS, IM GETTING SICK OFF HAVING TO CREATE A CHARACTER, AND ALSO START FROM SCRATCH WITH PLAYER HISTORY!