Tiger Woods PGA Tour Feedback

[Omni]

We're after your feedback on our recent Tiger Woods PGA Tour games and we'd love to know what you like/dislike about them and what you'd want included in a Tiger Woods game. Anything from which golfers you'd want to how the crowd looks. Let us know your thoughts.

[goonie11]

more golfers, more courses, longer career and more realistic scoring as in the first round the a.i. might finish on say -6 and i finish on +2 so when it comes to the second round the a.i. will finish with say -1 or there abouts.
what im saying is that if i have a bad round then the computer will, next time, or if i have a good round then the computer will have an amazing round the next time.

[RobBBW]

More Golfers would be nice, but not essential. I would prefer not to have all the Gamerface stuff and just have awesome models of famous golfers. Create your player can be fun but Gamerface just took too long, it's very fiddly.

I'd love some of the European courses to be included.

Putting should be improved dramatically. It's crazy how the ball flys past the hole sometimes, it's virtually impossible to guage the required power of the stroke. Chipping is poor and could do with an overhaul. As for "flop" shot, don't start me on that. Tell me, why have a target marker if, when applying 100% power the flop shot NEVER reaches it? Crazy stuff.

Veteran golfers would be good, like Norman, Faldo, Nicholas.

[SuperD123]

Realistically, I think there should be more focus on the gameplay offline and online rather than more golfers and more courses

Cmon guys, would you honestly want more golfers and courses if the putting glitch and the best ball glitch weren't fixed?? I don't think so!!!

Here are a list of things, I hope to see improved for 09:

1) Fix the Best ball glitch where it results in everyone getting the points there's a tie

2) Fix the Alternate Shot Glitch. A lot of people have seen this where on the last hole if one team is 1 up then regardless of what happens on the last hole, if the other team wins, then it still gives the team that was 1 up the win.

3) Fix the Putting Preview glitch There are instances where the Putt Preview indicates the ball is going in when it doesn't. This mainly is a issue online where it could be a bug due to the Green speed

4) Fix the Disconnection issues in Team games. Everybody knows that there is a severe inability to connect to everyone in team game not to mention the amount of times the game freezes up in team games

[Liam1966]

It would be good if We could appoint our own caddy's differnt styles, helps us in different ways

[GeorgeD]

Allow use of right stick for shots on the practice ground.

I'd like to be able to choose a specific hole to practice on. If I'm having trouble with a specific hole, I'd like to be able to select it from a list of all holes on all courses, so that I can work on my problems/

Being able to save a game in the middle of a round when playing the PGA Tour.

Get the green speed right. I hate it when you have to aim short of the hole on an uphill put to prevent it flying past.

Fix the online reliability.

Get rid of power boost from all modes.

Get rid of spin control once the ball has be hit.

Have an option to mute all online live chatting. I don't have a headset, and don't want one. An option in the settings menu to mute all online talking would be good.

Make it so that you can use any club at any time. Sometimes it might be useful to use the driver on the fairway. I would also want to be able to use the putter from any place I choose, even if that were several feet off the green.

Have the ability to save a game's statistics so that you can analyse your play after the game.

Try to improve the game's rendering of the contours of the courses. It's not always obvious what the shape of the ground is at present.

Put a bit of random behaviour into the crowd. There tends to be a bit of synchronised movement at the moment where several people in the same shot all move in exactly the same way.

When you get asked to specify a profile to use before a game, you should be able to pick any of your saved profiles, whether they are currently loaded or not.

Make "Out-of-bounds" areas visible. At the moment, there does not seem to be any markers showing where out of bounds is.

Sometimes when I am putting or chipping from just off the green, the ball appears to pass straight through the flag stick if a shot is a bit strong. If the shot is in line with the stick it should hit it. If your lucky it might drop in the hole.

Have fun.

[Omni]

Some excellent feedback here, keep it coming

[GeorgeD]

I'd like to see a conventional driving range.

When I go to a real driving range I usually just take the clubs I want to practice with. The range is just a long hole with some targets placed at various distances.

This allows me to hit several balls with the same club so that I can get a good feel for what the ball will do depending whether I'm trying to hit the ball straight, hit a high shot or a low shot, with a fade or with a draw.

The TW08 practice ground makes this sort of practice very difficult, as you end up with a different club selected, and pointing in a different direction, after each shot.

It would be nice just to be able to work on repeat hitting of the same club in the same direction.

I would also like to be able to do some putting practice so that I can get a better understanding of how the ball travels and how the putting controls respond. In lalalahere doesn't seem to be anywhere you can do an extended session of putting practice.

[GeorgeD]

Make it so that you can only play once each day in the daily tournament. Make sure that the conditions are the same for everybody.

[GeorgeD]

Be nice to see some more realistic weather conditions. How about some rain or mist. I've even played in snow with orange balls.

[GeorgeD]

I play TW08 on the PS3.

It would be helpful to have some consistency in the menu system. Sometimes you have to press the X button to confirm a choice while at other times you have to press the O button.

Sometimes when you back out of a menu you end up on the main menu instead of the menu you used to get to where you were. For instance, after playing a round in the daily tournament, you are first taken back to the screen where you choose if you want to play a round. If you don't and press the O button to back out, you go to the main menu rather than the online menu. Seems to me it would be more logical to go up one level when you back out of something.

On many courses in lalalahe stated distances for holes does not match the distance you actually hit with the club. A glaring example of this is the first par 3 at Bandon Dunes. It appears to be a short hole of about 180 yds, but you have to use a 3 or a 5 wood to get to it. There are lots of examples of this on many courses.

If future versions have a PGA Tour Season, allow multiple players to play on an event. Some people like to play together with their friends, and it would be nice to play a full Tour event with them.

If novices play on line and lose all of their online starting money, They should be given some more. At least allow people in this situation to transfer money they might have won elsewhere in the game for use on line. After all, it's not real money so who would it hurt.

[TigerFan09]

Looking forward to the new PGA Tour 09 but I wish for a couple of changes. The most annoying thing for me in the series has to be being able to control the spin on the ball while in flight. Common EA golf games have to be more realistic,why spoil a good golf game by adding this stupid feature. This game would be nearly twice as good if you had the option to control the ball spin before a shot was taken. Imagine if a green had two levels and the pin was on the front level,then add more backspin by placing the ball further back in the stance and add more power to the shot to land on the back level of the green and spin back down to the front level. There should be a slider control for backspin like in the old Links LS golf game. Get rid of the stupid in flight control on ball spin PLEASE. Would be nice also to add more camera view controls to the next gen console versions like the pc versions of 08/07. There are so many great ideas I could suggest for the next PGA Tour10 but if only the ball inflight spin was one fix I'd be so happy. Nice to see a change in the annoying commentators from past has been changed in 09. One other thing why oh why is 09 not being released for pc? PC graphics are a generation infront of any console on the market today.

[Selectshot1]

Get the daily tournys sorted out, EA have had this problem for years and never seem to get it fixed

[gib2504]

First time posting in here.

First off, I love Tiger 09 awesome game.

A couple of suggestions.

I agree with the others about the spin control, this should be taken away, if you want backspin you have to loft it, shouldn't be able to change the direction of spin numerous times before the ball lands.

I really like the Dynamic stats idea, keeps the playablity up but it seems inconsistent at times, I shot a 12 under on Harbour town didn't drop a shot on any hole, but then at the end my short game went down by 2.0 points, my friend playing the same time, got 2 bogeys and finished -9 and his short game went up 0.8, this seems very strange to me.

Then on Wolf Creek i made 2 30ft putts and my putting changed by 0.1, i think you need to be rewarded more when your good and punished when you have a bad round.

On the PGA tour when your doing a round, like in real life you should have partners going round with you os you can see their scores as you do each hole, so maybe on the last day your with Tiger and you're equal on shots you'd be able to see what he's doing all the way round, would be a nice touch.

Or like the online mode, a similtaneous shot tracker so you can see what your playing partners have done, might bring more atmosphere to the round.

And as someone else said less scripting with the CPu rounds, when you play bad next round they play bad, when you play good they start playing good.

Well done with the Tiger Challenge i think this is spot on now, good challenges leading up to the 9 hole match, I like how this works now, spot on.

I really like alot of the course, but some are a bit boring, Riveria is a boring course, all the greens are flat not alot of hazards, it's a course my friends and I avoid, since you have the PGA license is there no chance of having more course like K Club, Valhalla, Royal Birchdale, and maybe this is my newbie side showing through, what about AUGUSTA how good would it be to have the chance at 18 holes on this legendary course.

Ryder Cup mode would be great, 12 american and 12 european golfers, 3 day event and the exact set up of the ryder would be good to take part in.

Loved the idea earlier of specific hole practising, if your having problems on a particular hole, you could perfect it trying different strategies.

This is all for now, just finish by saying I'm not a massive golf fan, played the demo of tiger 07 loved it and becoming more and more of a golf fan, going for my first proper round soon, all doen to your game, so well done

[brianb4]

When will we able to register the game.

[Divvy]

As above ryder cup mode would be awesome - needing to finish in the money list as well, not playable from the start.

Also the made up characters could be shot of and get more pros into the game.

Weather conditions (again as above) play a great part in the game. Many times I've been teeing off in rain that is coming down sideways. When you play golf your playing against the course and the elements - this needs to be involved in the game.

I'd like to see daily/weekly online tourneys for the wii - maybe even a world wide/continent or own country league. After all the online facilities aim is to get us playing together.

One last thing - take away the option to play as a pro from the game with full stats when playing online - people should be using their own characters that they use in their career mode.

P.S

Natalie Gulbis's curves could do with an over haul as well as I'm sure many will agree she has a lot more on offer than the game provides.

[SaintsGirl]

I cant play online on TW09,yet my othere half can.....It's getting beyond the joke now.

[SCOTTISHBOY]

all i want is for yous to sort online modes on the ps3! no more no less

[Walmo]

To have the abillity to play matches where you and a friend playing on the same console can take part in online matches with other people at the same time

[Omni]

Welcome to the forums new posters and a big thanks for all of the feedback. I've seen some mentions of game difficulty, do you feel it is too easy at times or is it perhaps too hard?

[GeorgeD]

Originally Posted by EAUK_Omni

Welcome to the forums new posters and a big thanks for all of the feedback. I've seen some mentions of game difficulty, do you feel it is too easy at times or is it perhaps too hard?

The totally unrealistic driving distances make the game a bit of a joke. I played a round a Wolf Creek today. I drove the greens, and eagled, every par 4 as well as driving 2 of the par 5s.

You really need to make it so that the maximum distances that any club can hit is more nearly the same as what would happen in real golf. According to the power attribute, my average driving distance is 392 yards. You have to agree that this is just fantasy and nothing at all to do with golf.

There also seems to have been some changes to the putting difficulty. You can really slam a ball into the hole and it will drop. There should be a bit more sensitivity in the hole to allow for balls that are hit too hard to bounce out of the hole.

In the different hardness levels there does not seem to be any great effect on the game other than not having the 3 click swing, spin control or the putt preview. The game should be harder in these levels. Slice and Hook should be more sensitive etc.

On the other hand, there are things that make the game impossible at times. The amount of effect the wind has on a ball is very variable. Sometimes you need to allow 4 yards per MPH of headwind, and at other times the wind seems to have virtually no effect on the ball. It can be very annoying if you are on a really good round on the daily only to drop short into the water because an 8 mph wind knocks 60 yards off of a 200 yard iron shot. The same goes for side winds.

The game has many good points, but is let down by these, and other, shortcommings.

[gib2504]

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.

[homelessdave]

my only issue right now is the online play, after the patch i am still having trouble with it. i know it isnt a simple job to fix but all my other games are fine online and this is the only one that gives me trouble, still an excellent game though

[SwfcFreak]

Whilst I like and applaud many of the new introductions into the game I find myself having to say how very, very disappointed I am with it.

For me the major, problem with this game is in the ever worsening mapping of the courses. What on earth is going on, if I hit a ball more than 5 feet from the fairway it’s out of bounds!! What a complete load of lalalala. Total and utter laziness on the part of the programmers/developers.

For god's sake, map the courses properly. If I hit a drive 100 feet wide onto another fairway this should still be playable.

Other things that I find totally shoddy in the programming; whilst I love the introduction of 1 ball into the traditional game, your lazy programming ruins it! I play a great shot and drop it behind a tree, what does the game do, move it somewhere else. I land the ball near the lip of the bunker, what does the game do? place it in the middle of the bunker. I could go on, but what's the point, you won't take a blind bit of notice.

Stop putting in loads of pretty aesthetics and make the game mapping more accurate.

I'm not going to go into the ease of scoring; this game has always been easy to shoot low scores. This isn't much of an issue for me as everyone can do this. What is driving me to despair is the cheapened mapping of courses.

If this is the way that this game is going, then TW10 will just be (or need to be) a hole in one from every shot. You'll look good, the course will look great, there will be loads of Gamernet points but don’t you dare go within 1 inch of the rough or you will be out of bounds.

This weekend I got together with several friends for a gaming weekend. We have all bought this game, but everyone of us agreed, if the course mapping isn’t improved we won’t buy it again; after all, we are supposed to be playing a game of golf!

[GeorgeD]

I'd like to see the green grid being visible when hitting a shot to the green.

At present, it's very difficult to be sure of the green contours when hitting an approach shot. It would be nice to have better idea of what the ball is going to do when it hits the green.

Just in case you think this might be just another way of making the game easier, remember that in real golf you can walk up to the green if necessary to examine it.