Product Description

Feel the drama of playing tournament golf with Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 10. For the first time in franchise history, take aim at capturing the U.S. Open Championship on the ever-challenging Bethpage Black. Playing in front of huge galleries and hearing crowd reactions from nearby holes, take your game to the next level when it matters most as you try to hold off a charging Tiger Woods and other PGA TOUR Pros. Whether you're fighting the course, the crowd, dynamic weather conditions, or the field, feel the drama on every swing with Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 10.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #640 in Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Model: 19028
• Published on: 2009-06
• Released on: 2009-06-08
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Number of discs: 1
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .59" h x 5.46" w x 6.80" l, .30 pounds

Features

• With the all-new fixed length putter you'll face the challenge of reading the greens and determining the exact distance to the hole. Maintaining speed and control throughout your swing ensures putting accuracy.
• For the first time ever, feel the drama of playing in the US Open, one of golf's biggest¿and toughest¿tournaments of the year.
• Replay dramatic scenarios from past PGA Tour seasons as you¿re placed on the course at the precise moment before history was made¿only this time, you determine the outcome.
• Powered by the Weather Channel, real-time weather now has a major effect on gameplay conditions. If it¿s raining in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fl, then you too can face the challenge of a rain-soaked TPC Sawgrass.
• Play alongside actual PGA Tour Pros during real-world PGA Tour events or swing away in daily and weekly tournaments as you fight to stay atop the leaderboard.

Amazon.com Product Description

Feel the drama of playing professional tournament golf like never before with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10. For the first time in the history of Electronic Arts' much lauded golf simulation franchise, players can take aim at capturing the US Open Championship on the ever-challenging Bethpage Black. Playing in front of huge galleries and hearing crowd reactions from nearby holes, take your game to the next level when it matters most as you try to hold off a charging Tiger Woods and other PGA Tour Pros. Whether you’re fighting the course, the crowd, dynamic weather conditions, or the field, feel the drama on every swing with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10. Key Features: Excitement on Every Swing - Huge galleries, digital leaderboards, and dynamic crowd reactions throughout the course add to the intense experience of real tournament golf. Win the US Open Championship - For the first time ever, feel the drama of playing in the US Open, one of golf's biggest—and toughest—tournaments of the year. Known for its extremely challenging playing conditions, Bethpage Black tests even the best golfers. Take the Tournament Challenge - Replay dramatic scenarios from past PGA Tour seasons as you’re placed on the course at the precise moment before history was made—only this time, you determine the outcome. Dynamic Weather Conditions - Powered by the Weather Channel, real-time weather now has a major effect on gameplay conditions. If it’s raining in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fl, then you too can face the challenge of a rain-soaked TPC Sawgrass. EA Sports Live Tournaments - Prove yourself against the best players online in unique tournament events. Play alongside actual PGA Tour Pros during real-world PGA Tour events or swing away in daily and weekly tournaments as you fight to stay atop the leaderboard. Precision Putting Challenge - With the all-new fixed length putter you'll face the challenge of reading the greens and determining the exact distance to the hole. Maintaining speed and control throughout your swing ensures putting accuracy. Multiplayer Support - Enjoy 1-4 local multiplayer support and 2-4 coop, as well as 2-4 online multiplayer and 2-4 online co-op support. Screenshots: Classic courses. View larger. Live tournaments. View larger. Realistic weather. View larger. In-game help. View larger.

Customer Reviews

The Only Place You Can Play ALL of These Classic Courses for Less Than 60 Bucks!
Real-life golfers and folks that don't play golf in real life will enjoy Tiger Woods PGA Tour '10. But if you are a golfer and you are at all familiar with the players and the classic courses offered in this game, you will find this game most enjoyable.

The courses/players are modeled after the real things, and they are indeed designed to play just like them too. The courses you get are:

- TPC Sawgrass
- Turnberry
- St. Andrews
- Bethpage Black (where the 2009 US Open was played)
- Bay Hill
- Firestone
- Oakmont
- Doral
- Pinehurst #2
- Wentworth West
- Harbour Town
- Pebble Beach
- TPC Boston
- Hazeltine National
- East Lake Golf Club
- Torrey Pines
...or you can tell the game to choose a random 18 (or 9).

All of the courses are not initially unlocked; you need to progress through a set of Tournament Challenges that will build your skills, unlock courses, unlock equipment and get you ready to compete on the single player PGA Tour campaign mode and online. As you progress you earn money to buy equipment, apparel and other items in the pro shop. Up to 4 players can play in matches together on or offline.

It is vital that you play at least some of the aforementioned Tournament Challenges prior to joining the PGA Tour which is, just like the real thing, a series of Thursday through Sunday four day events (you don't really have to play them on Thursday through Sunday).

After beating a good part of the Tournament Challenge mode, your skills should be sharp enough to now play on the Tour on the Event Calendar; I'd highly recommend not joining the tour until you acquire the full potential of your skills by defeating Tournament Challenges. Similarly, if you plan to play online, play as Tiger until you get your own character fully upgraded or be sure that you're playing against someone at your own skill level.

A really cool feature of the equipment is that if you don't want to wait to unlock some of it through playing experience, you have the option to literally purchase it though the Playstation Store (like 2 bucks for each unlock I think). That was especially inviting for me as a TW '07 convert. I'm too used to having the best equipment, so it was nice to be able to set myself up with some perk items right from the get-go.

Speaking of my conversion from TW '07 to TW '10, I've found so far that the improvements and enhancements to '10 versus '07 are 99% positive. Online play is much easier to manage...especially playing with friends. And my favorite campaign mode upgrade is the Tournament Challenges that pit you against the pros during classic moments in golf history versus in '07 where you just played matches against from lowest to highest ranked golfers. TW `10's Tournament Challenges are very cool and a lot more challenging than the "Tiger Challenges" that were in TW '07.

The minor negatives in '10 versus '07 are 1) the new Precision Putting system. Hate it! Hate it! Hate it! Thank goodness '07 through '09 players can tell the game to go back to the Classic Putting mode; I'd advise all new players to try the Classic mode before smashing your controller in frustration over the new Precision system. The second minor negative is the weather; unless you tell the game not to mimic real-time weather at the course you're playing, you could find yourself playing in a driving rain storm that will dramatically affect your skills. I don't play real golf in the rain, and I don't want to play PS3 golf in the rain!

Another difference between TW '10 and '07 is the disappearance of the driving range. The driving range allowed for quick, easy skill upgrades. The new "Player Coach" in '10 is really fun--don't get me wrong--it's just, well, I dunno...I'm sure that the "Coach" will grow on me. After a round, he has you practice some of your worst shots in the round in exchange for skill upgrades. Actually...I guess that's pretty cool.

Oh yeah, and the other very minor negative is that David Feherty and Gary McCord (the popular PGA TV announcers) are gone. They were pretty good in TW '07. In TW '10 you get Scott Van Pelt from ESPN and Kelly Tilman from The Golf Channel to narrate your game play during matches. Their commentary can be annoying...especially when you hit a bad shot. Anyway....

You can choose to play as some popular golfers that all look like perfectly created CGI versions of the real players (with the exception of Colin Montgomerie who looks more like a scary character out of Resident Evil 5). But the best and most fun way to play is creating your own golfer that you save.

Besides stroke, match and skins play, there are several other game modes to try (which, frankly, I haven't done much of and probably won't).

Tiger Woods PGA Tour '10 on the PS3 can kill an hour quick if you've got one to spare. Fastest 18 I've ever played. When you're playing with more than one person, set aside a good amount of time if you go a full 18 holes.

Overall, this is a terrific game that is addictive as you are driven to improve your custom golfer's skills. It's great fun for the whole family. Add it to you cart.

Be the ball.

Tiger Woods 10 PS3
For some reason, to me, Golf has always translated very well to the consoles. This even dates back to when I would play the NES game "GOLF" which was a favorite at our house - heck, even my dad would play that.

There's not that much difference year to year, so if you have the prior year's version I could not justify the $60 for minor upgrades and such. However, if you're new to the PS3 console or new to the sport, this is a good one.

As far as positives go, I really like the way the clubs handle as far as the swing itself goes. The analog stick works well. It's very easy to learn and control and hit decent tee shots. Also, surprisingly, I like the new putting system. I'm not very good at it, but it's easy to use, easy to handle. The create-a-player is very good too.

As far as the negatives go, in the create-a-player career mode, some of the putting greens are maddeningly challenging. Some of these are nearly impossible on the higher-stakes tournaments. For a casual gamer like myself, it can be frustrating.

The ability to play online against someone else - especially someone else's create-a-player - is really fun too. It's a great way to pass the time rather than just playing by yourself, locked away in your basement. So a big plus for that.

Overall it's a great game and highly recommended to those new to the PS3 or who don't have a prior Tiger Woods game. If you have a more recent Tiger, I can't say this new one is leaps-and-bounds better than the previous years.

Tiger 10 is more realistic.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 is far more believable than some of the other versions. I found myself working harder to achieve the next level versus the "unbelievable shot" scenario. Overall a good value and a fun experience.