| | | |  - Play with Maximum Control - With an easy-to-use swing system, including new two- and three-click swing controls, everyone can play like Tiger Woods and dominate the PGA TOUR.
- All-New EA SPORTS Cup - Experience the thrill of world-class golf in a tense, high stakes tournament format. Each match is won or lost in a matter of minutes, making this the perfect mode to play against friends and family or when you're short on time.
- Play with Consistency - Model your career after Tiger Woods', executing streaks of consistent play year after year. Maximize your potential and take your game to the highest level.
- Twenty Championship Courses - Challenge your game while playing on some of the toughest courses from around the world, including Wentworth in England, Sheshan in China, and Wolf Creek and Bay Hill in the United States.
- Take on the World's Best - Play as or against PGA TOUR and LPGA Tour players from 12 different countries, including Fiji's Vijay Singh, Korea's Se Ri Pak, England's Justin Rose, Scotland's Colin Montgomerie, and many more.
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Product InformationWhether you're a seasoned veteran or hitting the links for the first timeplay with maximum control and aim for consistency using a simplified swingsystem in Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09. With confidence as your ally take aimat family friends and rivals in the all-new EA SPORTS Cup tournament wheremomentum is gained or lost after every swing. With easy-to-use swing mechanicsand an all-new controller system play your way to the top of the leaderboardwith Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09.Product Features Play with Maximum Control-With an easy-to-use swing system including new two- and three-click swing controls everyone can play like Tiger Woods and dominate the PGA TOUR. All-New EA SPORTS Cup-Experience the thrill of world class golf in a tense high stakes tournament format. Each match is won or lost in a matter of minutes making this the perfect mode to play against friends and family or when you're short on time. Play with Consistency-Model your career after Tiger Woods’ executing streaks of consistent play year after year. Maximize your potential and take your game to the highest level. Twenty Championship Courses-Challenge your game while playing on some of the toughest courses from around the world including Wentworth in England Sheshan in China and Wolf Creek and Bay Hill in the United States. Take on the World’s Best-Play as or against PGA TOUR and LPGA Tour players from 12 different countries including Fiji’s Vijay Singh Korea’s Se Ri Pak England’s Justin Rose Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie and many more. Amazon.com:
Tee off with Tiger for the '09 season Whether you're a seasoned veteran or hitting the links for the first time, play with maximum control and aim for consistency using a simplified swing system in Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09. With confidence as your ally, take aim at family, friends, and rivals in the all-new EA SPORTS Cup tournament, where momentum is gained or lost after every swing. With easy-to-use swing mechanics and an all-new controller system, play your way to the top of the leaderboard with Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09. 
 | Key Features
- Play with Maximum Control-With an easy-to-use swing system, including new two- and three-click swing controls, everyone can play like Tiger Woods and dominate the PGA TOUR.
- All-New EA SPORTS Cup-Experience the thrill of world class golf in a tense, high stakes tournament format. Each match is won or lost in a matter of minutes, making this the perfect mode to play against friends and family or when you're short on time.
- Play with Consistency-Model your career after Tiger Woods’, executing streaks of consistent play year after year. Maximize your potential and take your game to the highest level.
- Twenty Championship Courses-Challenge your game while playing on some of the toughest courses from around the world, including Wentworth in England, Sheshan in China, and Wolf Creek and Bay Hill in the United States.
- Take on the World’s Best-Play as or against PGA TOUR and LPGA Tour players from 12 different countries, including Fiji’s Vijay Singh, Korea’s Se Ri Pak, England’s Justin Rose, Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie, and many more.
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Average Rating : 
Rating : - Good game, but severely lacking in some spots
I got this game used not too long ago, mostly to play my brother-in-law online. I play it almost everyday and do enjoy it, but there are several areas where the game is lacking.
· When using the three-click swing meter (which is much more convenient on shots that you are not hitting to 100 percent strength), you are just as likely to hit it perfect as you are to have the game hitch and slow down so that your shot is screwed up.
· There is no tutorial or tip about hitting with the wind, which comes up quite often on a few courses. An 8 mph wind will hardly affect your ball, but there is no discernable difference between the way a 15 mph wind and 30 mph wind toy with your ball.
· The wind affects your ball heavily, but apparently it does nothing to the trees or the flag. Playing a hole with 35 mph winds and the trees don't move and the flag just gently waves. When playing female golfers (with wind or without) their ponytails remain in perfect horseshoe shape whether they are standing over the ball, hitting the ball, walking -- it just doesn't move!
· No matter what course you are playing and in what locale, the conditions are always the same -- late afternoon and slightly cloudy skies. And, the crowds never react individually to a shot, unless you hit a guy in the balls. They always clap at the same time or drop their hands to the side at the same time. That's just lazy programming.
· The post-match teaching sessions with Hank Haney are dumb and repetitive, and he never provides any actual coaching. Just "You can do better than that," or "C'mon!" The thing is, you have to go through the drills in order to earn your skills back, which you lost because of one or two bad shots during the previous round that you recovered from. In the distance category, you lose points for hitting short drives even when it was the wind knocking your ball down to begin with. You lose short game points for not landing your ball withing 5 feet of the pin, but the game won't give you the benefit of the doubt even when you're consistently draining 15 foot putts.
All that said, I do enjoy the game and I am willing to put up with the foibles and frustration to have some fun.
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