| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 | 
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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $59.99
Buy New: $52.59
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (1 reviews)
Sales Rank: 61
Platform: Xbox 360
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 15601
Model: 15601
UPC: 014633156010
EAN: 0014633156010
ASIN: B00164TDUC
Release Date: August 26, 2008 (New: This Week)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Battle your friends in 15 fun and challenging mini-games that keep the competition fierce, long after you have finished your round | | • | Tiger Woods' real life coach Hank Haney will guide you through your career right from the start and help you improve your confidence | | • | Get the most out of every club with the Club Tuner, an all-new swing-control feature that allows you to calibrate your clubs to fit your personal tendencies and preferences | | • | Coach Haney will be constantly watching your performance and assessing areas for improvement | | • | Ball trail visuals indicate your competitors' shots, allowing you to swing whenever you're ready |
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Product Description
Whether you're a seasoned veteran or hitting the links for the first time, now everybody swings on an even playing field in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09. Your career begins under the watchful eye of Hank Haney, Tiger Woods' real-life coach, who takes you under his wing, helps you tune your clubs, and provides training drills to help improve your game. With experience under your belt and confidence as your ally, take aim at family, friends, and rivals in fun and challenging game modes, including the new Golf Party mini-game mode. With improved swing mechanics, an all-new controller system, and tutelage from one of the game's best coaches, play your way to the top of the leader board with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09. An all-new controller system allows golfers of all skill levels to play on an even playing field, removing the guesswork as the game shows you exactly where your ball will travel before every shot.
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Tee off with Tiger for the '09 season The pros have their own coaches, now you do too in Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09. Whether you're a seasoned veteran or hitting the links for the first time, Hank Haney, Tiger Woods' real-life coach, takes you under his wing, assesses your skills, and provides feedback after every round. With experience under your belt and confidence as your ally, take on all-new challenges in EA SPORTS GamerNet or new Online Simultaneous Play, where four live golfers can play a round in no time. With the new Club Tuner, an all-new Dynamic Skills feature, and tutelage from one of the game's best coaches, play your way to the top of the leaderboards with Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09. 
 | Key Features
- All-New Performance Coach-Tiger Woods' real-life coach, Hank Haney, guides you through your career by assessing your performance and providing tips and drills to increase your skills.
- Maximize Your Swing-Get the most out of every club with the Club Tuner, an all-new swing-control feature that allows you to calibrate your clubs to fit your personal tendencies and preferences.
- Stay Atop Your Game-Adding Skill Points to your abilities is only half the battle as all-new Dynamic Skills shift after every round, emphasizing consistency as much as improvement.
- Enhanced EA SPORTS GamerNet-All-new Instant Challenges-long drives, approach shots, and putting contests-appear throughout your round, adding excitement to the competition.
- All-New Online Simultaneous Play-Compete in a live four person round in the time it takes to play a single-player round. Ball trail visuals indicate your competitors' shots, allowing you to swing whenever you're ready.
- New Courses and Golfers-Test your skills on new courses, including Gary Player Country Club in South Africa, Wentworth Country Club in England, and more, while international stars Se Ri Pak, Darren Clarke, and others join the competition.
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Instant Gamernet challenges
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Visualize the hole...not the hazard
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Simultaneous multiplayer helps speed up the round
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| Customer Reviews:
A Well-Balanced Game August 26, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have always been a fan of the Tiger Woods PGA Tour series. I've had it for Wii and I've had it for the xbox 360 - a couple of different versions spanning a few years.
This game is one of the most entertaining video games out there, without frying your mind with mind-numbing time-killing violence. You will actually feel refreshed and relaxed at the end of a nice session of this game.
However, this game is not meant for very short play intervals. You need to relax, enjoy the most authentic golfing experience that is possible through a video game, right in the comfort of your home.
The entire golfing experience feels very real here. You do feel those bunkers out there, and you do see those trees blocking your way to that nice little hole. And if you end up (ever) scoring an eagle, you are bound to be smiling for the rest of your game. It's a great game.
I have some comments on the series in general. EA could have chosen to implement a sort of real-world walk around play. The player could have walked around in a simulated 3-D world and then when he is ready to take his shot, it could have switched to the play mode where you start aiming etc. That would have made it more closer to the real golfing experience, because at least some part of the fun is in walking around, exploring the golf course etc. But that would add a completely new dimension to this genre, and probably increase the developing efforts manifold.
The style that this series has, it takes you from your one shot to the next, and that is done in the most authentic fashion. Spare the actual walking to where your ball landed, and this is the most authentic golf game out there.
Over the years, this game has been optimized and crafted to make it more fun, and more authentic - where every level of golfer (frequent players to absolutely never played golf) gets to learn something from this game.
I see every series brings more detail into the game - not just graphics or game play, but the actual factors that go into playing golf. The player skills system seems to be very well done.
The golf courses feel very real. The feel of bunkers is very real and putting needs skill. One thing EA needs to do more is to give more audio control to the user. I would like to just hear nice bird sounds, and maybe ocean sounds etc (depending on the real geography of the course) and cut out any audience sounds. Just as if I was hitting the course on a saturday morning. The sounds are still very well done and graphics are amazingly real. You get to choose equipment as you advance your game, which is fun.
If you play close attention to your playing, vs if you are just playing casually, you will end up scoring better when you were paying attention.
This game has been a balancing act for EA, and they have done an excellent job at it.
I highly recommend it to folk, who like myself like relaxing games. This is a title that is meant for adults as much as it is meant for youngsters.
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