David Leadbetter - Wii Personal Golf Trainer

[juanrjackson]

Anyone tried it for the Wii? If so, how was it?

http://www.tgw.com/customer/category...4/refScid/1184

[xxsoultonesxx]

how can this be helpful if you are swinging a little Wii remote around?

[double_j]

Not sure about this one. The Wii motion plus is actually very accurate so I can see how it could help trace the swing shape, etc. but that said, I don't see how this would really help with grip and clubface position, etc. given that the Wii controller is shaped nothing like a real grip.

[pittpanther]

Read the reviews on Amazon .

There are only 2 reviews so far - one good, one bad. Take note that you also need the Wii Balance Board.
Both reviews agree that it's slow, and that the Ledbetter videos are not made for the game, and instead appear to be taken from his DVDs.

[Tiger Spuds]

I was thinking of buying this, just for fun.I also thinking of modifying an old club with some kind of clip on the shaft that would hold the wii remote in place.That way you could use your proper grip etc, plus make it more fun.

[TheGeekGolfer]

  double_j said:

Not sure about this one. The Wii motion plus is actually very accurate so I can see how it could help trace the swing shape, etc. but that said, I don't see how this would really help with grip and clubface position, etc. given that the Wii controller is shaped nothing like a real grip.

$40 gets you a club w/ a real grip and a compartment for the controller.

Here's a review... 'the chicken stick' on www.badchicken.com.

[jallen100]

The xbox sensor sounds like its going to be the way to go. No remote, so you can actually hold one of your clubs. They are saying it has taken the wii technology 5 steps further. Lets hope it works with Tiger Woods 10 or 11.

[Boston]

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/110/1100750p1.html

John Daly is going to have a game that is supposed to be super-realistic as well. It uses the "move" controller for the PS3.

[iacas]

  Boston said:

John Daly is going to have a game that is supposed to be super-realistic as well. It uses the "move" controller for the PS3.

Realistic? They putt with the flagstick in the hole. FAIL.

John Daly's game would only be realistic if ____________________ (insert your own drinking, shirtless, ten-ex-wives joke here).

[Tiger Spuds]

Yeah.. I don't know if I wanna be buying anything with Daly's name attached, mostly because if the product was that good they could have got someone more respectable to endorse it.Being able to open and close the clubface like that is cool though, I wonder if they've got the right ball flight laws in there..

[kafka01]

How can this be even called close to realistic - just take putting for example. If you putt like this for real you would end up anywhere but close to the hole with all the movement going on, and here it goes right at it - LOL.
You could probably swing that thing in a minicircle and get a 300y drive - yeah right. So what about proper hinging actions, forearm & shoulder rotations, proper sequencing of the release?

Its a nice gimmick - but other than that, this thing teaches you absoultly nothing about a golf motion.

[bwdial]

  iacas said:

Realistic? They putt with the flagstick in the hole. FAIL.

You forgot the obligatory trip to Hooters. :p

[TheGeekGolfer]

  kafka01 said:

How can this be even called close to realistic - just take putting for example. If you putt like this for real you would end up anywhere but close to the hole with all the movement going on, and here it goes right at it - LOL.

I agree! Most people I know that play TW on the Wii leave it in 'normal' mode, so all their shots are right down the middle and they shoot 60s all the time. They don't even know there is a more advanced mode that tracks their swing more realistically. One of my friends found out that he could hit 300yd drives, basically straight every time if he stood backwards to the screen and snapped his arm back towards the screen (think the back-swing in bowling, but only faster).

The main problem with these golf 'simulators' is that every shot you hit has 'perfect contact', if they took all the 'body motion' into account, these guys would be topping / fatting / toeing every other shot....but then they wouldn't sell any games, because it would be tooooo hard.

[Kieran123]

  TheGeekGolfer said:

I agree! Most people I know that play TW on the Wii leave it in 'normal' mode, so all their shots are right down the middle and they shoot 60s all the time. They don't even know there is a more advanced mode that tracks their swing more realistically. One of my friends found out that he could hit 300yd drives, basically straight every time if he stood backwards to the screen and snapped his arm back towards the screen (think the back-swing in bowling, but only faster).

It would be cool if the XBOX360 kinect culd pick up on dipping, and genral body movement in a golf game and give you a top, or a fat shot depending on your body movement...

[pittpanther]

  TheGeekGolfer said:

The main problem with these golf '

Wii/Xbox/PS3 - These are not golf simulators, these are golf games. Who would by a golf game that required a year of practice before you could even get the ball off the ground?

[TheGeekGolfer]

  pittpanther said:

Wii/Xbox/PS3 - These are not golf simulators, these are golf games. Who would by a golf game that required a year of practice before you could even get the ball off the ground?

I agree, somewhat. These 'games' claim to be realistic, but every shot is center of the clubface. Yes, I know no one would buy the game if it took years to learn it. (duh) But, it would be fun for those that are golfers to add one more bit of realism to it and pick up on thin/fat shots or toe/heel shots. That's all I'm saying.

[Skragbait]

You can shank shots in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 using the Tour Swing mode. Also, you can push or pull full swings and putts depending on your swing path. It's pretty damn fun. I'm going to get one of those Chicken Sticks to help hold me over through the long winter months here in Michigan.

[Dr. Griefo]

  Skragbait said:

You can shank shots in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 using the Tour Swing mode. Also, you can push or pull full swings and putts depending on your swing path. It's pretty damn fun. I'm going to get one of those Chicken Sticks to help hold me over through the long winter months here in Michigan.

It's been raining here alot and I hadn't golfed in over a week but I did get in several rounds on this game. Today managed to get in a real nine holes and shot a 62

I normally shoot 42-45 on nine, a bad game is anything above 45. The wii swing really solidfied itself into my real game and my putting was messed up as well. I had to laugh after taking a 10 on the 4th hole and I just gave up caring about a score for the day and spent the last 5 holes trying to salvage my game. I did manage to bogey the 7th and 8th holes then end strong with a triple ;-/ This winter, ps2 golf with the old fashioned controller...