Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2012 To Feature Augusta National

[Shindig]

Well, I must be getting better - I have a ten shot lead through 27 holes at the Sony Open.

However, I'm destined to lose this tournament.  This isn't even a case of how can a man play with a lead like this... the game just popped up a message telling me I'm a choke artist!

[jamo]

After shooting +7 in the first round of the Masters, I was -3 for the day and right above the cutline going into the 18th hole of the second round. I proceeded to knock one in from about 160 to easily make the cut. That felt good.

[Shindig]

It appears that some achievements carry over between mastery levels.  I eagled all except the first par-5 at the Sony before achieving silver status for that course.  I just eagled the missing par-5 and got the "eagle all par-5s" checkbox for gold mastery.

[Lofty Lefty]

Originally Posted by Lofty Lefty

So I was halfway through the PGA tour season when I decided to create another golfer. I usually make one male, and then one female for kicks. I played a practice round with both of my created golfers no problem. Next time I turned on the Xbox the newer female golfer had overwritten the older male one! What gives?

THIS JUST HAPPENED TO ME AGAIN!

I went to "switch golfer" and went to create another golfer. I DEFINITELY chose an empty slot (of which there were 3) and created a new golfer.

Everything looked fine when I was done. I went to "switch golfer" again and they were both there.

I just turned on the Xbox again and guess what - the newer golfer had replaced the older one in the top slot, leaving 3 empty slots beneath it.

Looks like I have to start my career for a third time, and play with only 1 golfer. This sucks because I wanted to make one super golfer with 100% stats and one realistic golfer with about 40-50% stats.

Anyone else had this problem? Because this is a serious deal breaker for me.

[Lofty Lefty]

Holy crap, I just figured it out!

When you go to change golfer, only the last saved one will appear. You have to click on a slot and choose "Load user profile" or something.

It's annoying that this wasn't made clearer, and the 'digital manual' on the disc offered no help (yet another stingy effort from EA)

[GoCocks74]

Has anyone been playing Tournament difficulty mode?  I've played in a couple of daily online tournaments in the Tournament mode, best I've shot was 3 under at TPC San Antonio.  I like this difficulty mode because you see more realistic scores online, the lowest I've seen anyone shoot is 12 under.

[Kieran123]

Originally Posted by jamo

I won the first three events handily then got to the Masters and shot +7 in the first round because spin and power boost are turned off for the Masters. And I couldn't get anything to drop. Twice I hit par-fives in two and then four putted.

What? Why do they turn them off?

[nuck81]

Originally Posted by GoCocks74

Has anyone been playing Tournament difficulty mode?  I've played in a couple of daily online tournaments in the Tournament mode, best I've shot was 3 under at TPC San Antonio.  I like this difficulty mode because you see more realistic scores online, the lowest I've seen anyone shoot is 12 under.

I do.  I got tired of shooting sub 60 scores and winning by 15 strokes with a beginner character and low attributes.

The game is much more fun now....

[Mattplusness]

So has anyone played online yet? This game and NHL '10 are the only games I own and I would definitely regret buying Xbox Live if online play is sub-par.. pardon the pun

[iacas]

Originally Posted by Mattplusness

So has anyone played online yet? This game and NHL '10 are the only games I own and I would definitely regret buying Xbox Live if online play is sub-par.. pardon the pun

I played online. Just 18 holes and the other player's shots showed up as glowing lines on my screen. We weren't competing, just playing together.

[Quinn07]

Originally Posted by iacas

I played online. Just 18 holes and the other player's shots showed up as glowing lines on my screen. We weren't competing, just playing together.

You can play simultaneously or one at a time.  Pretty cool, seeing your partners lines for their shots.

[jamo]

Originally Posted by Kieran123

What? Why do they turn them off?

I don't know, but I did sort of get used to it. Shot -5 in the second round, but I was completely lost on long putts. And putting is completely nonsensical without the caddy. The lines on the grid mean nothing because the speed is turned way up. I ended up pitching mostly on long putts, and I usually used flop shots instead of pitches off the green because it was near-impossible to stop the ball with a pitch.

[Shindig]

Originally Posted by jamo

I don't know, but I did sort of get used to it. Shot -5 in the second round, but I was completely lost on long putts. And putting is completely nonsensical without the caddy. The lines on the grid mean nothing because the speed is turned way up. I ended up pitching mostly on long putts, and I usually used flop shots instead of pitches off the green because it was near-impossible to stop the ball with a pitch.

Wait... it turns off the caddy?  Or is he just regularly not giving you anything useful?

Despite buying the game largely because of Augusta, I've only played the main course once through so far.  I guess that needs to change before getting to the Masters in game!  I'll also probably play it later today with Thursday pins, tomorrow evening with Friday, and so forth.

[Kieran123]

Originally Posted by jamo

I don't know, but I did sort of get used to it. Shot -5 in the second round, but I was completely lost on long putts. And putting is completely nonsensical without the caddy. The lines on the grid mean nothing because the speed is turned way up. I ended up pitching mostly on long putts, and I usually used flop shots instead of pitches off the green because it was near-impossible to stop the ball with a pitch.

LOL

I played Augusta with a friend and the greens weren't that quick even on fast ( well not any faster than any other course )...maybe that setting is only on career mode?

Can't wait to play in it though

[jamo]

Quote:

Wait... it turns off the caddy?  Or is he just regularly not giving you anything useful?

Despite buying the game largely because of Augusta, I've only played the main course once through so far.  I guess that needs to change before getting to the Masters in game!  I'll also probably play it later today with Thursday pins, tomorrow evening with Friday, and so forth.

No, it turns off spin and power boost. But yeah, the caddy was giving me terrible shots too. Several times he told me to drive the ball in the bunker, and his reads on the greens were terrible. Especially the speed. Plus I think that putting is just made tougher for the Masters in career mode.

Originally Posted by Kieran123

LOL

I played Augusta with a friend and the greens weren't that quick even on fast ( well not any faster than any other course )...maybe that setting is only on career mode?

Can't wait to play in it though

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's just career mode. I've shot in the 50s there in practice rounds when I had spin and power boost and putting wasn't so hard.

[simland]

Can confirm it's only the Masters tournament where Augusta is a nightmare.  It's the only round of TW I've ever shot over par.  With a +3 the first round and me doing only 2 round tourneys, I only had one round to learn the course.  I finished at -9 for the tournament.  I got extremely versed in the nuances of the course.  Not often in TW do I forgo the par 5s in 2 strategy, but it really payed off.  Also swirling wind?  That was a new one.

Though it was very hard as a Master's tournament it was very enjoyable.  Side note: Fire your caddie.  The only time he is useful is on the greens where it is hard to judge speed.  He'll provide a decent enough ballpark.  Unless he just gives up, then I suggest flopping to near the pin.

[Lofty Lefty]

OK, I've got Xbox live set up now.

My gamer tag is WaywornTomcat6

Hit us up for a game!

[motteler621]

so I rented this game (tiger woods masters 2012). I am wondering what the proper way to hit the ball on the game is, do you go straight down (backswing) and then straight up(downswing) on the joystick? I tried this method and I wasnt hitting them all that good but when I tried pushing straight down for backswing and then instead of going straight up I pushed the joystick in a half circle to the top, like this -- (    instead of straight up -- l. I dont get it but all my shots go straight and full power this way? Thanks for the help guys, dont have a user manual and they dont really train you in the game

ps. the putting on this game is very difficult for a beginner, its easy to 4 putt inside 6 feet, haha