Tiger Woods 09 Impressions Thread

I'm loving this game and switched back to the analog swing. Now that I have a better feel for how it works, I couldn't see myself going back to the 3-click method.

I've never played golf in real life and don't watch it on TV either, but I've always enjoyed golf video games since owning the DOS version of links back in the early 90's. The Tiger Woods series is new to me and probably one of the reasons I'm enjoying it so much.

Yep, I'm playing on Tour Pro and the 'power charge' and 'air-spin' are definitely disabled.  If you're playing career, you'll find that your power is noticeably gimped for a couple of rounds, but you level up very quickly, or at least I did.

Originally posted by Derek   Without playing any tiger challenges, I just won my third tourney at -24, getting 'beefed up' only by playing the rounds of the tourneys and some of the coach practices in between.   My stat average is about 8.5.   I'm a little disappointed that I was able to shoot so well so early at this point, although the competition shoots well too.

I was right around that area (8.5) and averaging 5 to 8 under per round in the tourneys on Tour Pro.  First thing to remember is you play off the front tees the first season (or at least the first few events as that is where they have been so far). Plus the wind is pretty tame early on and the greens are slow.

What has helped bring me down to earth is a two fold approach. 
#1 go purchase some "advanced" clubs that do not boost your stats.
#2 tune those "advanced" clubs to reduce the sweet spot (under 25% on all clubs) and shorten up the drive power.

You can make this game as easy or hard as you want it to be, thanks to the club tuning feature.  Another thing you can do (kinda a house rule) is to make sure on each drive/approach shot you hit some sort of draw or fade. It is actually more realisitic since most every pro out there hits one or both.

After doing this, play 18 holes from the back tee, with heavy winds and fast greens.  You probably won't have any complaints about the difficulty. ;)

Hard to say as I am going through the first season with only 18 holes per tourney 36 holes for a major.  I like to rush through the first season due to it playing from the shorter tees and less difficult conditions.  Once I get past this season and unlock all the courses I will then switch to my tuned clubs for the difficulty.  Currently only using them for exhibition rounds.