Looking for three people to play Augusta with me next March

westcoastvol · Jan 6, 2011

Finally, women can play Augusta.

doubledown68 · Jan 6, 2011

westcoastvol said:

Finally, women can play Augusta.
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A woman can play it now... provided she wins a PGA Tournament in the previous year, finishes near the top of a men's major or qualifies through the men's amateur route.

golfnut8924 · Jan 6, 2011

Crash said:

Rhody31 said:

Crash said:

My fear is that it'll be entirely too easy, like most of the versions of Tiger's PGA games.
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You'd rather play a game that's super hard? I loved the 2004 version of Tiger - you could hit it 380 off the tee with no wind, spin every club in your bag and do whatever you want with your irons. All you had to do was learn how to putt and you were fine.
The new version is harder to hit your clubs, but putting is a snap.
Plus, playing video game golf and shooting par is not fun, just like playing Madden and not being able to run for 200 yards a game isn't fun.
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Not super hard, not super easy. Just realistic. Shooting a 55 would be fine if it was an arcade golf game. But if the game prides itself on its accuracy when it comes to graphics, golfers, equipment, etc., it should pride itself on its accuracy when it comes to gameplay as well.

The later versions of Tiger's game have done that, particularly on the Xbox version. The earlier versions for PS2 were ridiculous in how easy they were. Par felt like a double bogey more often than not.
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I agree here. Shooting 55's is boring. The games are the most fun when you first start playing and don't quite have the hang of it yet. But once you get it down and start shooting really low, the fun slips away.

I find it much more enjoyable to have to really grind to shoot a 70. Keep the realism in the game. The thing that pisses me off in previous Tiger games is that you can shoot 58 in a tournament but someone else in the field will shoot 57 so they don't let you run away with the tournament. Then you're contending for tournament wins at 47 under par. Just not realistic and not a lot of fun.

playthrough · Jan 6, 2011

westcoastvol said:

Finally, women can play Augusta.
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Someone in my office wondered if the game has Paula Creamer, Michelle Wie, et al, and if they can be used on Augusta.

golfnut8924 · Jan 6, 2011

playthrough said:

westcoastvol said:

Finally, women can play Augusta.
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Someone in my office wondered if the game has Paula Creamer, Michelle Wie, et al, and if they can be used on Augusta.
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Interesting question.

Hank_Scorpio · Jan 6, 2011

golfnut8924 said:

Crash said:

Rhody31 said:

Crash said:

My fear is that it'll be entirely too easy, like most of the versions of Tiger's PGA games.
Click to expand...

You'd rather play a game that's super hard? I loved the 2004 version of Tiger - you could hit it 380 off the tee with no wind, spin every club in your bag and do whatever you want with your irons. All you had to do was learn how to putt and you were fine.
The new version is harder to hit your clubs, but putting is a snap.
Plus, playing video game golf and shooting par is not fun, just like playing Madden and not being able to run for 200 yards a game isn't fun.
Click to expand...

Not super hard, not super easy. Just realistic. Shooting a 55 would be fine if it was an arcade golf game. But if the game prides itself on its accuracy when it comes to graphics, golfers, equipment, etc., it should pride itself on its accuracy when it comes to gameplay as well.

The later versions of Tiger's game have done that, particularly on the Xbox version. The earlier versions for PS2 were ridiculous in how easy they were. Par felt like a double bogey more often than not.
Click to expand...

I agree here. Shooting 55's is boring. The games are the most fun when you first start playing and don't quite have the hang of it yet. But once you get it down and start shooting really low, the fun slips away.

I find it much more enjoyable to have to really grind to shoot a 70. Keep the realism in the game. The thing that pisses me off in previous Tiger games is that you can shoot 58 in a tournament but someone else in the field will shoot 57 so they don't let you run away with the tournament. Then you're contending for tournament wins at 47 under par. Just not realistic and not a lot of fun.
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Same thing with the other EA games (football, hockey, etc). It gets old beating teams 65-12 after a while.

JBHawkEye · Jan 6, 2011

I'm waiting for the Christine Brennan column on how she can play Augusta National on a video game, but can't be a member in real life.

Chef2 · Jan 6, 2011

I want to see John Daly on the course wearing his Blue Collar gear.

westcoastvol · Jan 6, 2011

playthrough said:

westcoastvol said:

Finally, women can play Augusta.
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Someone in my office wondered if the game has Paula Creamer, Michelle Wie, et al, and if they can be used on Augusta.
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I would totally be up for using Paula Creamer on Augusta.

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