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Here’s An Unlicensed Game Featuring Tiger Woods At The Masters

Owen Good 7 April 2011 12:00 PM

The Masters Tournament, which graces Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters (duh), begins with its opening round tomorrow at Augusta National. Hecklers and disturbances are either unanticipated or flat impossible thanks to the golf club’s otherworldly security – in this flash game’s case, a sniper ready to take out any troublemakers.

30 March 2011

Nintendo

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 Is An Experience Unlike Any Other

Owen Good 30 March 2011 6:00 AM

My first visit to Augusta National broke the club’s dress code with almost criminal negligence: I was wearing basketball shorts, a T-shirt, and was unshaven to boot. Sure, I was on my couch, but I told myself I was stepping to the tee box on the first hole of the world’s most prestigious golf course. Does a trip to The Masters in a video game even qualify as a first time, and if so, can it be just as unforgettable?

27 March 2011

In Real Life

Ten Days Of Grace Brings Golf’s Church To The Masses

Owen Good 27 March 2011 7:00 AM

Most golf fans, if they’re lucky, will get to spend four days in early April at the venerated Augusta National Golf Course, scene of The Masters Tournament. Shannon Yates was on the course, sunup to sundown, for 10 straight library-quiet days, coming to understand it in ways even a professional golfer never will.

25 March 2011

In Real Life

Fanfare — And A Green Jacket — For The Common Man

Owen Good 25 March 2011 1:00 PM

One thing you can count on in the NCAA basketball tournament, playing now, are the CBS promo spots for The Masters, full of pomp and grandeur, with Jim Nantz invoking the Tradition Unlike Any Other. That’s what makes this spot for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters so fantastic.

7 January 2011

Nintendo

See All 18 Holes Of Augusta National Without Leaving Your Couch

Owen Good 7 January 2011 10:20 AM

EA Sports today released a complete 18-hole flyover of Augusta National, as it will appear in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters. The publisher has touted a laser scanning technology that delivers the iconic course with unusual fidelity.

5 January 2011

News

At Long Last, The Masters Come To Video Games

Owen Good 5 January 2011 3:20 AM

Over the steady march of a dozen years’ progress, video games have brought us to all the sacred places in sports, awarded all their cherished trophies, and shared all their greatest traditions, except for one, A Tradition Unlike Any Other.

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