golf
Mobile

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 Brings Plenty Of Touch To Its Golf Game

Golf, with an emphasis on precision, and players always initiating rather than reacting to the action, is a natural for the mobile platform. That doesn’t mean any offering – even one with the weight of Tiger Woods and EA Sports’ names behind it – is automatically on the green in two.

March 30, 2011
Nintendo

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 Is An Experience Unlike Any Other

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?

March 29, 2011
PlayStation

See Owen In A Virtual Rematch Of The 2005 Masters Playoff

Get a sneak preview of Augusta National’s first nine in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters as I, playing as Chris DiMarco, take on EA Sports’ Justin Patel, playing as Tiger Woods.

March 27, 2011
In Real Life

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

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.

March 26, 2011
In Real Life

That Tiger Woods PGA: The Masters Ad Is Fabulous – And It’s Real

This stand-up-and-cheer golfer’s fantasy for EA Sports’ Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters, seemed a little too good to be true. C’mon, right? No way Augusta National Golf Club, which prizes its privacy and exclusivity, would let a camera crew and a bunch of actors walk all over its storied course for an ad – for a video game ad.

March 25, 2011
In Real Life

Fanfare — And A Green Jacket — For The Common Man

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.

January 16, 2011
In Real Life

Can Sports Close Facebook Gaming’s Credibility Gap?

The coda for Facebook games, among serious gamers anyway, normally begins with a sneer at the idea and then an accounting of all the ways it’s not a video game. Would a sports title make any difference?

January 14, 2011
Nintendo

A Video Game Needing A Voice Unlike Any Other

As the voice of The Masters, one figures Jim Nantz had tremendous leverage negotiating his appearance in the first video game featuring the tournament. Nantz paused considering that, reluctant to speak for an institution he treasures, one that prizes discretion.

January 12, 2011
PC

Facebook Hits The Links With PGA Tour Golf Challenge

PGA Tour Golf Challenge, the third Facebook game produced by EA Sports over the past year, is now live on the social networking site, bringing real-time 3D gameplay elements to a genre with few console-style games.

January 7, 2011
Nintendo

See All 18 Holes Of Augusta National Without Leaving Your Couch

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.

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