Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10

With that bone picked, the game does add more sharp but not face-melting features — like Live Tournaments, which post daily and weekly tournaments and lets you post your best score to compete to be the best. As real-life PGA tournaments unfold, the pros’ scores will also be updated live, and you can try to take them down…in your videogame, anyway. It’s pretty entertaining, but score-posting tournaments are hardly new in the sports-videogame world.

However, Tiger 10’s putting model is. It uses a swing meter to calculate how well you aimed and how hard you hit the ball, and it’s far less of an autopilot gimme shot than the old putting system used to provide. We really enjoyed developing some mastery and the additional depth that it builds into the gameplay.

But it’s a good thing the new commentary team of Kelly Tilghman and Scott Van Pelt don’t have much to say…because when they do speak, you get two flavors: wrong or boring. They display none of the spunk that made David Feherty’s chatter so engaging, and half the time, they miscall your shot, pronouncing it safe when it’s clearly headed for the sand. Thankfully, you can — and most likely will — turn them off. That way, you can spend your energy appreciating some of the game’s other nice touches, like the new practice swings, the live real-time weather, or the handy practice rounds, which let you spot the ball anywhere on any unlocked course.

Serious golf fans will want to spring for this game, even though it’s a lightweight but quality upgrade on Tiger 09. But if you’re more casual and you only fire up Tiger every now and again, you’ll be fine waiting for next year’s game and what will hopefully be a beefier step toward golfing nirvana.

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