The good folks at BadChicken.com recently sent me their new Wii peripheral called The Chicken Stick. Essentially, it’s a real golf grip and a real golf shaft with a Wii remote holder at the end. The aim of their product is to provide a more realistic golfing experience by allowing the player to hold a real golf shaft with a more weighted (and thus more realistic) feel than the Wii remote provides by itself. I took a short video just to show you the basics of how it’s put together and how it works. You can check that out below, and then I’ll tell you a bit about my in-game experience with the Chicken Stick. Continue Reading »

For those of you who don’t know this yet, I’ve recently started streaming my online matches live on the internet. It gives other players a chance to see how I play online and how I make shots and what kinds of decisions I make. I’m almost always playing against the best TourPro players I can find, and so the matches are always close and exciting! Feel free to check in on my ustream channel to find out when I’ll be broadcasting next. There is a live chat there where you can discuss the match with other viewers or just get to know some other TW players. When NCD-TV is off the air, I’ll have a recording of my most recent match streaming so you can watch even if you missed the live show. Please feel free to leave comments and let me know what you think! Here’s the link to the NCD-TV broadcast channel: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ncdtv

Tags: general discussion, live streaming, TW11

I’ve gotten quite a few requests recently by other players to share my current club setup and tuning in TW11. So I thought I’d lay it all out in one article so you can get a sense of my overall club selection strategy and hear the reasons for my tuning selections. I’m going to first show you what’s in my bag (at the moment) as well as the distances I get on each club. Then I’ll show you the tuning for my club sets and talk about my decisions there. Continue Reading »

Tags: Approach, club selection, club tuning, Driving, general strategy, TW11

In Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2011 on the Wii, your difficulty options for online custom matches are grouped into four categories: Easy, Normal, Hard, and Expert. The problem with this is that you have no idea what settings are actually included in each package. I’ve seen quite a few requests for a quick-reference table of the various difficulty settings. So here it is:

***Keep in mind that when Yardage Markers are turned ON, this turns the aiming circle OFF by default. So turning on Yardage Markers actually INCREASES game difficulty.

Tags: basics, difficulty settings, FAQ, TW11

Many players have been anxious to try out the new TourPro swing mode in TW11, but are finding it difficult to gain consistency with the new swing. I thought I’d offer up some tips on what’s worked for me, as well as some hints on how to correct common problems. In this article, we’ll discuss the three major parts of your TourPro swing: ball position, swing path, and wrist action. Continue Reading »

Tags: Approach, basics, consistency, Driving, TourPro

Some of you may have heard that I was able to get my hands on a copy of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2011 earlier this week, and so I’ve been busily building up the stats on my profile golfer and getting to know the new swing systems. Since the game doesn’t officially launch in North America until Tuesday, June 8th, I’ve tried to offer the community some previews of what they can expect in the new game based on what I’ve played so far. I successfully got my profile golfer up to max stats, and you can read about how I did that in the previous article I posted, Profile Building Tips for TW11. Other than that, I put together these two short videos to showcase the new TourPro swing mode, and the new TrueView camera mode. Continue Reading »

Tags: general discussion, news, TW11

For the past few days I’ve been building up my profile golfer in TW11. I’ve gotten quite a few requests to offer tips for the best path to take when building a new profile golfer. My system worked out pretty well for me, and I was able to max out my stats in about 5 hours. Read below to find out how I did it! Continue Reading »

Tags: club selection, club tuning, max stats, TW11

In my latest interview with the TW Wii dev team, we discuss some new features and options concerning gameplay difficulty, including new options for online custom games, and the new “a la carte” difficulty settings. Enjoy!

http://tigerwoodspgatour.easports.com/blog.action?blogId=ncd3

Tags: general discussion, news, TW11

I have a new interview up on the EA TW site, if you’d like to take a look. This one explores the new Focus System in TW11, which allows you to apply boosts to certain attributes before every match! Click the link to check it out:

http://tigerwoodspgatour.easports.com/blog.action?blogId=FocusSystem

Tags: general discussion, news, TW11