One question I often get, both on the EA Forums and here, is how to accurately calculate yardages when hitting out of the deep rough. Partial lies of 90% and above are most likely not going to give you much trouble, but it’s the 80% lies and below that are liable to ruin your round. Luckily, there’s an easy solution for getting yourself out of the deep stuff. All we need is a little bit of simple algebra. Don’t worry, it’s not as scary as it sounds. Continue Reading »
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Thanks to Milo for finding this video. This video demonstrates the new swing types I mentioned in this article. Jay also demonstrates TrueView mode. Enjoy!
Today, ESPN released an article revealing some of the new features coming for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2011. While most of the article focuses on the Xbox version of the game, the last paragraph talks about some features specific to the Wii system. As I mentioned two weeks ago, I had the privilege of play-testing the new TW11 game for the Wii, and I thought I’d give you some reactions to some of the things mentioned in that last paragraph. Continue Reading »
So if any of you visit the EA Forums on a regular basis, you may have heard that this week I had the opportunity to meet with the Wii developers at EA Sports and play test the new 2011 version of Tiger Woods PGA Tour. I had a great time meeting with the dev team and getting to know them a bit, and of course getting to play the new TW11! I’m not allowed to tell you guys about any new features just yet, but you should know that there are some great things in store for you all in the new game! EA has really tried to emphasize realism in next year’s game, and believe me, they did a great job of accomplishing that goal. I wish I could say more now, but I just can’t. Hopefully, the dev team will begin leaking features here and there so the rest of the TW players will know what new and exciting things to expect!
I’ll be sure to keep you updated here and on the EA Forums when some of the new features are announced to the public. If you want to take a look at some of my comments so far on the new game, you can check out my thread on the EA Forums at this link:
There has been a lot of confusion about the term “clicks” in my lofting tutorials. I get a lot of emails about this, and I’ve seen posts about it over at the EA Forums as well, so I thought I’d address the issue publicly. When I use the term “clicks of loft” in my tutorials, I am NOT referring to the AUDIBLE clicks that you HEAR when adjusting loft. Those clicks tend to account for about 5% of power reduction. The clicks I am referring to are individual taps of the d-pad while holding the B button, and they account for about 1% of power reduction for most clubs.
Keep in mind that not all clubs can loft the same amount. Wedges tend to have around 35 available taps of the d-pad when lofting, allowing you to reduce power by 35%, while some longer irons don’t have this much. So when adding loft to your club, point your remote away from the screen (I usually point it down and hold it against my leg for stability), hold the B button in, and tap left on the d-pad. This will add individual points of loft to your club, reducing its power by about 1% per point.
I hope that clears things up, but if you still have questions, feel free to keep emailing me and commenting on the articles themselves.
In this new video tutorial, I talk through some of the basics of tuning your irons in the club tuner, and discuss some strategies and techniques for making approach shots with your mid to long irons.
The new Pro Tournaments available online in this year’s edition of the game have introduced some new hardcore settings to which some players (including myself) are becoming addicted. I’m currently in the middle of a tournament series hosted by bjlevine in which players must incorporate realistic settings like no putt meter, and I’ve quickly had to learn a lot about putting without a meter to even be competitive with some of the crazy scores that players are already throwing down! In this article, I’d like to discuss two strategies I’ve come up with for putting without a meter. Continue Reading »
Here’s my newest video, which is a match between Soonersguy06 and myself. He put out a challenge to play me on the EA Forums, and I was happy to oblige. I let him pick the settings, and he picked some doozies! I’m not used to playing in the rain with gale force winds, and so it was definitely a challenge! It was a good game, and I enjoyed it. Soonersguy06 played well, and I want to say thanks to him for allowing me to post the video. This is also my first video with real-time commentary, so you’ll have to let me know what you think about that as well. Enjoy! Continue Reading »
Here is a listing of all available players in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2010 along with their stats. My thanks go out to VousDeux for putting this together! Great job!
There’s been some chatter on the forums that some players would be interested in seeing more videos of my gameplay to get a sense of my play style, my club setup, and club tuning. Well, here you go! Recently, I’ve been on a little personal quest to see how low I can go. What is the lowest score I could possibly shoot? So far, a -29 is it. You’ll see in the following videos that I actually had a huge potential to go much lower, potentially to a -32, but I made some critical mistakes along the way. I’ll keep practicing and will post more videos as I get better scores, but for now you can check out my -29 at Doral below.
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