Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 (PS3) (PlayStation 3 Games)

Get to grips with the back nine

Tweaked analogue stick swing, fantastic online options, lots of new courses

The graphics might be a touch disappointing, but the online options alone are enough to make this a must-buy for golf gaming fanatics

The graphics might be a touch disappointing, but the online options alone are enough to make this a must-buy for golf gaming fanatics

If it ain't broke, don't fix it...

With some major tweaks to an old formula, Tiger is back to his best. As ever, we wonder what on Earth EA will do next year, but for the time being we have one of the best golf games in some time.

Since I reviewed Tiger Woods 08 last year I've almost accidentally taken up golf, real golf that is, not the computerised kind. Accidentally buying a ridiculously cheap set of clubs from eBay (1 GBP, yes, really) was followed by much swearing amidst...

Graphically things are bit mixed. The important bits of the courses look lovely, the fairways, greens, bunkers and water features are all impressively rendered. But step outside of those and there are some distinctly dodgy looking textures that are...

Friendlier controls and a host of other improvements make Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 great.

Real-time swing feedback ; Dynamic skill progression works well ; Fun and extremely addictive gameplay ; Improved gamernet integration ; Four-player simultaneous play

Still can't skip CPU golfers ; Same number of courses as last year ; New announcers are just as bland as the old ones

Instant-feedback meter, skill system makes more sense, Club Tuner, Simultaneous Play, graphics

Automatic club caddy gets confused, spectator animation

A new club tuner, simultaneous online play and input from Tiger's own coach make Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 as close as you'll get to a green.

tiger woods pga tour 09 review: Friendlier controls and a host of other improvements make Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 great.

Real-time swing feedback, Dynamic skill progression works well, Fun and extremely addictive gameplay, Improved gamernet integration, Four-player simultaneous play

Still can't skip CPU golfers, Same number of courses as last year, New announcers are just as bland as the old ones

Friendlier controls and a host of other improvements make Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 great.

EA Sports is finally bringing Golf's Greatest Tournament to the Tiger Woods PGA golf video game series. In years past, EA Sports have tried to bring in new courses and tournaments to their annual Tiger games, such as last year's Ryder Cup and Beth Page...

That means that 6 events (4 real courses & 2 fantasy courses) will have to be purchased to play all 25 events. 2 of the DLC courses appear every tour season and those 2 are: The ELS Club and Greek Isles. The rest of the DLC courses will be in a...

The biggest issue I have with the game comes back to EA’s underhanded marketing. The 16 real-life courses in the game are tremendous fun and show the variety of the golfing world, but the 20 courses slated for DLC show EA is cheating paying customers,...

Tiger is back for another round in this solid if unspectacular effort.

Dynamic ratings which change based on your performance and the club tuner

Putting game and animations still woefully out of date, game is extremely easy

Are there enough improvements to warrant a purchase of 09 if you have 08? That's hard for me to say. The dynamic ratings are fantastic, but with a majority of the courses being identical and the gameplay being almost identical it's a tough sale. The...