While I’ve always been fond of playing shooters, brawlers and action-oriented games, one of the joys of my teenage years was kicking back with Tiger Woods PGA Tour with my best friend. After intense rounds of Unreal Tournament 2004, we’d stop and shoot 18 on St. Andrews in whichever year was the latest for EA’s big-budget sports series. It was a great palate cleanser after eviscerating foes online.
With EA having basically washed its hands of those games and no other major studio picking up a golf title, the lack of Pebble Beach and TPC Sawgrass in my life has been tough to deal with. I can always go back to an older EA game, but the advancement of technology should surely mean we could have a dream PGA game by now.
For many, HB Studios’ Golf Club series has picked up that mantle, but I was never quite sold on it. The lack of my personal favorite courses and any official endorsement left a bad taste in my mouth which was then confirmed by subpar user reviews on Steam. With news of The Golf Club 2019 nabbing the PGA license, though, things were starting to look up.
Sadly, this latest entry (published by 2K) has basically found itself stranded in the rough.
Source: Destructoid Review: The Golf Club 2019 Featuring PGA Tour