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Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07
Developer(s)EA Sports
Publisher(s)EA
Platform(s)Xbox 360, PS2, Xbox, Wii, PC, PSP
ReleaseOctober 12
Genre(s)Sports game
Mode(s)Single player, Multiplayer

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 is the latest game in the Tiger Woods PGA series and was released on October 12 2006 for Sony Playstation 2, Sony PSP, Microsoft Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii, and PC.

New features

The "Game Face" feature has been vastly improved with more detail and customisation available for each body part, and after designing their own golfer, player can choose from 3000 items in the "Pro Shop" which allows players to purchase new clothing, clubs, balls, gloves, and other golf-related miscellania, however, many items are locked at the start of the game and the player must complete certain tasks to unlock these items.

The "Game Setup" in the options menu has been changed vastly, to allow the player to choose their swing style, this is another one of the new features, allowing players to go for the classic control settings or a newer swing style. There is also the new "Speed Golf" setting, which allows players to skip to the next shot after the ball has been struck without watching where the ball lands.

Game modes

Six new game modes have been added in this year's update to the Tiger Woods PGA Tour series; One-Ball, Team One-Ball, Bloodsome, Greensome, Elimination and Team Tour

Real time events

Several of the older game modes have been improved, such as the "Real Time Event Calender" which allows the player to play special events on different days of the year based on their system's internal clock, this has replaced the classic "Scenario Mode" but there is now a Real Time Event for every day of the year.

Greensome/bloodsome

Two new types of traditional game mode have been added this year, "greensome" and "bloodsome". In "greensome", two teams of two golfers both hit their golf balls from the tee, but after that, only one of the balls will be played, this is the team captain's choice, players will then alternate shots with the chosen ball until it is holed. The game of "bloodsome" has similar rules, but with the exception that the opposing team chooses which ball you play. The scoring system uses match play rules.

Team tour

There has always been a main game mode in the Tiger Woods PGA Tour series, and this year is no different with the "Team Tour" mode. The Team Tour allows players using their own created golfers to build up their own team to travel the world playing in different types of game modes until they reach the final match against Tiger Woods' team. With each victory, the player is allowed more golfers to be added to their team, the golfers they are allowed are the golfers that they have just beaten. In each round, the player may also "Up the Ante" to gain extra experience and free modifiers if they win by special rule sets, for example, the "Beat The Spread" option for Match Play games starts the opponent 4UP (See match play rules below), and the "Without a Net" option means that if you hit the ball in the water or out of bounds, you instantly lose. Team Tour is the quickest way to gain experience.

Note: If you lose the second round of the final vs Tiger Woods' team, your game completion rate for Team Tour will only reach 95% and you will not unlock the items which require you to beat Tiger in the Team Tour to access.

Stroke play

Stroke Play is in the "Traditional Game Modes" section. Stroke Play allows upto 4 players to compete on a round of 9 or 18 holes on any chosen course with variable difficulty settings (tee colour, pin location etc.). All golfers use their own ball, to begin, the player numbers will determine who tees off first on the first hole, but after the first hole, the player with the lowest score tees off first, then the second lowest score and so on in that fashion. After the initial tee shot, the player furthest from the hole takes their shot next. However many shots or "strokes" the player takes is recorded on the scorecard after each hole.

Match play

A modified version of stroke play with the exception that the winner of each hole goes "1UP" depending on their current score, for example, on the first hole, the score will be "AS" (All Square), but the player that wins the hole will then score 1 hole and their score will change to "1UP", meaning that player is winning by one hole. The game continues until either player wins enough holes that the other player(s) cannot then win. If there is a situation where a player is the same number up as there are holes remaining (for example, 5UP with 5 holes to play), they are declared to be "Dormie X", X is however many holes that player is winning by, once a player is Dormie, the other player must then win every hole after to go to sudden death, or else the player who is "Dormie" wins the match. If a hole is tied, the player who is "Dormie" wins, although the score does not change.

Skillzone

The Skillzone was introduced in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003, it features 3 unique areas which have 15 targets in each, the player can compete in various games in these areas for extra money to buy items from the pro shop. The three courses available are: Granite Pass, Diablo Valley, and The Roof, all 3 courses are unlocked by default. The various game modes each have their own rules which players must abide by, the game types are:

  • Target: The player begins with 15 balls to hit as many of the targets as possible. Successive hits on the targets results in cash being earned and more balls being given.
  • Target2Target: A variation of "Target". The computer randomly picks a target which you must hit. The same rules as "Target" apply.
  • Capture: This game mode requires 2 human players. The players alternate turns to hit targets and earn money. The first player to hit 5 targets wins, however, you can "steal" a target by landing on the target closer to the bullseye than your opponent. Players have an infinite number of balls in this game.
  • T-I-G-E-R: A variation of the classic "Horse". You hit a target, and your opponent must match the score (same ring on the particular target) or beat it, the first player to fail to do so receives a letter, the first to spell "Tiger" loses. After a player receives a letter, the other player has a "Free Ball", which he/she is allowed to hit at any target, if their shot fails to hit a target, control of the Free Ball passes to their opponent.

Skills 18

This game mode was only introduced in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2006, so it is one of the most recent additions. The player chooses a course and difficulty settings to play on before beginning. On each hole there are 3 hovering rings; a large green ring, a medium-sized yellow ring, and a small red ring. The player must attempt to hit their ball through these rings while maintaining a good score (Birdies, Eagles etc.), the harder the ring, the more points it is worth. Each green ring is worth 10 points, yellow is worth 20 and the red rings are worth 50 points, if a player is able to pass through two rings with one shot, the score received from theose rings will double, for example, if a player strikes the ball through a green and yellow ring, the score of what would be 30, is doubled to 60. Each set of rings disappears after one shot, and the next set appears further down the current hole. If a player scores "Bogey" or worse, points are deducted, Birdies or better, and additional points are given. As the rings are worth different amounts of points, they are harder to hit, for example, the green ring may be over the fairway, while yellow is over a bunker and the difficult blue ring is hovering over a large hazard such as large trees or a lake.

Elimination mode

Elimination Mode is entirely different to any of the other game modes, before the match begins, 2 or more players pick upto 8 golfers per team on 2 teams. These teams then play against each other in stroke play format on each hole of the chosen course, the loser of the hole in eliminated from the match, and the next player in their team takes their place, while the winner stays playing until he/she is defeated, if players tie on a hole, both scoring the same score, both players advance to the next hole.

One-ball/team one-ball

In One-Ball, as the name suggests, both players will use only one ball, and will alternate shots with it until it is holed, but with each shot, the ball must travel half of the remaining distance to the hole, this makes for strategic playing, because although the player is allowed to make it more difficult for their opponents by striking the ball into bunkers (sand) or in the rough, the shot is not allowed to travel out of bounds, or the player who hit the ball will receive a "Double Betrayal", this means they lose two of their turns, the same applies if a player does not reach the blue line or blue circle that is half the distance from the current ball location to the hole, but this time the player will only receive a "Betrayal", meaning they lose only one turn. Team-One Ball is played in the same format, but the difference is that there are 4 golfers playing, 2 teams of 2 golfers, the rules are the same, but the teammates will alternate shots with the ball, just like in "Greensome", "Bloodsome", or "Alternate Shot", play carries on on each hole until the ball is holed, and the scoring system, is based on that of "Match Play."

Bestball/fourball

These are both 2-team, 4-player (mix of human and cpu players is allowed) games. All four players play all of their balls for the hole, in the same style as what would be if it was a 4-player Stroke Play match. The best scoring golfer on each team's score will be applied in either Stroke or Match play, the example below shows this.

Scoring system for fourball and bestball

  • Hole "X" (Any given hole)
  • Team 1
    • Golfer 1, Score: Birdie
    • Golfer 2, Score: Par
      • Golfer 1's score will be used, as it is the better of the teammates' scores.

PGA tour season mode

General

The PGA Tour Season Mode allows players to play in various tournaments across a 30-year career, using their own created golfer. Each tournament is 72 holes (4 rounds) played at different courses, usually determined by the name of the event (e.g. "The Pebble Beach Open" or "The UK Major Championship"). The game mode is designed to be as realistic as possible, with players able to view the scoreboard after each hole, which shows the scores for each round, how many holes the golfer has played in the current round and the total number of strokes they have taken (Amount of times they have hit the ball).

Guests & the cut

The player whose profile is being used may "invite" other human players into the tournaments as guests, but this is only possible in the first round, and the guests must play all four rounds, they cannot skip a round, however, the profile's owner (the profile whose PGA Tour Season Mode it is) can choose to "Cut" the guest (remove them from the tournament) before any round. Note that guests cannot receive trophies, earn FedEx Cup points or improve their PGA Tour Ranking while playing as a guest. After the second round of a tournament, only the Top 70 golfers in the tournament advance, the rest are cut.

Requirements

Some tournaments have specific entry requirements such as "Top 20 PGA Tour Ranked Players Only", if you do not meet the requirement, you are not allowed to participate in that tournament and the first round will be locked, preventing you from entering it. You can skip any tournaments you do not wish to enter, but this is not advisable.

Match play tournaments

Most tournaments are played in standard stroke play rules, but some tournaments such as the Austrailian Challenge and the EA Match Play Championship are played against an opponent in Match Play rules, guests cannot be invited into Match Play tournaments. Match Play Tournaments are played in the standard tournament format often seen, where if you beat your opponent, you advance to the next part to face the winner of the match next to your on the table. To view the table at any time before a match, select either the current round, a previous round, or any rounds you are yet to play.

Saving/quitting

Note that if you choose to "quit" a tournament round part-way through, you must then restart that round, however, you can choose "Quit and Save Progress" to allow you to return to that particular hole in that round at any given time until you reload the game, at which point the save is deleted as you continue.

Before an event

Before any event, you have the option to view your current sponsors, check your statistics on the tour, including your ranking, longest drive and the amount of FedEx Cup points you have, and access the current tournament leaderboard, as well as see the results of previous tournaments.

"Game Face" and "My Team" menus

"Game Face"

The "Game Face" menu has been combined with a new "My Team" option which allows players to modify their skills, buy equipment from the pro shop, change the animations their golfer uses, and change their team's logo, name and uniform. However, initially, the player must design his/her custom golfer using the game face option from the main menu. The Game Face feature has been greatly improved, and now the player must customise everything, from muscles on the arms and length of the legs to the smallest detail of wrinkles or the bridge of the nose. The new system also allows players to create the way their golfer looks in terms of body part size, muscle, fat, feature positioning (face) and the overall height.

"My Team"

On entering the "Game Face" option and selecting a golfer that has already been created, the player is faced with the "My Team" menu which shows the team's name and logo at the top of the screen, as well as four portraits of members of the player's current team. The portrait of the created golfer also features several menu options including (in no particular order): My Skills, My Appearance, My Animations, Pro Shop, Team Name, Team Logo & Team Uniform. Each of these different menu commands takes the player to different parts of the "My Team" area.

  • My Skills: This option goes to the stats screen, where the player can view and edit their stats, as well as check their current experience and any equipped modifiers.
  • My Appearance: This option accesses the "Game Face" tool to allow the player to make anymore changes to the way their golfer looks. Height, size and details can all be changed here just as they could be in the initial character creation.
  • My Animations: This option allows the player to choose what their golfer does after a good hole such as scoring Birdie or Eagle, what the golfer does after scoring Bogey or worse, and allows the player to buy a new swing style, or customise their own unique swing. Note that customised swings cannot contain modifiers, while most of the swings available to purchase have one level one power modifier.
  • Pro Shop: The pro shop contains (when everything is unlocked) a total of 3000 items in different catergories ranging from Shirts and Pants to Clubs, Gloves and Balls. To make it easier to find something you are looking for, press the "Pro Shop Search" button or key to specify what you are looking for by whether or not you have it, whether or not it is locked, what modifier level it gives, what company it is made by, and what colour it is.
  • Team Name: This allows the player to name their team. As with the player name, there is an 8-character limit.
  • Team Logo: This allows the player to choose a logo from a long list of premade logos or design their own, and even edit premade logos with an advanced designing tool that allows players to create almost any image.
  • Team Uniform: This section allows the player to choose what other members of their team as well as the player will wear. This is somewhat basic, the only option here is to choose the colour of the shirt that the players' teammate(s) will wear.

Experience points and stats

By playing in certain game types, the player earns experience points represented by gold markers on the left of the screen, these markers feature different symbols depending on the type of experience the player earns. Performing different actions earns different types of experience, for example, hitting a long drive will yield Power experience, while sinking a long putt will give Concentration experience. To use the experience points they have earned, players must go into the Game Face/My Team section and select the option "My Skills", this section shows what level the player's stats currently are, how much experience they need to advance to the next level and how much experience they have. If the player has enough experience in either a particular stat, or a combination of that stat and "General" experience, they are allowed to increase the stat level by one. The standard beginning level for stats for a newly created golfer is 0, but as time progresses and the player gains more experience and levels up their stats more, the player's stats will soon reach 10. The "modifier" system is still present in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07, allowing golfers to increase their stats to level 11 once they are at level 10 by buying equipment that has special "stat modifiers" on them, however, this equipment tends to be harder to unlock or more expensive, for example, a standard Driver with no modifiers could cost the player $1,000, while a Driver with level 4 modifiers could cost $3,500, the modifiers that a player owns can be viewed and moved to different equipment by pressing a certain button/key while viewing the "My Skills" Section, the button/key is displayed on the bottom of the screen.

The roster

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 features an extensive roster of 53 golfers, 21 of which are real, and the other 32 are "fantasy golfers" which EA have designed, many "fantasy golfers" from previous games return in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07, such as Edwin Masterson, Takeharu Moto and Moa Ta'a Vatu.

Fantasy golfers

  • Edward Barry-Walsh
  • Takeharu "Tsunami" Moto
  • Edwin "Pops" Masterson
  • Hamish "Mulligan" McGregor
  • Solita "Solitary" Lopez
  • Kellie Newman
  • Melvin "Yosh" Tanigawa
  • "Big Mo" Moa Ta'a Vatu
  • Erika "Ice" Von Severin
  • Felicia "Downtown" Brown
  • Dominic "The Don" Donatello
  • Tiffany "Tiff" Williamson
  • Rose Carpenter
  • Hunter "Steelhead" Elmore
  • Bev "Boomer" Bouchier
  • John Dinkenbach
  • Hal Duff
  • Alexei Eichelberg
  • Aphrodite Papadapolus
  • Billy "Bear" Hightower
  • Kendra "Spike" Lovette
  • Raja Kumar
  • Meadow LeBlanc
  • Chad McGinnis
  • Carlos Maria Montoya
  • Martin Murry
  • Suzanne McIntyre
  • Wesley Rounder
  • Reginald "Reg" Weathers
  • Annabelle Townsend
  • Ted Underwood
  • Danny Wheeler

Note that some of the fantasy golfers have names in inverted commas, these are their nicknames. If a golfer has a nickname, it will show up as their name, otherwise, the surname will be used.

The courses

In this year's Tiger Woods PGA Tour, there are a total of 21 courses, 16 of which are real, and 5 are fantasy, however, some are locked at the beginning of the game. Several of this year's fantasy courses are returning courses from previous games

Real courses

Fantasy courses

See also

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