Okay, I know, Tiger Woods is in the news, what with the marital infidelity allegations and all, but I promise, I’ll try and avoid double entendres, and jokes about handling wood. Cross my heart.
Anyway, Tiger Woods PGA Tour ($4.99, iTunes link) is made by publishing powerhouse EA—so it has all the premium production values, excellent graphics, and full feature set you’d expect.
The learning curve of the game is surprisingly tough. Each shot and each course presents you with a brutal amount of information to consider. You have to worry about the hole’s par, the type of grass you’re hitting from, windspeed, club type, obstacles, swing strength, spin, etc.
To aid you, there is a set of tutorials, but they’re tucked away in the menu system and not presented automatically. Putting is even tougher to get a handle of, but once you understand the undulating grid that shows the lay of the course—and its repercussions—you can easily sink hilariously long putts. We’d have liked to see a little more realism.
