Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 Hands-on

January 19th, 2007, 01:25 Posted By: wraggster

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Tiger and the Wiimote have something in common, and it's not that whiny little kids push their buttons. They were both born to golf.

While golf is nothing new to the console, Wii Sports and Super Swing Golf are not going to satisfy true golf fans longing to grip and rip the Wiimote on The Old Course at St. Andrews. Only Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 can do that.

At Electronic Arts in Redwood Shores, Calif. on Tuesday, we had a chance to sit down (or is it stand up?) with the first installment of Tiger Wii, currently slated for a March release. While we've played our fair share of golf games with newfangled control schemes (ProStroke Golf and Real World Golf, to name a few), we've always wanted to see how a Tiger game would turn out with a new control setup. As fun as those other games are, where else can you play as John Daly and, bless her heart, Annika Sorenstam?


It's all in the hips. It's all in the hips.

Thankfully, Tiger is as fun as ever on the Wii and even more accessible. Want to see for yourself? Click on the media links below for new gameplay footage and screens.

The swing tracking is very accurate for drives and approach shots, and I found myself interlocking my fingers on the Wiimote, trying to get a traditional golf grip. Here's how the controls break down:

To swing, hold down B and make a golf swing. It's that simple. Like in other versions of Tiger, if you don't take the club back all the way, you will have less power on your shot. Unlike in other version, power is controlled by the speed of your downswing. The faster you swing, the farther it goes. Of course, if you push your downswing left or right, you're very likely to dig your Nike ball out of the bushes.

Once the ball is in the air, you induce spin by tapping the D-pad and shaking the Wiimote. The wrist strap is recommended here. To fade or draw the ball, you simply open or close the club face, respectively. Since the club face is really the Wiimote, you rotate it so the A button is facing the screen or facing away from the screen. Then take a natural swing and admire your physics-defying spin.

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