• ID = PS0888
• STYLE = Golf
• DEV. = EA SPORTS
• PUB. = Electronic Arts
• R-DATE = Feb-28-2002
• ESRB = E / For Everyone
• PLAYERS = 1 player
• LIST PRICE = $19.99
  

Featuring a bevy of pro golfers walking some of the most beautiful courses ever made, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2002 brings the great game to your fingertips. The brand-new game engine delivers extremely realistic graphics and physics. You can play as or against a slew of PGA Tour professionals, including Tiger Woods, Justin Leonard, Brad Faxon, Vijay Singh, and many more. Take your game to world-renowned courses such as Pebble Beach, TPC at Sawgrass, and Royal Birkdale, as well as custom-designed courses. The all-new Total Precision Swing feature lets you slice, draw, or drive it straight and true. The game also includes a two-player, split-screen competition that's a high-speed race to the hole: you've got to rip it, run after it, then rip it again.

Description 2:
Do you have the patience and discipline to compete with the best golfer in the game? Quite possibly the best athlete ever to compete on the links, Tiger Woods lends his expertise to this detailed PS2 experience. Play as Woods or any of 11 other top tour professionals, trying to beat out the competition with a combination of consistency and explosiveness. The setting is the famous TPC Sawgrass Stadium course, and it looks just like its real-life counterpart.

Boasting incredible 3D graphics, TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR GOLF has all of the elements of a real round: wind conditions, plenty of clubs to choose from, realistic hazards, and more. What makes the game even better is the true-to-life physics model, which allows for a thoroughly satisfying outing. Square off a against a field of tough AI opponents, practice a few holes by yourself, or link up and get as many as four virtual golfers chipping and putting.

• 12 top pros.
• Real course settings.
• Variable weather.
• Near-3D graphics.
• Four-player action.

Amazon.com Review
Whether your video golfing ability classifies you as a tour-hardened pro or weekend duffer, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2002 provides ample opportunity to refine and enhance your strengths. Gone is the swing power meter in earlier incarnations in favor of a new wrinkle from EA Sports--Total Precision Swing. Essentially, the onscreen golfer is your real-time power meter, as you now have the ability to control his or her entire motion, from backswing to follow-through. Power drives, insane-angle slices, fading hooks, and more can all be executed with the proper touch. And while the Total Precision Swing\'s learning curve is steep, it does add new flavor to the game.

Among the new game modes are the Tiger Challenge and Speed Golf. In the Tiger Challenge, you compete as Woods against a progression of 17 players--some PGA Tour players and some original EA Sports characters--to earn cash rewards and the right to unlock hidden golfers. You can also unlock individual holes on Tiger's Dream 18, a course designed by Woods himself. Speed Golf features a fast and furious race to the hole in which you can either compete by yourself or split-screen against another player.

Money is earned in head-to-head competition by finishing the hole first, and through bonuses for such things as teeing off first and hitting a longer drive than your opponent. Any money earned is subsequently drained from your opponent's total, creating all-out mayhem on the course. Other game modes offer stroke, match, and tournament play, skins, scenarios, and practice. Also, Play Now mode offers a helpful tutorial that you must complete before moving on to further options.

Visually, the game's many courses and related elements depict a stunning, near-live experience. From the well-kept fairways and greens of Pebble Beach and the TPC at Sawgrass to the otherworldly dazzle of Copperhead Canyon, the courses come alive with rainy mists, murky fogs, and glowing sunsets. Also enhancing the experience are crashing ocean waves, rippling lakes, swaying tree branches, and even the occasional live animal should you knock a shot into the trees. --Larry White

Pros:
Wide variety of opponents in Tiger Challenge.
Innovative Speed Golf competition.
Stunning visuals.

Con:
Analog swing control may take some getting used to.