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WGT losing the Majors to EA?

• borntobesting 9,751 Posts

  Fri, Jan 18 2013 12:19 PM

  filmslayer:

  i guess that would explain why there's no more USGA zone ...

  The USGA Championship Zone is still there. You just aren't taken to it automatically when you select a U.S. Open course in explore courses like it used to. 

• filmslayer 2,341 Posts

  Fri, Jan 18 2013 12:19 PM

  tigerfan1506:

  Well maybe it's a good thing. Instead of now paying for the rights to USGA sponsored tourneys, the money can be spent getting more private or good public courses. 

  lol ... one can dream ...

• tigerfan1506 3,193 Posts

  Fri, Jan 18 2013 12:40 PM

  filmslayer:

  tigerfan1506:

  Well maybe it's a good thing. Instead of now paying for the rights to USGA sponsored tourneys, the money can be spent getting more private or good public courses. 

  lol ... one can dream ...

  yes i should of added i wont get my hopes up lol

   

• TracyMax 2,361 Posts

  Fri, Jan 18 2013 2:58 PM

  SamanthaWho:

  I saw this while doing some searching.....this is copied from EA's Tiger web site...

  "For the first time in gaming history, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 will feature all four Majors – The Masters, U.S Open, The Open Championship and PGA Championship. Go for golf’s Grand Slam and try to rewrite history as you try to take down some of the game’s greatest Legends!"

  They go on to say they have exclusive licenses for all 4 majors. While i really dont care, i would be just as happy with Torrey Pines, Medinah or other courses like that, just wondering what this means.

  I hope the EA TW PGA TOUR 14 version is better that the 2012 Masters disc EA put out. While that disc had lot of great features it had the WORST graphics I've seen in a while. Still play my EA Sport TW 2010 disc. That was a good one.

   

• mmikkeelee 591 Posts

  Fri, Jan 18 2013 3:01 PM

  tigerwoods 2013 was a massive improvement 

• YancyCan 3,027 Posts

  Fri, Jan 18 2013 3:45 PM

   

  I dont know anything bout Tiger Woods/EA v. WGT rearding the majors and whatnot, but I do know I thinks that WGT picking up a relatioship with The Golf Channel/NBC has got to mean good things for being on the WGT!
  
  I beta-demoed the Tiger Woods game and found it to be like a cartoon -- and frankly its made so that someone without much golf knowledge or lacking the patience to experience the frustratables of golf, can feel & score like Tiger without much skills. That may be the way for some, but not for me - My name is Yancy

• mmikkeelee 591 Posts

  Fri, Jan 18 2013 3:53 PM

  agreed yancy

  i used to play tigerwoods alot and when my playstation broke on me is when i found wgt

  i havnt looked back since wgt is far more superior to tiger.

  i hope you are right about wgts relationship with the golf channel, i hope it will bring us new courses to play on in the future 

  fingers crossed :)

• unclenewy 334 Posts

  Fri, Jan 18 2013 4:13 PM

  WGT doesn't really need "actual Majors" they just need to keep producing top quality "actual courses" and create their own Majors.

  Set them up to simulate real majors and put up some decent prizes.....have qualifying rounds, but not unlimited play. Maybe 5, 2 round comps that everyone can enter so if you don't qualify in the 1st one, you still have 4 more attempts, all from the same tees, regardless of which, and whittle the qualifiers down to 100 players or so.

  Allow all the Tour Legends automatic entry and have the rest fight it out for a spot.

  And then set up the "Major" over 4 rounds single play, on varying courses, every 2 months.

   

• pjctas0822 4,615 Posts

  Fri, Jan 18 2013 4:30 PM

  devonnnnn:

  Sent my request for augusta ages ago, but I totally will be buying TW 2014 when its released :)

  Me 2 as well as 12 million other people :) I believe it is released in August I know they used to release the TW versions at that time . Off to Google it now :)

• pjctas0822 4,615 Posts

  Fri, Jan 18 2013 4:32 PM

  mmikkeelee:

  tigerwoods 2013 was a massive improvement 

  EA Sports almost destoyed that series with rush out the door products. They learned from their mistakes .