The best by miles.
I joined last October and hadn't played any golf games since pga tour on the mega drive, from the very first day i thought it was fantastic.
On reading the forum, i noticed a rival game being mentioned a lot, so i had a look at it.
My experience of it lasted all of TWO shots. (a drive down the middle and almost holing the 2nd, and i didn't even know what i was doing, lol.)
You have to remember that it is sometimes in someone's best interests to slag off a competitor. You still see it regularly on here, usually a player who has joined up a few days previously and having a go at all and sundry about the game, usually citing "not enough courses".
Well, having recently turned legend, (me a legend, lol) i now look on every course as "new". There is a huge difference having a long iron or more left and hitting a lob wedge to some holes, so the challenge is never ending and evolving all the time.
It is like starting over again to me now, where i will know i have played quite well to break par on any of the courses, which keeps the realism aspect to the fore.