Now, I'm all for tough scoring in golf. I've never been one of those people willing to kick a ball out of the rough or improve my lie. Consequently, my golf scores have never been very good – I've always wanted to break 100, I've come quite close to breaking 100, but I've never actually gotten there. It vexes me, but one day I'm convinced that I'll get there, it's going to take some work, but I'll get there.
One place where my golf game does excel (and has for years) is in videogames. Okay, so it's not real, but it's still pretty thrilling to put up a 59 at St. Andrews (take that, Old Course!). As with just about any fan of computer- or console-based golf, I like my Tiger Woods, and having a Wii, Tiger is just about essential. This year, as has been widely reported and reviewed, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 for Wii added a cute little device called WiiMotion Plus to the mix. WiiMotion Plus gives an added sense of "touch" to the game by enabling the controller to better mimic a player's actions. For me, it made buying the new version of Tiger, even though I had one from a couple years ago, absolutely necessary.
It was a great purchase, I'm thrilled with the game. This new version of Tiger is as close to actually playing golf as I've ever come on a computer or console. However, it's not perfect. I've noticed a preponderance of lip-outs – that annoying moment where the ball circles the hole or dips into the hole only to come back out again. Oh sure, that should happen from time to time, but they do seem to occur with a little too much frequency in the game.
While distressing, that is the sort of thing I can learn to live with, the sort of thing that I can accept. After all, I'm still shooting in the low-60s, just about 40 strokes better than my real-life scoring average. Today though I encountered a completely new facet of the game, one that makes it much harder to love the program. I like to think of this new problem as ultra-tough scoring, and unfortunately, it's not a difficulty setting that can be altered. Having perfect touch one won't help this one, it's just the sort of thing you have to suffer through. Here, have a look at exactly what occurred:
Article comments
1 - barga
obviously, the hole really is a black hole...
anyways, is that a glitch just on that hole, and did you report it?
2 - Josh Lasser
I didn't report it, but I did "magically" repeat it on a different hole on a different course.
3 - duffer36
I had the same thing occur when I chipped in from the fringe.
4 - Ken Edwards
They even go as far as putting the Jesus Shot in the bonus challenges once you complete Tournament Challenge. I have not seen a glitch this big in TW 10 on the Wii, but I have not put in as many hours as I have on the 360.
However, I have seen on more than one instance this year is a short iron shot lands in the rough close to the green, then the next shot is a put, from on the green. I have also seen it work the other way, too. I clearly hit it on the green, then the next shot is taken from the rough.
Never got a hole in one out of bounds though. Must be a geometry glitch. I have seen the game load with no textures a few times this year, too. But those only happened with online games.
The 360 version also does not lip out much, unless you just hit it too hard.
5 - Kevin
I also had the same thing happen with mine on the fringe. I thought it was just a one-time thing. It hasn't happened again. Sounds like it's a problem across the board. It's a fun game to play.
Nothing like playing out in the real world, though.