EA Sports PGA Tour

EA Sports PGA Tour (also marketed as EA Sports PGA Tour: Road to the Masters) is a sports video game developed by EA Tiburon and published by Electronic Arts for PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X/S. It is an entry in the EA Sports PGA Tour franchise, the first since 2015’s Rory McIlroy PGA Tour. It is also the first in the series not to bear an athlete’s name in the title since PGA Tour 98.

This article is about the 2023 video game. For the 2015 video game that used this name as a working title, see Rory McIlroy PGA Tour.

EA Sports PGA Tour
Developer(s)EA Tiburon
Publisher(s)Electronic Arts
SeriesPGA Tour
EngineFrostbite
Platform(s)PlayStation 5
Windows
Xbox Series X/S
ReleaseApril 7, 2023
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

The game introduces several new features such as a new gameplay system called Pure Strike, which incorporates parts of a golf shot. It also features integration with ShotLink, the PGA Tour’s statistics tool as well as TrackMan.[1] Playable tour players will include Cameron Champ, Tony Finau, Nelly Korda, Hideki Matsuyama, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth, Im Sung-jae and Lexi Thompson.

The game features 30 courses at release, including Augusta National Golf Club for the first time since Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14.[2]

Development

EA Sports PGA Tour was first announced in March 2021[3] Like its predecessor, the game runs on the Frostbite engine.[1]

Originally scheduled for an early 2022 release to coincide with the 2022 Masters Tournament, the game was delayed multiple times for undisclosed reasons.[4] It was released on April 7, 2023, coinciding with that year’s Masters tournament (and being the same date as the second round), moved from the original date, March 24.[1]

Reception

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, the PlayStation 5 version of EA Sports PGA Tour received "generally favorable reviews",[6] while the PC and Xbox Series X and S versions received "mixed or average reviews".[5][7]

References
  1. "EA Sports PGA Tour gets a release date, new details shared". VG247. January 19, 2023.
  2. "EA Sports PGA Tour Releases March 24, Course List Revealed".
  3. "Electronic Arts announces new Next-Gen golf game: EA SPORTS PGA TOUR". PGATour.
  4. Allison, Conor (November 4, 2021). "EA Sports PGA Tour faces huge delay, with a new release date for the golf game now confirmed". Pocket-lint.
  5. "EA Sports PGA Tour for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  6. "EA Sports PGA Tour for PlayStation 5 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  7. "EA Sports PGA Tour for Xbox Series X Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
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