The menus are even laid out oddly. The Extras menu is actually the Options menu. When you’re using a Move controller and want to exit a game, you have to aim at this tiny little button and hit the PS Move button. If you’re a bit on the jittery side, this alone might make you quit playing. It’s just a stupid use 
of the controller and I don’t understand why there wouldn’t be a standard controller backup, everyone has one of those lying around.
The career mode, has no actual career. You can either play one-on-one challenges with John Daly or you can play a tournament. However, you can’t play any tournaments until you beat him in all of the one-on-one challenges on a particular course. As if he’s the benchmark by which all pro golfers are measured and if you can’t beat him, you don’t deserve to play in a tournament. Really, this is one of the most poorly developed areas of the game. A total and utter lack of a career mode in my opinion.
Now, the most useful part of the game, is the quick play which allows up to have up to four people play locally. Or you can have any mix of player and CPU players, in your foursome. You can also do a single player practice mode where you can play any course, any hole from anywhere on it. You can also, in the quick play area you have several other ways to play
- Strokeplay - the person with the fewest strokes wins the match
- Matchlay - the person who sinks their ball in the fewest strokes, wins the hole, most holes wins match.
- Four Ball - 2 on 2 where the partner with the lowest score for a hole goes on record for that hole.
- Foursome - 2-on-2 gameplay like Scotch doubles where each partner takes turn hitting the same ball.
The game offers three levels of difficulty amateur, pro and Tour pro. In amateur all of the shot assists are in place and it’s almost like playing with guided missiles all you have to worry 
about is the back swing (for power). In Pro mode some of those assists are turned off and both back and forward swing (direction) count. Tour Pro has no assists at all and it’s all up to you. I didn’t even bother to try that as I have problems hitting the ball straight in Pro mode with low sensitivity.
There are also three levels of swing sensitivity. Going from easiest to hardest. This looks at shot power more or less forgivingly as opposed to the difficulties which is more about how you swing and position yourself.
I played on amatuer and then on Pro with minimal sensitivity and it’s a crazy difference. I rarely managed a straight shot on pro. Then again, I’ve never actually golfed in my life. Well, I’ve been to the driving range, and have such a horrible hook, that it went 180 degrees and hit someone behind me on the crescent shaped driving range. So there you go, the fact that the ball goes forward for me in this game, is an achievement. That should be a trophy!
But even with the flaws it’s still pretty fun. It’s not going to make me pick up golf but it does give me some appreciation for the virtual version. Lining up a shot and the shot controls are very intricate and require a lot of thought and time. You can’t just, as they say, grip it and rip it. There’s far more to it than that and this game excels at showing you that and not much else due to the poor sound and graphics.
