PGA Tour series

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The Mega Drive/Genesis version of PGA Tour 96 presented real 3D courses, which was one of the major achievements in the series.
The Mega Drive/Genesis version of PGA Tour 96 presented real 3D courses, which was one of the major achievements in the series.

PGA Tour is the collective name of a series of golf computer and video games published by Electronic Arts and later their EA Sports sub-label from 1990 to 1998, when EA began publishing their golf games with the endorsement of Tiger Woods. After Tiger Woods '99 was released, subsequent titles were named Tiger Woods PGA Tour, and for the first time, regularly.

The series were responsible for several innovations in the genre, such as the now standard three-click swing method, but unlike other games in the EA Sports label, the series were often shadowed by other competitors such as the Jack Nicklaus series, Links, Microsoft Golf or The Golf Pro.

[edit] Games in the series

  • PGA Tour Golf
  • PGA Tour Golf II
  • Released in 1992 for the Mega Drive/Genesis
  • PGA Tour Golf III
  • Released in 1994 for the Mega Drive/Genesis
  • PGA Tour Golf 486
  • PGA European Tour
  • PGA Tour 96
  • Released in 1995 for the Mega Drive/Genesis and the SNES (later also for the 3DO, Saturn and PlayStation Systems), it was the first game of the genre to use 3D courses, at the expense of an higher number of courses and golfers
  • PGA Tour Pro
  • Released in 1997 for Windows; online play only
  • PGA Tour Gold
  • Released 1998 for Windows; last title in the series before Tiger Woods' endorsement.

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