Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13
Developer(s)	EA Tiburon
Publisher(s)	EA Sports
Series	PGA Tour
Platform(s)	PlayStation 3 Xbox 360
Release date(s)	NA 20120327March 27, 2012 AUS 20120329March 29, 2012 EU 20120330March 30, 2012
Genre(s)	Sports (Golf)
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 is a golfing simulation video game in the PGA Tour series published by Electronic Arts.^[1] It was released in North America on March 27, 2012, in Australia on March 29, 2012 and in Europe on March 30, 2012^[2] for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. This is the first version of the game since 2006 not to be released on the Wii.^[3] EA has sunsetted the servers which means the courses are no longer available for download.

Game Modes

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 features a game mode called "Legacy Challenge," where players control Tiger Woods through various points of his life, including:

• Toddler Years (ages 2–5)
• Early Years (ages 7–11)
• Junior Years (ages 12–15)
• Amateur Years (ages 18–20)
• Rookie Years (ages 21 and 22)
• Tiger Slam (ages 24 and 25; 2000 and 2001)
• Pro Years (2002–2009)
• Present Day (2010–2013)
• Future (2014–2017)
• Record Books (Winning 19th major to break Jack Nicklaus' record)

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Features

Online Country Clubs

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 will allow players to team up with friends in an Online Country Club or to create their own. The Country Club will allow members to earn Status Points and Coins that can be used to play rounds on a downloadable course or to unlock Boost Pin packs for their golfer.

The Online Country Club will feature stat breakdowns to allow members to compare themselves to other members. The Country Club also offers a tournament creation feature for members to compete for the title of Club Champion. ^[5]

Courses

Course	Base game	Collector's Edition	DLC	Notes
Atlanta Athletic Club	No	No	Yes
Augusta National	Yes	Yes	No
Augusta National Par 3	No	Yes	Yes
Banff Springs	No	No	Yes
Bethpage Black	Yes	Yes	No
Blackwolf Run, River Course	No	No	Yes
Celtic Manor	Yes	Yes	No
Costa Navarino	No	No	Yes
Crooked Stick	Yes	Yes	No
East Lake	Yes	Yes	No
Emerald Dragon (Fantasy Course)	No	No	Yes	Best Buy pre-order bonus for PlayStation 3/Xbox 360
Greek Isles (Fantasy Course)	No	No	Yes
Highlands (Fantasy Course)	No	No	Yes
Kiawah Island, Ocean Course	Yes	Yes	No
Liberty National	No	No	Yes
Oakmont	No	Yes	Yes
PGA National Champion Course	No	Yes	Yes
Pebble Beach	Yes	Yes	No
Pinehurst No. 2	No	Yes	Yes
Predator (Fantasy Course)	No	No	Yes
Royal Birkdale	Yes	Yes	No
Royal County Down	Yes	Yes	No
Royal Melbourne	Yes	Yes	No
Spyglass Hill	No	No	Yes
St. Andrews, Old Course	Yes	Yes	No
TPC Blue Monster at Doral	No	No	Yes	Gamestop pre-order bonus for PlayStation 3
TPC San Antonio	No	No	Yes
TPC at Sawgrass	Yes	Yes	No
TPC of Scottsdale	Yes	Yes	No
The Els Club	Yes	Yes	No
The Old White TPC	No	Yes	Yes
Torrey Pines, South Course	Yes	Yes	No
Valhalla	Yes	Yes	No
Waialae	No	No	Yes
Whistling Straits, Straits Course	No	Yes	Yes
Wolf Creek Golf Club	No	No	Yes	Gamestop pre-order bonus for Xbox 360

Golfers

• Ben Crane (new)
• Ross Fisher (new)
• Dustin Johnson (new)
• Hunter Mahan (new)
• Graeme McDowell (new)
• Tiger Woods
• Rickie Fowler
• Rory McIlroy
• Paul Casey
• Paula Creamer
• Rhys Davies
• Luke Donald
• Jim Furyk
• Natalie Gulbis
• Zach Johnson
• Rocco Mediate
• Edoardo Molinari
• Ian Poulter
• Justin Rose
• Adam Scott
• Bubba Watson
• Boo Weekley

Licensed Tournaments

• Farmers Insurance Open
• Waste Management Phoenix Open
• AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
• Honda Classic
• The Masters
• Valero Texas Open
• THE PLAYERS Championship
• Greenbrier Classic
• The Barclays
• BMW Championship
• TOUR Championship

Amazon Pre-order Exclusive

• Jeremy Roenick (NHL Legend)
• Marshall Faulk (NFL Hall of Famer)
• Dwight Howard (NBA Super-Star)
• Sugar Ray Leonard (Boxing Legend)

Blockbuster Pre-order

• Wayne Rooney
• James Milner
• Petr Čech
• Theo Walcott

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Reception

Reception

Aggregate scores Aggregator Score GameRankings (X360) 78.95%[7] (PS3) 75.60%[8] Metacritic (X360) 77/100[9] (PS3) 75/100[10] Review scores Publication Score Destructoid 8/10[11] Electronic Gaming Monthly 9/10[12] Eurogamer 6/10[13] Game Informer 8/10[14] Game Revolution [15] GameSpot (PS3) 7/10[16] (X360) 6.5/10[17] GameTrailers 8.5/10[18] IGN 6.5/10[19] Official Xbox Magazine 7.5/10[20] PlayStation Magazine 8/10[21] Digital Spy [22] The Guardian [23]

The game was met with slightly positive reception upon release. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 78.95% and 77 out of 100 for the Xbox 360 version,^[7][9] and 75.60% and 75 out of 100 for the PlayStation 3 version.^[8][10]

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