You must have a lot off patience to play this game its a good game but its very annoying how your golfer improves, and it takes a long time to load and the game is very hard. I have smashed 2 different controll pads and broken them because I have got so frustrated with the game.

I played the title on the Xbox360 and I was impressed. I liked the new attribute system. It's not perfect but it's much better than the previous versions. The club feedback is also a welcome addition.

I recently bought a PS3 as my XBOX360 gave up the will to live.
I rented out TW2009 on the PS3 and I noticed that the graphics and most notably the player animations are substandard. I used the same HD.TV with both games XBOX360/PS3 and can't understand why the graphics differ so much.
(in a press release EA said the game and graphics are identical!

The golfer animations have no clear definition around the golfer. You can clearly see the pixels as blocks, it looks worse than other PS2 titles. (out-line of golfers not graphics)I will rent out the game again as I'm hoping this is a problem with the disc.

Apart from the shabby player animations this is a good game. Not much has changed from previous incarnations. The commentary is dull and flat and the trees look pedestrian and lifeless. There is no competition to the TW series which is a shame as I'm sure EA would be forced to push the boundaries.

Some games are in production for years and benefit from the extra time at their disposal. Games like TWs FIFA and PES come out every year and in my opinion don't get the attention that such titles deserve. I would like to see a two-year cycle for such games, with patches updating golfers and courses. ££££££££££££££££££££££
Will insure that this doesn't happen however.

Definitely a big improvement on '08 which was quite frankly almost unplayable because of the highly sensitive swing controls. The swing visulaisation in 09 is a great help and enables you to pull off great shots with much better shot and ball control. The skills build-up system works well and the Tiger challenge section is gripping. My only criticism is the graphics: There should have been more attention to detail, for example, when you have a cross wind of 40kph, you'd expect to see nearby trees swaying in the wind but they are totally rigid! Overall the graphics are OK I guess, but they don't blow you away, but the good quality game play per se makes up for this.

It is a excellent game much better than 08 the tiger challenge has improved and the online seems to be good aswell

This is a good game at a fairly good price.
Plenty to keep you busy. You dont even need to be a huge golf fan.

Bad points - similar to tiger 08. If you already have it then you mightnt think its such a good buy.

After playing tiger woods 08 for the last year this really is a welcome change and much better, the swing system is perfect and ya feel so much more in control and able to pull off the shot you want without the slice/draw that tiger woods 08 would often give you, plus building up ya players skill level is now alot faster to do, yes the on line issue of "bad connection" is a pain when ya just want to crack on with a game but when ya do get to playing on line its fantastic, am loving this game, all i can say to ea sports is ya got it right at last "go you" :-)

I am a hugh fan of 08 and was excited to get 09. When I first played it i thought the graphics were worse than before and the game play not as good. It's a step back not forward. Very disappointing, save the money and get 08

This is defo the best and most realistic golf game around I am sure of that. As many people have said the new stats system which changes after each round is much better. However, a lot of people are saying how great the online is. I do not find this to be the case. It seems difficult to find a game with a good connection (says bad connection a lot) and then even harder to finish one without people quitting. Still, this is excellent and worth the money unless you have 08.

Easyier to build up your own glolfer stats than previous years stats can also go down after a bad tournament but your coach is there to help you improve.

Firstly yes tw09 does deliver a great game im a fan, well done. Question i need to be answered from others gamers, help. How do i increase my ranking not my skill lvl my ranking ??/?