EA Sports PGA Tour Delayed to Masters Tournament Week
EA Sports PGA Tour has been delayed a couple of weeks from its March 24 release date and will now launch during the week of the Masters Tournament on April 7, 2023.
EA shared the news in a blog, confirming that this "small shift in release date allows us to add a few final touches to the game that we are very excited to deliver to all of you, including updates to some favorite courses to reflect 2023 designs."
While the worldwide launch is set for Friday, April 7, early access for the title will begin on Tuesday, April 4, for those that purchase the deluxe edition or choose to try it out on EA Play Pro.
EA Sports PGA Tour will be EA's first new golf game since 2015's Rory McIlroy PGA Tour. In our review, we said it was "solid enough out on the course but it’s just lacking too many of the series’ fundamentals to make it worthwhile for golf fans."
EA was known for many years for its excellent Tiger Woods PGA Tour games, but the legendary golfer won't be part of this new game as he is currently in a multi-year exclusivity deal with the PGA Tour 2K series.
In our review of PGA Tour 2K23, we said, "there's not much to be excited about" as the game features "poorly presented golfing on second-tier courses. It's fiercely accurate to the real sport but lacks personality and variety."
While EA Sports PGA Tour won't include Tiger Woods, it will have 30 courses at launch, a new Pure Strike shot system, and much more.
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