Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 - Strategy Guide (Page 07)
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48) __ Sahalee Country Club 11
49) __ Emerald Dragon 1
50) __ Emerald Dragon 6
51) __ Emerald Dragon 7
52) __ Emerald Dragon 11
53) __ Emerald Dragon 15
54) __ Wallaby Creek 5
55) __ Wallaby Creek 8
56) __ Wallaby Creek 13
57) __ Wallaby Creek 18
58) __ Kapalua Plantation 5
59) __ Kapalua Plantation 9
60) __ Kapalua Plantation 15
61) __ Kapalua Plantation 18
62) __ Pinehurst No. 2 4
63) __ Pinehurst No. 2 10
64) __ Pinehurst No. 2 16
65) __ Bethpage Black 4
66) __ Bethpage Black 7
67) __ Bethpage Black 13
68) __ Bay Hill Club 4
69) __ Bay Hill Club 6
70) __ Bay Hill Club 12
71) __ Bay Hill Club 16
72) __ Penguin Falls 1
73) __ Penguin Falls 7
74) __ Penguin Falls 10
75) __ Penguin Falls 18
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PAR 5 CHECKLIST - Alternate version submitted by "Bogey000". Thanks!
EMERALD DRAGON KAPALUA PLANTATION PINEHURST #2
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WALLABY CREEK BETHPAGE BLACK BAY HILL CLUB
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PENGUIN FALLS PEBBLE BEACH THE HIGHLANDS
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TPC SAWGRASS PRINCEVILLE RESORT BLACK ROCK COVE
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ROYAL BIRKDALE THE PREDATOR SPYGLASS HILL
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POPPY HILLS TPC SCOTTSDALE ST. ANDREWS
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TORREY PINES SAHALEE CC
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Chapter 23) CLUB DISTANCES AT 110%
- Thanks to Pokedad for recommending this chart.
- This chart lists the maximum distances for each club at 110% attributes.
Driver:
8: 333 yards
8.5: 331 yards
9: 329 yards
9.5: 328 yards
10: 326 yards
10.5: 323 yards
3W: 302 yards
5W: 279 yards
7W: 259 yards
1I: 240 yards
2I: 230 yards
3I: 220 yards
4I: 206 yards
5I: 196 yards
6I: 186 yards
7I: 173 yards
8I: 162 yards
9I: 152 yards
PW: 140 yards
AW: 130 yards
GW: 120 yards
SW: 109 yards
LBW: 100 yards
LW: 90 yards
HLW: 80 yards
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Chapter 24) GENERAL PLAYING TIPS
1) Choosing the correct club
- This is based off of your lie, whether you need to fade or draw the ball,
the wind, and the elevation change to the hole.
- I only club up or down for strong winds or a change in elevation greater than
40 feet (or a combination of both). Otherwise, I just adjust the amount of
boost I use for each shot.
- Example: I'm 110 yards out. The elevation change to the green is 10 feet
higher. The wind is in my face at about 6 mph. I do not change the club. I
just use max power boost.
- Example 2: I'm 110 yards out. The elevation change is 30 feet lower to the
green. The wind is at my back at about 4 mph. I change the club. I go one
club down and use minimal boost (one button press).
- You just need to get the feel for what works for you.
2) Chipping
- This is a completely new addition to this year's game. Here's my theories
on how this works after tons of experimentation. I like this alot. I think
it makes those shots close to the green alot easier.
- You can chip with any iron or wedge.
- Starting with the Sand Wedge, each club has a loft to roll ratio. The sand
wedge is 1:1. That means that it will travel just as much in the air as it
will roll. This ony works if you get it on the green first! If you don't, the
ball won't roll at all.
- The PW has a ratio of 1:2
- The 9I has a ratio of 1:3
- and so on until you reach the 5I (the highest club with which you can chip)
which has a ratio of 1:7. However, I hardly ever use any club beyond the
7 iron. If I'm in that range of roll needed, I just use the pitch shot.
- Use the grid to your advantage. There's no caddy tip on this, so you have
to develop a feel for how much to adjust your aim. The rolling lights on the
grid have a speed to them. If they're not moving at all, use a SW and aim
right for it. If they're moving fast, move the aiming marker opposite their
movement.
- Use the club you need depending on your lie. If you're on the green, and you
have a really long putt, I would use the 7 iron chip shot instead. You don't
need any loft, and the roll you'll get will get the ball there. If you're on
the fringe, loft is more important. Use the PW or SW or AW.
- Remember that the slope of your lie has a lot to do with your aiming. If the
ball is below your feet, aim left. If the ball is above your feet, aim right.
(Thanks KCWolfPck from IGN message boards for the tip!)
3) Putting and the Putting Grid
- This can make or break your game. Remember the adage "Drive for show, putt
for dough". This is totally true. A putt counts the same stroke as a drive.
2 putting or 3 putting will kill your score in a heartbeat.
- You just need to develop a feel for putting. There's no real "easy" way to
ensure you get the putt in the cup every time. Especially if the green has
ridiculous slopes.
- Just imagine if you were a pro! Putting often kills even Tiger's game in
real life.
- Turn on the putting grid! This is in the options menu. You're just a
glutton for punishment without it. It makes it a little easier.
- The grid varies in size depending on your distance from the cup.
- The cup itself is 4 inches wide. Thus 1 or 2 inch adjustments should be
inside the cup!
- The following measurements are all mine and my opinion. I've seen posted on
other boards different distances, but this works for me.
- Under 20 foot putt:
- From top to bottom: grid is 1'9"
- From left to right: grid is 2'10"
- 20 foot to 40 foot putt:
- From top to bottom: grid is 2'6"
- From left to right: grid is 2'10"
- 40 foot or greater:
- From top to bottom: grid is 5'
- From left to right: grid is 2'10"
- I've occasionally seen a different grid size (4'2" high, 3' wide) that fits
between the 20 and 40 foot putts, but I haven't been able to measure when that
grid shows up. It might be from 30' to 40' putts.
- This grid means that if the caddy tells you 2 feet long, 2 inches left, you
place the marker at the left edge of the hole, and go a little beyond 1 grid
distance high. The hole is often not on the line itself, so you have to
"guesstimate" where to put the marker.
- If you're hardcore and want to go without the grid, you'll notice that there
is a grid itself imprinted on the green (the mowed in grids). They're fainter,
and they're harder to use since they vary in size from course to course. But,
this was how we did it in TW2002 and TW2003. Just get the feel again.
- The bad part about these grids is that they're not "straight", so you're
using alot of geometry in your head to get the correct distances.
- Last tips on the putting: it never hurts to add a few inches to the length
of your putt, or not to subtract as much from the downhill putts. Just as in
real life, a putt with a little more speed will remove some of the break from
the ball. This will help make some of the more tricky putts. Either that or
get you to within tap-in distance.
- Finally: use the chipping method if you're not on the green. It's easier
than trying to line up your putt.
- Also, sometimes the caddy tip is unavailable. I use the chipping method then
too. It's easier to control the ball speed.
4) Windy Courses (greater than 10 mph)
- I personally don't like the punch shots. This is the "correct" type of shot
to use in the wind, but I think it's just as easy, if not better to use a
normal shot and just adjust your aim.
- You'll get better distance this way, and you don't have to adjust your normal
game as much.
- If you're hitting into the wind, club up and use max power boost. If you're
hitting down wind, club down and use no boost.
- Crosswinds are tougher. Just aim left or right according to the wind. If
the wind is really strong, use a fade or a draw to minimize the impact of the
wind. For example, if the wind is blowing from left to right, use a slight
draw to bring the ball in with the wind.
5) Rainy Courses
- Rain takes the roll out of the ball, but doesn't appear to effect distance
through the air. Thus driver shots will come up short of normal, since more
of their distance comes from roll. Wedge shots are almost unaffected since
more of their distance comes from the flight of the ball.
- Adjust accordingly - your drives will come up short of the aiming marker.
- On the other hand, your wedges will "stick" better to the green. No spin
required!
6) Hitting out of the sand (i.e. Sand Saves)
- Club up! Use the percentage listed next to your lie to judge what club to
use. For example, if the ball is "deep" and listed as 56% (one of the worst
you can get), then you need almost double the distance needed. So if you have
60 yards to the green, you need a club with about 115 yards distance.
- You can't use a driver or fairway wood effectively in the sand. Don't do it.
Lay up!
- The longer irons will sometimes not work well either (1, 2, 3, 4 iron).
Depends on the lie. If the bunker is steep, then lay up!
- Boost can help you get that extra kick coming out of the sand.
7) Hitting out of the rough
- Club up! Use the percentage listed next to your lie to judge what club to
use. For example, if you're 130 yards out, and the percentage is listed as
80%, you need to use a club with about 156 or so yards to hit the green.
- This only works partially. If you're trying to use a driver or fairway wood,
then you won't get that kind of distance. Lay up!
- If the lie is sloped badly, you won't get full power no matter what club you
use - Lay up!
- Use a little boost to get that extra kick. Using too much boost will make
you overfly the target... just as bad.
8) Shaping your shots
- Do the second tutorial after the Tour Card scenario to help learn this
critical skill.
- Fades and slices are to the right. You do these by pulling back to your
right during the back swing and pushing forward to the left on the forward
swing. The more to the right that you pull back, the more slice you'll impart.
- Draws and hooks are to the left. You do these by pulling back to your left
during the back swing and pushing forward to the right on your forward swing.
The more to the left that you pull back, the more hook you'll impart.
- Always start your aim more to the right if you're hooking the ball.
- Always start your aim more to the left if you're slicing the ball.
- How much to aim to the left or right is a matter of how much you're slicing
or hooking it. You'll just have to try a few to get a feel for how much to
adjust your aim.
9) Which clubs should you use?
- You have to carry one Driver, one 5 Iron, a Sand Wedge, and a putter.
- I personally think the best selection is:
- 8.5 degree driver
- 5 Wood
- 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 irons
- Pitching Wedge (PW), Approach Wedge (AW), Sand Wedge (SW), Lob Wedge (LW)
- Putter
- This selection gives you a nice distance between your driver and your 5 wood.
- The 1 Iron is more helpful than the 2 Iron since it is closer in distance to
the 5 wood.
- The 8 iron is not necessary. Under used club.
- The spacing between the 4 wedges above gives you a nice range to pick from
when you're close to the green.
10) How to get a full power boost on every shot
- One true fail-safe method is to buy a controller with a turbo button!
- But seriously, it's a matter of technique. Some people hold the controller
all awkwardly and tap their heart out.
- XBox: I personally hold the controller with my left hand. I swing the club
using the left analog stick using my left thumb. Then I hold the controller
against my right leg and tap with my right index finger on the white button.
- PS2: I personally hold the controller with my left hand. I swing the club
using the left analog stick using my right forefinger and thumb. Then I use
my left index finger to tap the L1 for power boost and later L2 for spin.
- Trial and error. Whatever works for you is fine.
11) Hitting around or through trees
- This can almost be like the unplayable lie sometimes - see below.
- You can thread the needle between trees. I've done this many times. It's
risky, but it can really help on the Predator and a few other courses.
- You can also use trees to stop your ball. Some fairways are really narrow.
If you hit the ball through trees on your way to that fairway, it will stop the
ball from rolling. Even with a driver! This can be a critical skill on the
tougher courses like the Predator.
- Just beware... often a tree will stop a ball dead and drop it where it hits
the tree.
- So, despite the adage that trees are 90% air, it really blows when you hit
the 10% that isn't air... Stay away from trees if possible.
12) The unplayable lie
- There are lies in the game where you just cannot get out. The Predator does
this to me alot. If I'm in some severe bushes, or behind a tree, it's almost
impossible to hit out of it, let alone reach the green.
- To get out of this, the only foolproof way (at least most of the time) is to
turn all the way around and hit it back onto the fairway.
13) Spinning the ball
- Spinning the ball is a huge deal in this game. It can make or break you on
the more difficult courses.
- For example, if you're hitting a driver or fairway wood shot to hit the
green in 2 shots on a par 5, then backspin is absolutely critical to stop the
ball on the green without it rolling through to the backside rough. This is
not always possible. Especially if your spin attribute is not maxed out. Then
you'll just need to just take something off the backspin.
- Spin has no effect at all on the flight of the ball. Unlike real life. If
you don't believe me, look in the manual. It says that spin effects are
applied after the ball is on the ground.
- Once you start the spin, you cannot stop it. You can change the direction to
minimize "damage" or you can slow your spin down by pushing the controller
slightly in the opposite direction and tapping the spin button. This will slow
the spin down.
- Techniques:
a) On drives, spin creates more distance. If you use forward spin, you will
get a further distance. If you use backwards spin, it will not stop a drive
from rolling, but it will keep the ball from rolling too far.
b) Spin will not get you out of a bunker. The ball just sticks.
c) Spin sometimes will help you get out of the rough. The ball loses a lot of
speed when it hits the rough, but if it's close to the edge of the fairway,
then sidespin will help it get to the fairway.
d) Due to the shorter flight time of the ball on pitch and chip shots, spinning
is almost futile. You can usually get a few button presses in on each to stop
the ball from rolling too far in the wrong direction.
e) On a par 3, if you get the heartbeat vibration right after you hit the ball,
do NOT spin the ball. I've gotten almost all my holes-in-one by NOT spinning
the ball. The CPU knows when the ball is heading for the hole right after you
hit it. Spinning it will just throw the ball offline. You won't always get
the hole-in-one this way, but it has worked for me.
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Chapter 25) SECRETS, HINTS, COOL FEATURES
1) In the XBox version and the PS2 version, there are two special movies in the
EA Extras menu. One is entitled "Tribute to #1", the other is entitled "Bay
Hill #18." Both are about Tiger Woods. Sorry Gamecube fans! The disc is too
small to hold these movies, even though you have two of them with this game.
2) The Tiger Challenge scenario that you need to beat to get the Tracking Tiger
"Can You Beat Me?" ball is available only through a password. The password is
"sherwood target" all lower case. It's a 3 hole scenario vs. Tiger at the
Sherwood Country Club. Too bad this is the only place you can play this
course, and you only get the last three holes of it.
- Prizes for winning: $45,000, Unlocking Wallaby Creek, Tracking Tiger
trophy ball, $500,000 bonus for the ball, and up to $5,000 in side games
(longest drive and closest to the pin).
- You can only get the $500,000 bonus once.
3) Unlocking Cedric the Entertainer was covered above, but I'll add it in here
too: use "CEDDYBEAR" (without the quotes, but in all caps) at the password
screen. He's pretty entertaining. Ha Ha...
- You have to re-enter this password after you turn off your machine if
you want to continue using Cedric. The game does not save him as un-
locked.
4) When you enter a password, if you did it right, you'll hear Tiger say "Oh,
yeah". If you do it wrong, you'll hear Tiger say "That's not good".
5) There are introductory FMVs at the beginning of each "real-life" tournament,
such as the Bay Hill Invitational.
- Tiger will also present you with the trophy in an FMV for the Bay Hill
tournament, and for the The Players Championship (TPC). The Bay Hill
trophy is really cool - a mini sword.
6) Tiger will congratulate you when you are selected for PGA Tour Player of the
Month with a FMV (January and February).
- I've also seen Justin Rose (March) and Ty Tryon (April) congratulate
you for being player of the month.
7) Watch for the sasquatch in the trees on Sahalee CC hole #17. No joke.
8) John Daly will congratulate you in a FMV for your first major victory.
- The first major is the "Southern Major Championship" at Pinehurst
No. 2. It's the 11th tournament in the PGA Tour Season.
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Chapter 26) YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
- This posting of email questions is NOT meant to ridicule or poke fun. There
are no stupid questions. What I assume to be obvious may not be to others.
Also, some of these questions were really good ones too.
- Ask away and I'll answer your questions here... But please scan through
these questions BEFORE emailing me and asking something that's already been
answered. I've gotten some of the same questions over and over and over.
Email: blackwidow_gamefaqs@hotmail.com
- "T N" writes: "how do I purchase a 5 wood?? All the fairway woods I see are
3 woods... Please advice. Thanks!"
- My response: You don't purchase a specific wood. For example, you only
buy "fairway woods" from the pro shop menu. Once you have a specific
fairway wood, you can go to the "in the bag" menu and select either the
3W, 5W, or the 7W from that type of specific fairway wood.
- "ralston4" writes: I am playing on the PC, and I was wondering if there is
any tie into the way to achieve a sponsorship. I rejected the first two offers,
Ping and Maxfli, hoping someone else would offer. I didnt believe that you
could have more than one sponsor. I have played well into the champion mode of
TWG 2004 and still have not been offered another sponsorship. Do you know
of any way to improve chances of obtaining sponsorship? Wearing more gear
of a particular sponsor? Does it have to do with the tournament you play
in? Do you have to play all the tournaments to unlock a specific sponsor?
- My response: As far as I know, the PC version is very different from
the console version. In the consoles, you get to have all 11 sponsors at
one time. In the PC version, I've heard (only by reading message boards)
that you only get 1 sponsor. I'm not sure what the triggering events are
in the PC version either. In the console versions, it appears to come at
a regular interval based off of your game completion stats or your
overall earnings. I might try the PC version in the future if I get a
chance, but until then, let me know if you figure it out. Sorry I can't
be of more help to you!
- "Nick" writes: I have been playing Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 for awhile now
and I have no clue as to what the Side Games are on each hole in the PGA
Tournament. Is there something that I have to do in order to get the money
for it?
- My response: I get this question a lot - Side Games: in 2003 they were
1) closest to the pin ($2500), 2) longest drive ($2500), and 3) hole in
one ($100K) that occurred during tournaments.
In 2004, I've only seen them during the Tiger Challenge Target Tournament
where you play Tiger for 3 holes. (password: sherwood target). I haven't
seen them at all anywhere else in the game. Maybe there's a glitch in the
game? Not sure. But they definitely occur with less frequency during
2004 than during 2003.
- "Gary" writes: I am trying to play the pga tour with my buddy at home but
the game will only let one of us play at a time. Is there anything that i am
doing wrong? Is there no way for both of us to play it at the same time from
the same xbox?
- My response: Sorry... this is one of the biggest complaints that people
have about this years game. Used to be in TW2003 that you could do this.
For some reason they pulled that option out in TW2004...
- "Chris" writes: Apologies if you deal with this somewhere in your very full
FAQ - do you know if Penguin Falls is available in the gamecube version?
- My response: Thanks Chris for pointing out that the Gamecube version
does NOT have the Penguin Falls course. Yet another way GC owners were
shafted. But of course, when TW2004 for the GBA comes out, they'll have
their connectivity.
- "Simon" writes: On a real time event I recently played the weather was
raining. I thought nothing strange about this until I checked my game options
and they had been changed to rain in the weather section. Is this because I
played an RTE in the Autumn which can be pretty wet anyway?
- My response: Some of the RTE's take place in the rain, just like some
of the scenarios. It's supposed to add to the challenge.
- "Paul" writes: I am not sure how to make my golfer look like me. What can i
do to send my pic to someone that can send the settings to me so i can make my
golfer look like me?
- My response: Like I stated in the FAQ, I'm not an artist, and no one
has responded to me yet with their creations or whether or not they're up
to doing custom ones, so we'll have to wait and see.
- "Todd" writes: How do you change the coarse difficulty? Mine is always easy.
I'm shooting like 16 under par every round.
- My response: It depends. The actual course difficulties are set in
stone. For example, TPC Sawgrass is always a medium difficulty course.
The only thing you can change is the pin locations and the tee locations.
If it's a PGA Tour Season tournament, the tee locations are automatically
set to black (the hardest), and the pin locations go from easy on day 1
to expert on day 4. You can't change them in that mode, scenario mode,
or World Tour mode. They're preset. But, if you're playing online or
playing traditional modes, you can change the pin locations and the tee
locations.
- "Matthew" writes: i can't switch any of my clubs when i go to the pro shop
and "in the bag". When ever i change them in "in the bag" they don't change
when i go to play and im stuck with my original clubs which i don't want. How
do i make the clubs i put in my bag useable in the game?
- My response: First, which version are you using? I have had this
problem once with the XBox version, but not with the PS2 version.
Here's what you can try: change your clubs, save your game immediately.
Then play a round. If the clubs are still the default ones, then try
this: change your clubs, save your game, turn off the system, turn it
back on, play a round. If it's still default, try changing them right
after you turn it on.
It's a new feature this year that lets you save your club configuration
(TW2003 it would never save it), so I'm sure there are bound to be a few
bugs in it.
- "Brody" writes: I have absolutely no idea what the Bio Level 4 is. To unlock
some items in the pro shop you need to reach this level and I dont know what to
do. Could you please help me out?
- My response: They're talking about the EA Sports Bio. To activate this,
go into "My Tour" from the menu. It's the first option on that screen.
It takes up some space on your memory card though.
What it does is track your playing time, your big achievements (like
getting trophy balls, winning tournaments, etc.) and your time playing
other EA Sports games (only 2004 versions though...)
So, after a certain amount of time (not sure how much), you'll get to Bio
level 4. I'm at 8 on mine with just over a day's worth of playing time
(but I started it late - I should be almost double or triple that).
- "Rick" and "Paul" write: I cannot seem to get the eagle on the 7th hole of
Emerald Dragon. Is there a secret way to do this? Please help me!!!!!
- My response: Okay, turn on gale force winds in the options menu. Then
do the course in the traditional mode - stroke play. Set it up to use
the White Tees, Fast Fairways, slow greens. Play that hole (#7). When
you get to it, if the winds are not blowing you towards the far fairway,
quit and start over. The other thing you can do to speed this up so you
don't have to play through holes 1-6 is to create a course. Make it
consist of nothing but the Emerald Dragon #7 hole. Set it up with the
same options. Anyways, when you finally get the wind blowing you towards
the far fairway, boost up and go for it. You'll make it. Then go for
the green. You'll make it. Putt for eagle.
- "Chris" writes: Great job on the faq. I have found a few more FMV secrets
where these golfers will appear:
First PGA Tour win- Adam Scott
Player of the Month - John Daly appears sometimes
First major win - Retief Goosen
Winning the Grand Slam - Tiger
- My response: Thanks Chris. I'll be sure to include this in the next
FAQ update and include your name as the source.
- "Brian" writes: Yo man, I read your faq-it's well done n' helpful. I was
reading your q&a stuff at the bottom-someone wanted to know about side games.
Well, my brother and I play a lot of skins games under the traditional game
modes. We get about 2-4 side game challenges per round on most of the standard
courses before unlocking any-almost always a nearest to the pin on par 3 or a
longest drive on par 5, we've only gotten the 100k hole in one challenge once.
Also, I dont know for sure whether it is random or not, but the side games
seemed to come up at a higher frequency when we were tied on the 18th and
went to extra holes.
- My response: Thanks Brian. I'll be sure to include this in the next
update and give you credit. I don't play those traditional modes too
often myself, so I wasn't even aware that the side games occurred during
those modes. In the past, they occurred during other modes as well.
- "Manny" writes: Hello, i have put in the code "THEKITCHENSINK" and i do hear
the oh yeahhhh thing but how do i choose the other golphers? i click on game
modes and go to PGA tour, but it only gives me the option of selecting
myself....your answer is great appreciated....XBOX version of PGA here...
- My response: I've never tried that password. However, I do know that
you can only select other golfers for certain modes, such as scenarios,
traditional games, and arcade modes. I know you cannot use other golfers
for PGA Tour and for the World Tour. You must use your created golfer for
those modes.
- "Jason" writes: Nice walkthrough. For some reason I cannot select a different
degree driver to put in my bag. It is always stuck at 9.5! Any suggestions?
- Jason's own response: I figured out my question. You have to unselect
another club in the bag (lets say 9 iron) then check the 2nd driver you
desire. Then you can unselect the original driver and go back and put
the club you unselected (9 iron) back in. Because you always need one
driver, for some reason the game wont let you just switch them, seems
silly.
- "James" writes: I was wondering if their was any difference in the top tier
drivers? I just eagled every par five and unlocked the EAgle series driver.
Is this any better than the best Callaway?
- My response: They're the same if their multiplier is the same. I
heard someone on a board say that they get 10 extra yards with their
EAgle Series, but I don't believe them. I've tried it.
- "James" (a different guy) writes: have you noticed on the leaderboards for
online tournaments, that many at the top have less points than others. i've
seen some in the negatives. does this mean they're cheating? if so, why let
them stay there and earn that prize money?
- My response: Just another reason why EA should go the XBox live route.
It's too easy for folks to cheat on the PS2. If they get "banned", they
just create a new ID. You can't do that on XBox.
- "Jeremy" writes: Is it possible to have your level of attributes exceed 110%
in each category? I thought that somewhere I had seen that it was possible to
double your attributes after achieving a certain accomplishment. My stats are
maxed and now I don't know what to spend my money on.
- My response: Sorry. 110% is it. Once you've bought everything in the
pro shop, you're just accumulating cash. Nothing else to spend it on.
- "Paul" writes: Thanks very much for taking the timeout to create the FAQ for
Tiger Woods 2004. I have one question and one additional piece of information
for you. Is there any way to list which sponsors you have accepted? And the
piece of information is that the European (at least UK) versions do not have
the online facility.
- My response: Thanks for the tip on the European version (do you have
the PS2?). As for the sponsors, go to the PGA Tour Season mode, and
scroll left or right through the menus. There's a sponsors list in there
and how much each gives you.
- "Chad" writes: I have a question about Tiger woods 2004 for xbox, I have
finished the game and I don't know how to get the rest of thr Tiger Trophy
balls (money maker, 28 % winning, and 18 majors) I know thatthey are 100 event
minimum, but does that mean I just keep on playing stroke play, or do I start
another game face. Can I play another season with the same character and if
so how do I do it? Any help in this and I would greatly appreciated it., I am
at 152% game completion.
- My response: You can play as many seasons as you need to with your
created character. Thus, you can play 100 tournaments (roughly 3 seasons
worth). Takes a long time!
- "David" writes: the 100% completion ball i have got but i haven't completed
the whole game i have 95% completion but 10% bonus completion. Also i would
like to know what is your lowest round
- My response:The bonus completion is added into your game total
completion. It's weird then that you got the 100% trophy ball without
being truly "100%" complete.
My lowest round was a 46 at TPC Scottsdale. Tough to get lower than that.
You need to be eagling lots of par 4s to even get close to that score.
But I have heard (and probably believed) guys on the internet saying that
they've gotten a 42 or so. Anything lower than that, I think they're
cheating (or lying). I consider myself to be pretty good, and 46 doesn't
happen very often for me. I do hit 52 very consistently (birdie every
hole and eagle a few).
- "Andrew" writes:
-After completing the World Tour, it is locked out. At what point does it
unlock in order to pursue 200% completion?
-How exactly is 100% completion obtained? What does/doesn't count towards it?
-What is Bonus Progress % under Game Progress for? I am currently at 91% Game
Progress and only 7% Bonus Progress. At this rate, will I need 1200% completion
to max out bonus progress?
- My response: 1) The World Tour is a one time thing. You achieve 200%
by doing everything else. It doesn't mean that you get to do everything
in the game twice.
2) Bonus progress is your progress at : 1) RTEs, 2) pro-shop items
collected, 3) Tracking Tiger Balls, and maybe a few other things.
3) 100% is completed anytime you get enough so that you're "half-way"
through the game. For me, it was after the World Tour, after 10 PGA Tour
Tournaments, after all 30 scenarios completed, and after most trophy balls
completed. It will vary based on what you do. If you do nothing but the
PGA Tour, you'll eventually hit 100% just by doing that.
- "John" writes: I can't figure out how to get 8250 total yards on 15 balls on
the "I" and "G" levels of the arcade mode, long drive shootout, total balls
(you would have to average 450 yards per drive). The only way I managed to get
7500 on the "t" level was to set the wind to gale force, and keep reseting
until I got a big tail wind.
- My response: You've got the idea on getting the trophy in the total
balls. You need a strong tail wind (30 mph plus). Then you need to get
a max power drive every time (full red ball) - tough to do without a
turbo controller. Then you need to hit it 450 everytime to get the bonus
distance added to it (100 points). It's possible, but tough...
- "Silas" writes: I am using a PS2 and I noticed that they give the "resale"
value of all the clubs however how do you sell the clubs or even trade them?
Is there a place or time or spot to resell your clubs your not using or is
there anything to do with the clubs you have but don't use?
- My response: You can sell your clubs/shirts/etc. if you wish, but
there's really no reason to do so. You get a marginal fraction of the
purchase price back, and in order to get 200%, you'll need to buy
everything. But, if you want to, just select that item, ensure it's not
equipped, then press "circle" to sell it.
- "Steve" writes: In Tiger Woods 2004 (PS2) is it possible to save a game in
the middle of a round? If my kids are bugging me when I'm on the 8th hole,
can I save it and pick it up later or do I have to keep it on pause?
(I'm renting the game, so I don't have a copy of the manual). Thanks, so far
your FAQ has been a great help.
- My response: Sorry... no way to save mid-round. I have the same problem
sometimes with my kids. I just put the controller out of reach and pause
the game when I can't continue a round to completion.
- "Ryan" writes: How do I get the Eagle Hunt Trophy Ball? I've been trying to
get that Driver that has 4 Power and 4 Power Boost and I have no idea what
I've got to do.
- My response: You have to get an eagle in all 75 par-5 holes. There's a
list of which one's you've gotten in the "My Tour" Trophy Room. If you've
gotten an eagle on a certain par-5, there will be a golf ball with an
eagle on it to mark that. You can even use the controller to highlight
those balls and it will tell you the date that you achieved that eagle.
The easiest way is to use the checklist in my FAQ, then "create-a-course"
with those holes that you need to eagle. Then play that in traditional
modes stroke play (mulligans have to be off), then play that course until
you get eagles in all the holes you need. If you have one last tricky
eagle to get, then create-a-course with nothing but that one hole over
and over again.
- "James" writes: As a side note. I play Madden2004 and NCAA2004 so my bio has
reached level 29. This has unlocked the pro shop items for that requirement.
I have not scanned all the items to confirm, all have been released but I know
many were when level 29 was reached. I also started with $27,000.00 in cash @
level 25 bio. I guess you get $2,000.00 plus one thousand per level of bio.
Just an extrapolation maybe not the way it works but it make sense.
- My response: You're probably right about the cash bonus you receive.
That would keep in line with the rewards theme of the Bio.
- "Mark" writes: Also, "Nessie" is in Scrofie (spelling?) Lake on the Highlands
course. She swims out from behind the island going to the left on the par 3
over the water (I forget what hole that is). Now for my real question: I
created a right-handed golfer, but when I bought a glove, the system put the
glove on the wrong hand. A right-handed golfer wears a glove on the left hand,
but the system puts it on the right hand. Do you know of any way to correct
this? EA Sports says it's not a glitch, but I have my doubts.
- My response: Thanks for the tip on Nessie. Never noticed before. Also,
there are two different types of gloves in the game, some are labeled RH,
some are labeled LH. My golfer has one on each hand (the more items you
wear from each sponsor gives you more cash). Make sure you bought the
"correct" glove if you only want one on a certain hand.
- "James" writes: I was wondering if ther is actually a difference between the
unlockable clubs (i.e. Ping 123 better than Nike 456) and since you can only
have 10 sponsorships, or at least I think that is all you can have, how can you
unlock all of the items in the pro shop that require sponsorships once you
already have your 10? If you answered either of these questions in your FAQ
and I missed it, I appologize
- My response: There are actually 11 sponsorships. There is no difference
between clubs and equipment with the same modifier.
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