I personally think an open sandbox multiplayer environment is a bad idea.
The game would be much better served in a more structured environment, where there are Country Clubs where people can find places to land and feel comfortable where and who they play with.
This also allows EA to offload a large share of work to the community.
Myself I only play online with a small core of acquaintances. I'm not sure why you would want to match up randomly with someone you don't know, who may be unpleasant to be around, or not even complete the round.
@ELF014I have 4 friends I play with which is fun. and we do private matches because the online matches don't have our preferred skill level on some days.
The reason why I would match up against random people is because of the leaderboards. It gives more of a reason for the competitive player to play competitively online. You get a reward of having your name on the top of the leaderboards. Ultimately It just gives more of a competitive motive. If there was not competitive drive in EA PGA I'd never play online with randoms and probably play the game much less.
