Dear EA,
I'm a golfer and a gamer, I've played golf and golf games all my life and i am old enough to remember the original Electronic Arts PGA Tour on sega and also the Tiger Woods series. More recently i've been involved in competitive playing and also creating Lidar courses over on TGC and 2k. I've noticed that the feedback on social media has been less than positive so i have decided that I'd like to take a minute to say that i am really enjoying this game and the strategy, but there are definitely some areas that need improvements.
I have no issue with the swing or the FPS, it is what it is. The green grids and some of the camera angles i know are being worked on so i wont mention them here.
First thing that comes to mind for me is the lies i am getting in the heavy rough and the bunkers, using St.Andrews as an example, a course i have played in real life, when you hit into the heavy rough there your lucky to find your ball never mind get it out with any momentum. The long thick grass tends to wrap around the club head, closing the face, meaning that accuracy and distance is a lottery. When i am in the heavy rough on this game especially at a course like St.Andrews or Brookline i don't expect to get 94-99% as my lie, while i have seen 31% once this is a rarity.
It seems that the lies in bunkers also are just too good, Harbour Town for example has extremely soft sand and lies are usually half buried, the dreaded fried egg lie!.
In short we need bigger penalty's for rough, especially heavy rough and also sand depending on the course we are playing.
Mentioning St.Andrews there's a path on the game which is pink and should be white?! A minor issue i admit but surely just a texture issue and a quick fix. Also what happened to the march stones? There even mentioned in the commentary but are absent in the game, again a minor issue but a perplexing one. The courses on this game do however look absolutely stunning.
I fell that the flop and the spinner shots might be a bit OP, maybe bigger penalties using these shots when there available from green side rough would help nerf them a little.
Putting maybe needs some polishing and a bit more feel, possibly some greens like augusta needs speeding up a touch so that it feels like the ball is gathering speed when putting down a slope. I'm also yet to see in any challenging winds in career mode but its too early for me to say if this is an issue. One last thing is a slight issue which causes sound settings not to be saved in the menus.
That's it for now, enjoying the game so far!