Unrealistic Difficulty in PGA Tour 2023 Career Mode – Anyone Else Struggling?

The game wasn't designed for 1 round. When it came out, we could chose only 4 rounds, either Quick or Full. After being requested numerous time, we ended up with a patch for 1 round months later. The best way is to play 4 rounds, switching between full and quick rounds along the way.  Like I play the 1st round full, 2nd and 3rd quick, the final round either full or quick.  The AI often begin with a great score, and don't do much for the following 3 rounds.

Thanks for the backstory. Fascinating. The game is amazing and I'm having fun.. but it has a very unfinished feel to it... things that you would think would be present (like a driving range) are missing. Very very strange and lazy feeling.  The AI difficulty level makes little  difference. since for quick games it just randomly selects some Under Par number with no rhime or reason.  For example I'll have one course in the tour have incredibly diffuclt greens and stupid high winds and the game starts me out at E with AI at -7  which would... many times would be better than any actual PGA world record in ideal conditions much less this.

If it is a course I like I set it to Full for all 4 rounds.  If it is a course I am not that keen on and I make the cut I set  the 1st and 4th rounds on full.

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@MSCSniperX wrote:

Thanks for the backstory. Fascinating. The game is amazing and I'm having fun.. but it has a very unfinished feel to it...

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That's what a Live Service game is, an unfinished game where devs keep adding to it. For how long they will keep adding to it, who knows.

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@MSCSniperX wrote:

it also seems random. some tournaments will start the ai around par, and others will be -7 -8 This isn't just challenging; it's a fundamental flaw.

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I played on Arcade difficulty and the AI started out at -4 to -5. This gives me a chance to catch up in a single round. In the past, there was 4 full rounds or 4 quick rounds. I remembered playing the 4 full rounds because it gave a better chance to win. I would never recommend Quick Rounds because the AI representing your player would have assured impairment. I remembered playing 3 full rounds and had a 15 stroke lead. I used quick round for final round and the opponent won.