Electronic Arts has made yet another announcement relating to its upcoming EA Sports PGA Tour title. The game, coming to PlayStation 5 next year, is an officially licensed golf sim, and is already set to feature the tournaments you'd expect: The Masters will be exclusive to this game, and it'll also contain the US Open and amateur competitions. However, it's not stopping there; for the first time, the LPGA — the Ladies Professional Golf Association — will be included.
Yes, women's golf will be represented within the game. "For the first time, the LPGA Tour will be experienced in high-fidelity on next-generation consoles and will feature a wide breadth of women’s golfing representation," the publisher's statement reads.
In addition, the game will feature the Amundi Evian Championship as well as the "truest representation" of the Evian Resort Golf Club, pictured above. Iona Stephen will become the first female golf commentator in the game.
"Players will have the opportunity to play as several female athletes as well as create a female golfer of their own in the newly overhauled Create-A-Player feature," the press release continues. "From having the chance to participate in a series of LPGA-themed challenges, amateur tournaments and events like The Amundi Evian Championship, EA SPORTS PGA TOUR is providing an in-depth women’s golf experience in 2022."
It looks like this will be the most comprehensive golf sim yet, then. Are you looking forward to EA Sports PGA Tour on PS5? Tee up in the comments section below.
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Awesome, very good news
Excellent, women's golf is excellent and games should be all inclusive. I am surprised football games haven't introduced women's teams (I am a PES player so not sure if FIFA does).
They're getting quite aggressive with all the licensed content in this. Should be good!
The queens are coming to slay!
Hope we get to see this in action soon!
Please tell me Felicia 'Downtown' Brown will be back then!
If this has an accurate reproduction of augusta then i'm buying it just for that alone..
Looking forward to driving it 350+ into the rough and blaming the equipment manufacturer.
@Mostik FIFA has featured women's teams for a few years now. I could be wrong, but didn't we have female golfers in the old Tiger Woods PS2 games?
Excellent, about time
Hopefully the game has some atmosphere (crowds, player reactions, interesting environments, choice of camera angles, etc)
This should have been done a long time ago.
Is that a prerendered picture or what it will actually look like in game? I would like realistic grass and divot physics and real bunkers with true sand. Every golf game in the past there is no sand flying when you take a bunker shot. Also when it rains there should be puddles and if your ball lands in this, there is mud and water that sprays when you hit the ball. I'm probably being too unrealistic but this level of detail would make a difference.
Right now all of them feel like you are just hitting the ball on a perfect surface.
@Digit2021 have you tried pga2k21? Whilst some of the above things on your wish list are on mine too unfortunatly they are not in pga2k21 however what pga2k1 does do very well is the difference you feel through the controller when hitting from the rough,bunker,pathway etc..top notch game and well worth a butchers..
@Northern_munkey
Yes I have that and it does play well and I do feel the difference through the controller. I'm eager to see a new innovative golf game that's all.
Every bunker in PGA2k21 acts like it's wet sand, the ball could flop into the bunker and still sit perfect on top just like it's wet sand.
I am definitely asking too much and I realize that would be difficult to program to have a ball actually lie IN the sand but oh well.
@Northern_munkey Worth a punt on sale you reckon?
I thought there might be a 2K22 come out this year but like a lot of other titles all I hear is crickets...
@Topov81 For once good on EA/FIFA for including this, hopefully PES follows suit although given the last 24 hours I am not sure PES will retain my interest if it is a live service.
I am pretty sure you are right about PGA once having female golfers but not sure which one!
@DarthKiwi sorry i was at work and couldnt reply...its worth a punt if its on sale or not..its got its flaws but its an awesome golf sim and can be taylor made (no pun intended) to suit anybody..stupid amount of courses too..
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