[11] GamePro reviewer "Air Hendrix" considered the PlayStation version a close competitor to PGA Tour 97.

[5] Reviewing the Sega Saturn version, Air Hendrix wrote that the game "has what PGA '97 doesn't have: fast, clean action and spectacular course graphics.

"[6] The latter review concluded that while the game "has plenty of room to improve, it ranks at the top of this year's Saturn leaderboards.

[4] Jeff Kitts of GameSpot, reviewing the PlayStation version, wrote that "there's nothing remotely 'VR,' as in virtual reality, about VR Golf '97."

Kitts stated that the environments were generic and "frightfully dull," and that the golfer "is downright droopy" and "a jagged-edged graphic disaster.

"[7] Air Hendrix stated that the Saturn version was "a bit choppier" than its PlayStation counterpart,[6] and wrote that the "smoothly moving players look far too elongated, which detracts from the realism.

"[7] Air Hendrix wrote that O'Brien "calls the play-by-play with accurate and often amusing commentary, though he does repeat himself a bit.