PGA Tour is a series of golf video games developed and published by Electronic Arts - and later their EA Sports sub-label - since 1990.
In October 2013, EA ended its relationship with Woods, being replaced with Rory McIlroy, then top golfer in the world, who became the new title athlete of the franchise.
In 1995 a critic stated in GamePro that "The PGA series flies high above the rest for two reasons: You can completely control a shot, and you play on the best courses around.
It took EA Tiburon's 80-person development team three years of work from 2009 to 2011 to make Augusta National available in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12.
[8] In January 2012, EA announced that there would be no more releases on the Wii, with the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 editions would continue to receive new online and social features.
[15][16][17][18] In October 2013, EA's partnership with Woods and a licensing agreement with Augusta National Golf Club reached an end.
Rory McIlroy PGA Tour, running on the Frostbite engine, did not fare nearly as well as the previous EA versions featuring Woods.
[24] In August 2018, PGA Tour licensing director Matt Iofredo said the new partnership with HB Studios is part of the sport's on-going efforts to introduce golf to a wider audience.
[29] On March 22, 2022, Electronic Arts announced the delay of EA Sports PGA Tour by one year to spring 2023.
[35][36] The development of EA Sports PGA Tour saw the usage of custom LiDAR helicopter flights over each of the game's courses, flying scans at lower altitudes and slower speeds to achieve a greater density of data points and a higher level of realism than scans from public sources.
Following a hiatus after the release of the previous title, EA announced that PGA Tour 14 was the last to feature Tiger Woods as the title athlete, replacing him with Rory McIlroy[118] EA Sports PGA Tour was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and Series S on April 7, 2023.
[119][120] Developed by Exient Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports branding on April 23, 2009, for iOS.
[121][122][123][124] The game offers five golfers: Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, Retief Goosen, Annika Sörenstam, and Natalie Gulbis.