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Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08, man continues the centuries' old quest to knock a little white ball into a hole with a stick. Only here we are using a little white stick, and we seem to have lost our ball. No matter how you slice it, or hook it, golf is golf. Here we forego the pesky details of hand/eye coordination and power. Everything you have come to know about the game from the previous version is here. Line up your shot, adjust for the wind and watch out for hazards. So if golf is golf, then what is new here for '08?
Confidence and taunting are two new attributes to the game. Your confidence has everything to do with how well you choose your shot, your club and your ability to get the ball in the hole. You will have a confidence bar that will build as you play well. This can help you out when you finally do get to a particularly difficult shot, as it will improve your chance of hitting a perfect shot. Now one of my favorite new parts is your ability to mess with an opponent via taunting. Blurring the screen, causing a horn to blow, or even changing the wind is all in your control. With a few flicks of the wrist, you can cause someone to attempt homicide with the Wii controller.
In the mini game section, you now have a few new game options. Is the whole expanse of the entire 18 holes too much for you to handle?Then just challenge a friend to the new Mini Putt game. Who wants to walk around an entire course when you can play putt-putt. If you are good, you can play Stableford which is a points-based game where the better your shot, the higher your points. Finishing out the new mini-games section is Best Ball and Four Ball. The best individual score is used as the team score. In Best Ball, that score applies to stroke play and in Four Ball it applies to the match play.
Our last new feature is the Elimination mode. Build a team of eight, and compete against them. Last man standing wins.