

Caddies do talk a lot, which interrupts the flow of the game's commentary team, and some of the verbal advice is painfully obvious. This experience leads to better advice and reads from the caddie, thus making the caddy an important ally as players progress. As more rounds are played on each course, the caddie's level of experience- or Course Mastery- increases.

On the greens, caddie advice can be very useful, especially if you're having a tough time reading the contours and slope. Caddie-advised shots include shot shaping and power percentages, so it eliminates a lot of the guesswork and calculations involved with shot-making however, some of these shots are risky and others quite frankly don't make much sense.

Players who are familiar with the Tiger Woods PGA Tour games will likely elect to manually set their shots, but there are times when the caddie's advice works quite well.

Caddies offer advice for shot selection and help players to read greens by offering an aiming point that players can use for guidance. Now then, it's been three years since EA last released its annual NHL game on PC and four years for Madden NFL.The inclusion of a caddie is the other big addition for Tiger 12. The console editions of PGA Tour 12 were released in March. Returning the favor, current PGA Tour Online members will score a 25% discount on PGA Tour 12 if they pre-order from EA's digital distribution store Origin. The $39.99 ticket price of PGA Tour 12's PC and Mac editions will include a three-month membership to PGA Tour Online. PC golfers were left somewhat in the lurch by the departure of the core PGA Tour games, with only the free-to-play, browser-based Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online for company. "As we continue to expand the golf portfolio, we are extremely excited about bringing the Masters Tournament and Augusta National Golf Club to all the PC/Mac owners," EA Sports golf VP Mike Taramykin said in the announcement. EA announced today that PC and Mac editions of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters will be released on September 6. It's been four years since Electronic Arts last released PC and Mac editions of its core annual golf series, but that unhappy drought is finally to end.
