EA Sports PGA Tour reveals gameplay ahead of Road to the Masters Invitational

EA Sports’ return to golf is near

Marco Wutz | Mar 30, 2023

EA Sports PGA Tour reveals gameplay ahead of Road to the Masters Invitational /

The release of EA Sports PGA Tour in the first week of April 2023 will mark the return of golf video games from EA Sports Orlando. It’s been eight years since the developers last launched a game featuring the sport, and a lot has changed since then – technologically as well as regarding golf itself.

What hasn’t changed is the passionate development team’s vision to bring an authentic golf experience to players and represent the sport as well as it can in its product.

Just a few days ahead of launch, EA Sports posted a longer gameplay video hosted by YouTuber TheApexHound to show off the goods, with the influencer playing a few holes on two courses in tandem with one of the developers to get some insight.

Sticking close to what’s happening on the real-life courses over the competitive season, EA Sports PGA Tour will get several content updates focusing on golf’s biggest competitions over the next couple of months.

It’s no wonder, then, that attendees of the 87th Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club will get dibs on actually diving into the new game – Augusta National and EA Sports have invited a variety of celebrity participants to compete in the Road to the Masters Invitational played in EA Sports PGA Tour on April 2, 2023, a few days out from launch.

The tournament is going to be streamed on platforms such as YouTube and Twitch and will also be shown on ESPN2 a few days afterwards. You can catch the action live starting at 3pm PT / 6pm ET.

“A cross-section of participants from the worlds of sports, entertainment, gaming and social media will convene in Augusta National’s Press Building in front of a live audience to play EA SPORTS PGA TOUR: Road to the Masters, which will be available worldwide on Friday, April 7. The full list of participants will be revealed at a later date.

A crew of four broadcasters will deliver commentary throughout the event. Rich Lerner of Golf Channel will serve as the host, while Amanda Renner of CBS and ESPN’s Michael Collins and Marty Smith will provide live analysis.

Four teams of two will play in an alternate-shot format on EA SPORTS PGA TOUR: Road to the Masters. Following nine holes, the top two teams will advance to a three-hole, alternate-shot final round at Amen Corner, hole Nos. 11-13 at Augusta National Golf Club.”

EA Sports PGA Tour will release on April 7, 2023, on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S with early access starting on April 4.

Published Mar 30, 2023

MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg