We are extremely excited to bring the course to digital form and share it with the public. The par-3 16th Hole (Red Bud) at Augusta National, as seen in the game.Īs many of you might have heard, this will be the first time in history that Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters Tournament will appear in our game! This has been the most requested feature by golf fans for over a decade. Of course, the Augusta experience wouldn’t be complete without the famed Par 3 course, but rest easy – it’s in the game too. There isn’t a bunker, a tree, a break in the green, or hill left out. They then worked in conjunction with the staff of Augusta National to create an authentic representation – down to 6mm of accuracy. Over the course of 10 days, the team used their new laser scanning technology to ensure no detail was left out. Inclusion is almost an understatement in some ways though, because the EA Sports environment team for the Tiger Woods PGA Tour franchise took their attention to detail to new heights with Augusta National. Of course, the most celebrated new feature of the game is the inclusion of The Masters along with Augusta National. While we normally don’t cover video games, this is a bit of a special occasion, and this might be that one piece of must-have equipment that gets you through those days you can’t make it out to the real golf course. With Augusta National comes The Masters, as one would expect, because having the course without the tournament would be sort of like having a cake with no icing. Some people thought it would never happen, but here we stand just a few days away from the launch of EA Sports’ Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12, and for the first time ever in the 12 year old franchise, golf’s closest thing to Mecca, Augusta National, will be a playable course.