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WHAT'S NEW IN PGAT 2K23

PGA TOUR 2K23 is bursting with brand new content! Stay up to date with the latest features and content dropping in game including Clubhouse Pass rewards, newest additions to the Playable Pros roster, and new courses.

CHOOSE YOUR EDITION

Welcome to the PGA TOUR 2K23 x NBA 2K23 Bundle!

Compete against golf’s finest and take your place on the leaderboard.

Show your stripes and attack the green with the Deluxe Edition.

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PGA TOUR 2K23 features some of the PGA TOUR’s most notable courses, ranging from TPC Scottsdale to the Riviera Country Club and more, each boasting well-manicured greens, fairways, and bunkers. Throughout the PGA TOUR season, we’ll feature one of the many historic courses you'll find perfectly replicated in-game. Before you decide to attack the spotlighted course, take a moment to learn more about its dastardly hazards, serene setting, mind-bending dog-leg turns, and the mastermind behind the masterpiece.

UP YOUR GAME

Up your gameplay experience in PGA TOUR 2K23 with detailed guides and breakdowns from members of the HB Studios team. Learn how to become an expert putter, the mechanisms behind the game’s lifelike ball physics, and the must-know tips for generating spin, among other things. Up Your Game is the perfect place for new and experienced players to expand and improve their skills in MyCAREER and online.

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Clubhouse Pass Seasons are here for PGA TOUR 2K23!

Each Season, earn XP and claim new rewards and content as you climb your way up the Clubhouse Pass tier ladder! Clubhouse Pass is the best way to acquire new gear for your bag, boosts for your game, and new fits for your wardrobe. Learn how now!

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PGA TOUR 2K23 CLUBHOUSE PASS: SEASON 7

Ring in the New Year with the PGA TOUR 2K23 Season 7 Clubhouse Pass, filled with the best items from every Season and all-new Smerf challenges to complete.

PGA TOUR 2K23 CLUBHOUSE PASS: SEASON 6

Tee it up in Season 6 and climb the leaderboard as you claim all-new rewards and compete against fellow players around the world in PGA TOUR 2K23.

PGA TOUR 2K23 CLUBHOUSE PASS: SEASON 5

The FedExCup Playoffs are officially underway! The top golfers on the PGA TOUR have fought for coveted FedExCup Points all year long, but who will be crowned champion?

PGA TOUR 2K23 CLUBHOUSE PASS: SEASON 4

Race to the top of the leaderboard and the Clubhouse Pass in Season 4 of PGA TOUR 2K23, and earn all-new rewards from Titleist and FootJoy.

PGA TOUR 2K23 CLUBHOUSE PASS: SEASON 3

Season 3 of PGA TOUR 2K23 is loaded with new rewards from PUMA and Cobra, competitions and challenges, and some notable names as playable characters.

PGA TOUR 2K23 PASS CLUB HOUSE: SEASON 2

Season 2 of PGA TOUR 2K23 welcomes prestigious new courses and rewards from your favorite brands!

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• The world’s most exclusive courses — The tee is yours at 30 courses, including some of the world’s most exclusive, designed in stunning quality with Frostbite™ so you can enjoy more of golf’s finer details than ever before.

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Hit the links with more swagger in PGA TOUR 2K23. AUTHENTIC PGA TOUR MyCAREER Take your skills, and your swag, on the PGA TOUR and become the next FedExCup Champion. Compete against other TOUR pros with your MyPLAYER and establish new rivalries. PGA TOUR PROS AND LICENSED COURSES For the first time, play as male and female pros including Tiger Woods, in online and local play! PGA TOUR 2K23 features multiple licensed courses, including East Lake Golf Club, St. George’s Golf and Country Club, TPC Scottsdale, and TPC Sawgrass to name a few. CREATE YOUR OWN DREAM COURSES Build your own fantasy fairway with the industry-leading Course Designer, featuring thousands of customizable objects. With cross-platform support, you can even share your creation with the world for online and local play. TOPGOLF HAS ARRIVED Drop into Topgolf from wherever you are solo or with your crew, in competitive 1-4 player local and online play, bringing the fun and excitement to both casual and seasoned players. LEVEL UP YOUR MyPLAYER New Skills and Archetypes level up your MyPLAYER while new licensed gear and apparel from top brands like adidas, Callaway, Titleist, Malbon, and more, bring the swag to the green. MORE CONTROL OPTIONS AND ACCESSIBILITY Choose between the new 3-Click swing system and the traditional analog Swing Stick. Accessible features include real-time tutorials, tips, shot suggestions, the TrueShot System, and Lie Management. YOUR SOCIETY, YOUR RULES Rule your rough and control your Clubhouse with Online Societies. Make the game your own by managing tournaments and full seasons. Set up entry rules, requirements, handicaps, and event options. ONLINE AND LOCAL MULTIPLAYER Hit the links with your crew in local and online matches, including Alt-Shot, Stroke Play, Skins, and 4-Player Scramble. Plus, the frenzied multiplayer mode Divot Derby is back, bringing the virtual golf party to this single-elimination, shoot-out style competition.

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• 4K Ultra HD
• Single player
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• Xbox achievements

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Welcome to PGA TOUR 2K23! Take your skills on the PGA TOUR and become the next FedExCup Champion as you compete against TOUR pros and establish new rivalries. For the first time, play as male and female pros including Tiger Woods, in online and local play. Also features licensed courses such as East Lake Golf Club, TPC Sawgrass, TPC Scottsdale, and more. Create your own dream course with the Course Designer, which features thousands of customizable objects and cross-platform sharing. Introducing Topgolf with competitive 1-4 player local and online play, bringing the range’s excitement and fun to both casual and seasoned players. Level up your MyPLAYER with new Skills and Archetypes and bring the swag to the green with new licensed gear and apparel. Plus, run your own online societies to manage tournaments and seasons or test your skills against your friends in Divot Derby and Casual mode.

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PGA Tour 2K23 is Elden Ring for golf, somehow

Thrilling golf marred by frustrating swinging mechanics and career progression

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I don’t spend much time playing video games whose difficulty is a selling point; if it’s anything like a Soulslike, I’m likely to avoid it. So it’s been a long time since a game has made me swear as much as PGA Tour 2K23 has. I’m not proud that one of those instances occurred when my wife came downstairs to see how things were going, just as I shanked a tee shot — for perhaps the 50th time? I’ve lost count at this point — into a thicket of trees on the left side of the fairway.

From wayward drives that end up in the drink to gimme putts that somehow don’t drop, the analog stick swing mechanic is my greatest frustration in PGA Tour 2K23 . After all, swinging is the main thing you do in this game; it takes 60 to 80 shots, on average, to complete a full 18-hole round.

But after taking thousands of swings across hundreds of holes of golf, I still don’t feel like I have a great handle on my virtual clubs in PGA Tour 2K23 . In other words, I don’t feel like I’m improving — an issue that is compounded because I’m also not getting a meaningful sense of progression for my created golfer in the game’s MyCareer mode.

PGA Tour 2K23 defaults to a control scheme that’s common in golf video games: To swing, you pull down on the right stick and then flick it upward. Here, though, the timing of the second motion (the downswing) is crucial — you’ll pull the shot to the left if you flick too quickly, and push it to the right if you’re too slow.

Downswing timing is the bane of my existence. I’ve enabled many of the assists available in the game’s settings, and have been hoping I’d eventually be able to wrap my head around the swing system. But even on the second-easiest difficulty setting, swinging feels like something of a crapshoot. No matter how many practice cuts I take, I’m liable to hook a shot when I swing for real.

There’s another option now: Fulfilling a long-standing request, developer HB Studios has added a traditional three-click system in PGA Tour 2K23 . It’s much less analogous to a real-life golf swing than, well, the analog stick scheme, but it’s good that an alternative is available.

This is HB Studios’ second effort under 2K Sports, a mass-market publisher. As such, I’m surprised that PGA Tour 2K23 doesn’t feel substantively more accessible than its predecessor, 2020’s PGA Tour 2K21 . Even the three-click swinging is implemented in a way that feels like it’s different for the sake of being different. Rather than simply pressing the button three times, you first hold it down to determine power, and then tap it twice to fine-tune the accuracy. I tried this system and quickly reverted to analog controls, despite my issues with them.

PGA Tour 2K23 ’s MyCareer mode also ends up feeling overcomplicated, although its foundation is solid. When creating your MyPlayer character, you choose one of five archetypes. For instance, Powerhouse players can drive the ball farther than anyone else, but they struggle with accuracy and putting. I’ve stuck with Woodsman because, frankly, I miss so many fairways and greens that I need all the help I can get when recovering from a bad lie in the rough. It’s nice that I can change my archetype if I ever want to, at no cost.

Here, HB Studios’ design works beautifully: The archetypes are meant to offer packages of strengths and weaknesses to support and complement your personal play style. My shots may often land on pine straw or in a fairway bunker, but thanks to the Woodsman archetype and its shot-shaping benefits, I don’t feel like all is lost when they do — and in fact, I’ve managed to save par in many of those cases.

The same customization-based design philosophy applies throughout MyCareer, but it’s less successful outside the realm of archetypes. The experience points you earn by playing tournaments aren’t used to directly upgrade your player’s attributes, like in a typical role-playing game (or in, say, a standard career mode in a sports game). Instead, you get a single skill point every time you level up, and you use the points to unlock and upgrade skills.

To avoid getting too far into the weeds (or woods) here, I’ll just say that almost all of the skills take effect only on a situational basis: They’ll either activate when you’re struggling and deactivate once you regain your form, or activate when you’re doing well and deactivate if you don’t keep it up. And as you level up a skill, it activates more easily and stays active for longer.

While the concept is sound, this setup makes the entire skill system feel inert. The first skill for hybrid clubs, Gusto, seems eminently valuable: When you’re mired in heavy rough, your shots will fly farther. But at level 1 of the skill, it only takes effect if you happen to be hitting into a headwind of at least 15 mph — an exceedingly rare combination of circumstances, in my experience. Because it takes a while to earn skill points, I’m not inclined to waste my precious few points on a skill that I don’t expect to get much use out of, even if there are more desirable ones locked farther along that branch of the tree.

Personalization is also the driving force behind club fittings, the most significant (and concrete) method of improving your performance in PGA Tour 2K23 . Fittings are parts of a golf club — head, shaft, or grip — that you can equip to magnify its attributes. Each one has a level of rarity attached to it, as with loot in a game like Destiny 2 ; the more rare it is, the stronger its effects. Attaching an “uncommon” head to a wedge might boost its power rating by 6 points while also dropping its timing attribute by 2.

Unlike in PGA Tour 2K23 ’s basketball sibling, NBA 2K, you can’t spend real-world money to power up your athlete, thankfully — at least not by buying fittings, since you receive them only as random drops. Virtual Currency, 2K Sports’ real-money currency (called “coins” here), is used primarily to purchase items like licensed clothes and gear from companies such as Adidas and Mizuno, none of which affect gameplay.

However, a pay-to-win element does creep into the game with respect to fittings: It costs coins to equip them to each club. The charge for attaching a legendary shaft to an iron is 150 coins, so I had to spend 900 coins to outfit all six of the irons in my bag. Considering the slow rate at which you earn coins through play — something like 250 coins if you can manage to finish in one of the top spots of a tournament — you may end up staring longingly at a collection of fittings that you’ve unlocked but can’t afford to equip.

The real bummer here is that I’ve had to spend so many words analyzing all that ancillary stuff, because once I’m playing a hole in PGA Tour 2K23 , most of those nuisances fade away. This is a true-playing golf game — I had a devil of a time with the steep greens at Los Angeles’ Riviera Country Club, and I’ve found it tremendously satisfying to craft and execute shots . The unforgiving difficulty of the swing mechanics, coupled with the game’s complicated system of fittings and skills, can lead to more frustration than fun. But when it all comes together, and I manage to pull out a birdie just when I need one to hold off a challenger on the leaderboard, it makes for thrilling moments of fist-pumping glory.

Perhaps I’m just too much of a casual gamer for the PGA Tour 2K series. To wit: I played many hours of PGA Tour 2K21 and didn’t remember having trouble with its swing mechanics — but when I booted up that game to check the options, I realized that I had disabled the downswing timing setting. At some point, I must’ve gotten frustrated enough to give up on the challenge (and the associated boost to the rate at which you earn XP). I’d also love to be able to save-scum, but that’s not an option: Due to the integration of VC, this is an always-online game by default, so it saves your progress with each stroke, with no allowances for mulligans.

It seems like my best bet — if I want to more fully enjoy my time with PGA Tour 2K23 — would be to turn off downswing timing. Either that, or it might be time to put this franchise on my personal “I don’t need this stress in my life” list, right next to Elden Ring .

PGA Tour 2K23 was released Oct. 14 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. The game was reviewed using on PS5 using a pre-release download code provided by 2K Sports. Vox Media has affiliate partnerships. These do not influence editorial content, though Vox Media may earn commissions for products purchased via affiliate links. You can find additional information about Polygon’s ethics policy here .

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EA Sports PGA Tour vs PGA Tour 2K23 Compared: Which Is Better and Which Should You Buy?

Golfers have long clamored for an authentic and exhaustive golf video game to let them explore their sport virtually. With EA Sports PGA Tour and PGA Tour 2K23 both on the market, which is the best and which you should you buy?

EA Sports PGA Tour vs PGA Tour 2K23

We’re kicking off our comparison with what we consider the most important aspect: the gameplay. Put simply, which plays better, feels better and resembles golf better? In our opinion, the point here goes to EA Sports PGA Tour .

It’s not that PGA Tour 2K23’s gameplay is poor; in fact, it’s good. We find it smooth and comprehensive as well as intuitive and easy to learn. However, it can feel a little too easy to learn. Within hours of picking up 2K23 I was able to sink chips frequently, whip my tee shots around obstructive trees to find the middle of the fairway and easily get within inches of the pin regardless of the hole, conditions and clubs. It’s a slightly truncated version of golf, simple and quick (which does have its bonuses) but not exhaustive and granular.

That’s why EA Sports PGA Tour takes the point here. There’s countless shot types to piece together, a wealth of information to take into account on every shot and ball physics that feel realistic. PureStrike technology makes nearly every shot (see our criticism of pitches and chips) feel rewarding or punishing depending on how you played the shot. Anyone who’s played real golf knows that’s how the sport goes: within seconds of playing your shot you’ll know whether it’s on the right tracks or headed for disaster. That can lead to EA Sports PGA Tour feeling difficult and even merciless – but that is golf.

Golfers, Licenses, Courses & Modes

This round comes out as a tie for us. EA Sports PGA Tour, proudly ‘The Home of the Majors’, brings 28 brilliantly realized golfing environments to life and will bring more in the future. It also lets players try their hand in countless tournaments, from the rookie to the top level. These have official licenses and branding, adding to the ultra-realistic gameplay to emulate various tournaments excellently.

2K23 can offer the same in terms of the presence of the PGA Tour and over 20 officially licensed courses, but its courses aren’t quite as refined as EA’s. However, its community-built courses are certainly a counter. Players can create environments based on whatever they like — just the other day I enjoyed a full 18 holes set at Hogwarts. Another personal favorite is a post-apocalyptic Seattle course that’s straight out of The Last of Us.

Away from courses and licenses, there’s a plethora of ways to play in each title. From Career Mode to Quick Play and competitive matches online, both ensure you can play the way you want to. EA Sports does feel like a deeper dive, especially in Career Mode. I felt more like myself – with better character design options and swing customization – when I entered into tournaments. Hence, if you’re wanting to build your dynasty and cement yourself as the best golfer of all time, it probably edges 2K here — but that’s not to say you can’t do the same with their title.

In terms of golfers, it’s a mixed bag for both. There’s exclusive big names in each, but there’s also noticeable absences. 2K is the only one that has Tiger Woods. It also brings eclectic and enjoyable presences like Michael Jordan and Steph Curry, but EA Sports holds it own with the presence of stars like Jordan Spieth and Nelly Korda. Both games are clearly designed for players to use their own creations as much as possible.

Finally, a word on in-game stores and microtransactions are pertinent. We’re disappointed with both in this regard. Unsurprisingly given their track record with FIFA and Madden, the EA Sports PGA Tour store is thrust on players so egregiously it’s actually difficult to avoid in the average session. There’s real-life brands – TaylorMade, Ping, etc – front and center and there’s no denying that being willing to throw real-life money at the game will benefit you significantly.

This is when we’d love to be able to say 2K is the exact opposite; a utopia free of microtransactions. Unfortunately, 2K’s foray into golf also takes a leaf out of its NBA 2K book and incorporates large numbers of microtransactions, encouraging players to plough more money into the game. It feels cynical (as it does in EA’s title) so, with both disappointing in this regard, we’re chalking this entire round up as a draw.

Here, there’s a clear winner, and it’s PGA Tour 2K23. It’s certainly not a surprise given the newness of EA Sports’ PGA Tour, which only released in April of 2023. As a result, it’s down from its launch price ($79.99 / £69.99) and available for around $59.99 / £49.99 depending on the platform, version and retailer.

In contrast, PGA Tour 2K23 is available for as little as $19.99 / £14.99 depending on the platform and chosen retailer. We know this round is probably unfair on EA Sports’ game. 2K23’s release back in fall 2022 guaranteed it’d be cheaper at this point, and will probably stay that way for a while. Regardless, cost is undoubtedly a major factor for most players when buying a game, so it’s only natural to rank it on this basis. Point to 2K.

Each game has one round in the bag and the other’s a tie, so we might be at a crossroads. However, we do have advice for you. The game you choose should be dictated by how you intend to play and what you want out of your golf video game.

If you’re searching for a realistic and immersive golf game that is difficult, rewarding and exceptionally detailed, then it’s EA Sports PGA Tour that you want. It’s as faithful a golf game as there’s ever been, giving you a wealth of customization tools, truly remarkable commentary and beautiful courses.

If you’re after a simpler, quicker and downright easier golfing experience, then it’s PGA Tour 2K23 you’ll want to purchase. It’s the ideal title to play with friends as a social event, being able to get in a quick eighteen and see who comes out on top in what feels like arcade golf. You can even use the money you’ve saved to purchase Michael Jordan and play as basketball’s GOAT in the golfing world.

Hopefully, this guide on EA Sports PGA Tour and PGA Tour 2K23 has helped you decide where to invest and what you can get out of them. We can summarise it simply: EA Sports is better if you’re a golfer who wants to game, 2K is probably better if you’re a gamer who wants to golf.

Play PGA Tour 2K23 For Free This Weekend On Xbox Game Pass

PGA Tour 2K23 will be free to play this weekend for Xbox Game Pass Core & Ultimate subscribers. The latest PGA Tour 2K game offers playable pros, championship courses, a new mode, and more. If you’ve always wanted to play PGA Tour 2K23, or get into the series, now might be the best chance yet. Therefore, we’ll show you how to play PGA Tour 2K23 for free this weekend. Without further ado, let’s dive right in.

How To Play PGA Tour 2K23 For Free This Weekend – Xbox Free Play Days

From Thursday, April 11th – Sunday, April 14th (11:59 PM PST), Xbox Game Pass Core and Ultimate subscribers can play PGA Tour 2K23 for free. Furthermore, they’ll also be able to play other titles like Classified France ’44, and Fallout 76 (the latter which is free for all Xbox members for a limited time).

How Do You Download PGA Tour 2K23 For Free? – Xbox Free Play Days

On the console, go to your subscriptions tab within the Xbox Store, scroll down to Free Play Days, and download the select title . This will allow you to play PGA Tour 2K23 for free. Furthermore, the Free Play Day Games are also available at discounted prices, should you enjoy your experience with the game.

Once downloaded, feel free to play PGA Tour 2K23 to your heart’s content. The latest entry in the PGA Tour 2K series offers a wide variety of modes to keep you swinging throughout the weekend. Furthermore, the game also offers Crossplay functionality, letting you play with users on other platforms.

Firstly, PGA Tour 2K, like other 2K sports games, allows you to create your own MyPLAYER and experience your own career. While not as detailed or narrative driven as NBA 2K, it still offers a solid single-player career. Upgrade your player throughout their career and make history on the courses you drive on.

That said, it also offers tons of real, playable pros to use across several modes. From Tiger Woods to Nelly Korda, and even Michael Jordan for those who pre-ordered or purchased a special edition), PGA Tour 2K23 contains an impressive roster of golf ers. Of course, feel free to pin any of them against your own MyPLAYER.

However, if you’re not keen on playing golf you can always create your own course in the Course Designer mode. Overall, this mode allows you to design your own course, its environment, the hole placements, and much more. This mode alone feels like its own separate title, and some of the community creations really stand out. We look forward to seeing more creations come to life this weekend.

Along with new controls, PGA Tour 2K23 also offers a new Topgolf mode if you want to take a break from the courses. This fun new mode offers a quick, plug-and-play mode to get you swinging in no time. Whether you play online against friends or foes, or by yourself, PGA Tour 2K23 offers no shortage of content.

Overall, that includes everything you need to know about the Free Play Days event this weekend. We hope you enjoy PGA Tour 2K23, should you decide to purchase it. Of course, feel free to read our own review if you want to think about trying it. Also, check out 2K’s upcoming Tennis title, TopSpin 2K25.

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Can You Play Augusta National in PGA Tour 2K23?

PGA Tour 2K23 is the latest installment in the now longtime series formally known as The Golf Club . One thing that has always been a steady constant with these games are the courses. Golf courses are always an integral and incredibly significant aspect of golf as they not only challenge golfers but they tell many stories as well.

One course that has plenty of history and stories to tell is Augusta National. Hosting The Masters every year, it’s far and away one of the most popular golf courses on the planet and one that features many different paintings by artists, making it not only one of the prettiest golf courses but one of the prettiest places period.

Can You Play Augusta National In PGA Tour 2K23?

Augusta has been featured in video games before such as Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 , 13 , and 14 as well as the current game simply named EA Sports PGA Tour . But what about PGA Tour 2K23 ? Does it feature this iconic golf course? Yes, yes it does, but in its own unique way: by being added by the community through the course designer mode, which is a feature that’s been a staple in the series since the first game back in 2014.

If you want to tackle this iconic course in the game, then search for “Augusto National” that is designed by oneHughJaynas (yep, that’s right). From Amen Corner to Holly the 18th hole, everything looks really good and it’s fun to play. 2K and HB Studios have their own unique course that’s clearly inspired by Augusta called Lone Grove Golf Course, which is the host of the “Legends Championship” in career mode. It’s a very beautiful golf course that will give you the proper vibes, but it’s just not quite Augusta and so that’s where Augusto comes in.

There’s another version of Augusta that’s excellent and was created by the extremely talented theclv24 that captures just about every little detail of the historic golf course called The Nolia. It’s a great addition to your Augusta list. Then we have Geo Pines, which is yet another spectacular option created by LiDar, another longtime designer in the Golf Club/PGA Tour 2K community. It’s very detailed and easily one of the best course remakes in the game. Last but not least, it wouldn’t feel right if I left out “agbeta” — actually more of a prototype of sorts but is nonetheless a really strong option to add to your list. This particular remake is designed by Bifffe123.

PGA Tour 2K23 features several great real-world courses like Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill, Torrey Pines, Bay Hill, and Quail Hollow but the community definitely extends things with the course designer. Thanks to creators like oneHugeJaynas, many gamers can enjoy their time on the virtual links with 1,000s of golf courses to choose from, including Augusto National.

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Free Play Days – Fallout 76, PGA Tour 2K23 and Classified France ‘44

Double header with Free Play Days! PGA Tour 2K23 and Classified France ’44 are available this weekend for Xbox Game Pass Core and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members to play from Thursday April 11 at 12:01 a.m. PDT until Sunday, April 14 at 11:59 p.m. PDT.   

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2024 Masters Par 3 Contest leaderboard, results: Rickie Fowler wins, Viktor Hovland drains one of five aces

Fowler finally broke through at augusta national, though the green jacket still remains 72 holes away.

A Masters tradition is in the books for 2024. The Masters Par 3 Contest has come and gone, and a new champion has been crowned as Rickie Fowler fired a 5-under 22 on Augusta National's nine-hole par-3 course to take home the title. The fan favorite posted the clubhouse lead early in the competition with many players like Sepp Straka and J.T. Poston getting within a couple shots but never surpassing Fowler.

Fowler now holds the unenviable task of trying to break a streak dating back to 1960 of the Par 3 Contest winner not being able to slip on the green jacket later that same week. Numerous Masters champions have won the Par 3 Contest and the tournament, but never have they done so in the same year.

Fowler's card consisted of five birdies and four pars as he played alongside Jordan Spieth and Fred Couples. The theatrics of their grouping came in the form of Fowler and Spieth's children running rampant on the nine-hole, 1,090-yard par-3 course.

Elsewhere, fireworks came in the form of holes-in-one as there were five in total on the day, tying the second most in the competition's history. Luke List took the lid off the cup with an ace on No. 6; he was followed by Gary Woodland and Viktor Hovland on the same hole, Sepp Straka on No. 5, and Lucas Glover on No. 7. The total number of aces in the competition now stands at 112.

"As I said, this is my 12th time playing the par 3," Woodland said. "I've had some close calls. It was nice to see one go in. Nice to see my kids' reaction. They were so excited. I will say, my son making the putt on the last was more exciting for me than that ball going in."

With all the fun and all the preparations now in the books, it is time to get to the 88th playing of the Masters where another (slightly more meaningful) champion will be crowned.

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Hovland with an ace!

Holes-in-one No. 5 comes from Viktor Hovland. He is the third player to make an ace on the sixth hole and he will be the last as he is a member of the final grouping of the day. Looks like Rickie Fowler is going to win this thing (grimaces)!

Koepka starts with three birdies

The five-time major champion goes 2-2-2 out the gate. I think in the back of his mind, Brooks knows not to win this thing and may have a family member take a swing (which automatically takes a player out of the competition). In real news, he is back to the mallet putter after some uncertainty earlier in the week.

Fourth ace of the day!

There are now 111 holes-in-one in competition history and four on the day after Lucas Glover made an ace on No. 7. That is the first one of the day on that hole as Glover joins Sepp Straka, Gary Woodland and Luke List as today's ace makers.

2020 champ gets underway

Dustin Johnson is one of the 20 Masters champions in the field and is joined by Charl Schwartzel and Thorbjorn Olesen. It will be interesting from a tournament perspective what we get from Johnson this year. He has won on LIV Golf, hasn't played a lot of other great golf but can certainly roll out of bed and shoot 67 with ease.

Fowler still leads

As the par-3 contest continues, the leaderboard is still spearheaded by Rickie Fowler. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is about to end his day with Sam Burns and Tom Kim.

Gary Woodland is cookin'

The 2019 U.S. Open champion became the second man to make a hole-in-one today and nearly poured in another one. He will have a putt on No. 7 to reach 6 under on his round and take the lead from Rickie Fowler.

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Golf has a ratings problem, and the Masters could shine a light on why viewers are tuning out

Peter Malnati and his wife Alicia react as their son Hatcher hits on on the fifth hole during the par-3 contest at the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Peter Malnati hits on the ninth hole during a practice round in preparation for the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Monday, April 8, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Jon Rahm, of Spain, walks with his son, Kepa, on the second hole during the par-3 contest at the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Augusta, GA. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

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Brooks Koepka hits on the on the second hole during a practice round in preparation for the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Jon Rahm, of Spain, watches his tee shot on the fourth hole during a practice round in preparation for the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Augusta, GA. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Lucas Glover’s son, Lucas Jr. greets fans on the fifth hole during the par-3 contest at the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Augusta, GA. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Ryan Fox, of New Zealand, gestures towards his daughter Isobel on the fourth hole during the par-3 contest at the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Tyrrell Hatton, of England, reacts on the 11th hole during a practice round in preparation for the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Augusta, GA. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Golf has a ratings problem.

The week-to-week grind of the PGA Tour has essentially become No Need To See TV, raising serious concerns about what it means for the future of the game.

Now comes the Masters , the first major championship of the year and traditionally a ratings behemoth.

If Augusta National produces its usual stellar numbers, it could be an unmistakable sign that the PGA Tour’s ongoing rift with the upstart LIV circuit is causing more and more casual viewers to tune out.

“It’s certainly one possibility,” Masters chairman Fred Ridley said Wednesday on the eve of the opening round. “Certainly the fact that the best players in the world are not convening very often is not helpful. Whether or not there’s a direct causal effect, I don’t know. But I think that it would be a lot better if they were together more often.”

LIV Golf, armed with the seemingly limitless resources of its Saudi backers, has doled out billions of dollars to lure some of the game’s best players away from the established PGA Tour — an impressive list that includes reigning Masters champion Jon Rahm and five-time major winner Brooks Koepka.

Even though the two sides reached a merger agreement 10 months ago, there is little sign that they are close to working out all the fine print. Which means the best players from each tour only get together a few weeks a year, leaving a pair of watered-down circuits for viewers to chose from the remainder of the year.

Increasingly, it would seem, the ratings show many have decided to tune out altogether.

— The final round of the PGA Tour’s Phoenix Open drew just 2.38 million viewers, a stunning 35% plunge from the previous year, according to Sports Media Watch .

— The Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill was watched by 2.29 million on its closing day, a 30% dip from 2023 and the tournament’s worst fourth-round number in seven years.

— A riveting finish at The Players Championship couldn’t move the needle, its average of 3.53 million viewers representing a 15% slippage from a year earlier. In fact, the ratings for all four rounds of the Players were down from their 2023 levels.

It’s not like all those lost viewers have simply switched the channel to LIV, which is seeking to spice up a staid ol’ sport with 54-hole tournaments, shotgun starts, loud music and a team competition within each event.

The upstart circuit — which so far has failed to land a major TV deal, leaving it far down the dial on The CW — barely registers in the ratings with viewership numbers generally in the low hundreds of thousands.

PGA Tour player Peter Malnati, who won the Valspar Championship three weeks ago, believes all the talk about money in the PGA-LIV showdown has turned off many fans.

“People are just sick of the narrative in golf being about, you know, contracts on LIV, purses on the tour,” he said. “They want to see sport, they want to see people who are the best in the world at what they do, do it at a high level and celebrate that, celebrate the athleticism, celebrate the achievement.”

Malnati said some of his fondest memories growing up were watching Michael Jordan lead the Chicago Bulls to an NBA championship and Tiger Woods’ record-setting victory at the 2000 U.S. Open.

“I didn’t care one iota what Jordan’s contract was,” Malnati said. “I didn’t care one iota what the winner’s check at that U.S. Open was.”

He surmises that nothing has changed with today’s fans.

“Obviously, this is a business, and to the top players who drive a lot of the value in this business, we’ve got to compensate them fairly,” Malnati said. “But I think we’re doing that above and beyond, and the narrative, the storylines, the conversation needs to come back to the product on the course and what we do.

“No kid dreamed when they were watching Jordan dreamed of having his salary,” he went on. “They didn’t care about that. They dreamed of being in that moment, hitting that shot. I think that’s what our fans care about, too, and that’s what they want to see.”

Of course, there’s another issue at work here. While no one doubts the skill of today’s top players, neither tour has a mesmerizing figure such as Jordan or Woods, someone who really moves the needle.

Scottie Scheffler may be the world’s top-ranked player, but he can walk down nearly any street in America without being recognized.

Compounding the issue, the first three months of the PGA Tour season have produced a string of nondescript winners , from Grayson Murray to Austin Eckroat to Stephan Jaeger . Some great storylines, to be sure, but more suited to the hard-core fan than the drop-in viewer.

This is Masters week, however, which has never had any trouble drawing eyeballs to the screen.

All the top players are at Augusta National, and millions will be watching when the green jacket is handed out Sunday evening.

By Monday, when the numbers are calculated, everyone should have a better idea just how much the PGA-LIV feud has contributed to the dwindling viewership all those other weeks.

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2024 Masters: Round 3 tee times

Tee times are now available for the third round of the 2024 Masters Tournament. (Credit David Cannon/Getty)

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AUGUSTA, Ga. – Third-round tee times have been released for the Masters. Max Homa and Bryson DeChambeau will play in Saturday’s final group at 2:45 p.m. ET.

Scottie Scheffler, who’s tied for the lead with Homa and DeChambeau, will tee off 10 minutes earlier alongside Nicolai Højgaard, the Dane who was the youngest player in last year’s Ryder Cup and closed 2023 by winning the DP World Tour Championship. Scheffler is seeking his second Masters win in the last three years. He recently won his second consecutive PLAYERS Championship.

Cameron Davis, a member of the 2022 International Presidents Cup Team, will tee off alongside Collin Morikawa in the third-to-last group. They’ll be preceded by Ludvig Åberg and Matthieu Pavon, the Frenchman who won this year’s Farmers Insurance Open.

Other notable groups include:

• Tiger Woods, Tyrrell Hatton (12:45 p.m. Eastern). The five-time Masters champion Woods has set the record with his 24th consecutive made cut at Augusta National, and he now seeks a climb up the leaderboard for a chance to match Jack Nicklaus' record six green jackets come Sunday. Woods trails the lead by seven strokes into Saturday.
• Patrick Cantlay, Neal Shipley (a) (12:15 p.m.) Ohio State's Shipley has secured low amateur honors as the only of five amateurs in the field to make the cut. He'll play alongside world No. 7 Cantlay, who is still seeking his first major title. Cantlay is eight off the lead, with Shipley nine back.
• Akshay Bhatia, Shane Lowry (12:05 p.m.) Fresh off a victory at last week's Valero Texas Open that secured his first Masters berth, Bhatia kept the good times rolling with rounds of 72-75 to make the cut with three strokes to spare. He'll play alongside a popular Irishman in Lowry, also nine off the lead into the weekend.
• Sahith Theegala, Phil Mickelson (11:25 a.m.). Perhaps two of golf's most creative shotmakers and California natives, both enter the weekend at 4-over 146, trailing the lead by 10 strokes. Theegala finished ninth last year in his Masters debut; Mickelson is a three-time Masters champion.
• Joaquin Niemann, Min Woo Lee (11:05 a.m.). The effervescent Lee has quickly become one of the game's more colorful characters, and he carded 74-74 to make the cut despite a broken finger that he suffered in a gym accident less than two weeks ago. Lee and Niemann both trail the lead by 10 into Saturday.
• Rory McIlroy, Camilo Villegas (10:55 a.m.). Many eyes will be on McIlroy early Saturday, which he'll begin 10 strokes back, as he seeks to make a heroic run toward his first green jacket, which would complete the career Grand Slam. He'll play alongside a popular Colombian in Villegas, who won last fall's Butterfield Bermuda Championship to earn his first Masters berth since 2015.

Here are the full tee times for Saturday's third round:

9:35 a.m. : Rickie Fowler, Hideki Matsuyama (Japan)

9:45 a.m. : Thorbjørn Olesen (Denmark), Russell Henley

9:55 a.m. : José María Olazábal, Luke List

10:05 a.m. : Tom Kim (South Korea), Jake Knapp

10:15 a.m. : Si Woo Kim (South Korea), Adam Scott (Australia)

10:25 a.m. : Jon Rahm (Spain), Grayson Murray

10:35 a.m. : Chris Kirk, Tony Finau

10:45 a.m. : J.T. Poston, Keegan Bradley

10:55 a.m. : Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), Camillo Villegas (Columbia)

11:05 a.m. : Joaquin Niemann (Chile), Min Woo Lee (Australia)

11:25 a.m. : Sahith Theegala, Phil Mickelson

11:35 a.m. : Adam Hadwin (Canada), Jason Day (Australia)

11:45 a.m. : Denny McCarthy, Vijay Singh (Fiji)

11:55 a.m. : Erik van Rooyen (South Africa), Will Zalatoris

12:05 p.m. : Akshay Bhatia, Shane Lowry (Ireland)

12:15 p.m. : Patrick Cantlay, Neal Shipley*

12:25 p.m. : Corey Conners (Canada), Harris English

12:35 p.m. : Brooks Koepka, Taylor Moore

12:45 p.m. : Tiger Woods, Tyrrell Hatton (England)

12:55 p.m. : Xander Schauffele, Eric Cole

1:15 p.m. : Sepp Straka (Austria), Matt Fitzpatrick (England)

1:25 p.m. : Kurt Kitayama, Lucas Glover

1:35 p.m. : Adam Schenk, Patrick Reed

1:45 p.m. : Byeong Hun An (South Korea), Cameron Smith (Australia)

1:55 p.m. : Danny Willett (England), Ryan Fox (New Zealand)

2:05 p.m. : Cameron Young, Tommy Fleetwood (England)

2:15 p.m. : Ludvig Åberg (Sweden), Matthieu Pavon (France)

2:25 p.m. : Cam Davis (Australia), Collin Morikawa

2:35 p.m. : Scottie Scheffler, Nicolai Højgaard (Denmark)

2:45 p.m. : Max Homa, Bryson DeChambeau

* Denotes amateur