The New Road

Tiger Woods 08 - Nintendo DS

I've now spent enough time with Tiger Woods 08 on the Nintendo DS to have a few pointers for you.

1. Never get in the rough. Ever. The game models rough like it's ten feet high even if it's an inch off the fairway. Always go two clubs in the rough and aim for more fairway. Rough in this game is almost an automatic one stroke penalty.
2. The caddy advice on the greens in always just a touch short. Add an inch or two long to provide some cushion.
3. In the sand go at least a club up from what's recommended.
4. The landing indicator on the tee (or on any shot) indicates where the ball will end up after the bounce, so you have to account for any sand that you may bounce into along the way yourself.
5. The left/right wind is almost irrelevant. Either that or the aiming mechanism takes it into account. I've tried to account for the wind myself and the ball always seems to end up where I'm aiming as opposed to where I've supposedly compensated for it to go. This is a big difference from the PSP version.

Hope that helps anyone out there playing Tiger on the DS. It's a fun little game. I wish it had a few more courses though.