''PGA Tour 2K21'' is a

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PGA Tour 2K ''PGA Tour 2K'' (originally known as ''The Golf Club'') is a series of golf sports video games developed by HB Studios. The series is currently published by 2K Sports; with Maximum Games publishing the second game in the series. The premise of ...

'' name and the second game in the overall series to be licensed by the

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. ''PGA Tour 2K21'' received generally favorable reviews, with critics feeling that the game preserved the realism of its predecessors, while adding more difficulty levels and assists to make it more accessible to a wider audience. The game has sold around 3 million units, as of May 2022.

Course list

Real courses

*Atlantic Beach Country Club *

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* Bay Hill Club and Lodge *

East Lake Golf Club East Lake Golf Club is a private golf club 5 miles east of downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1904, it is the oldest golf course in the city. East Lake was the home course of golfer Bobby Jones and much of its clubhouse serves as a tribu ...

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(Copperhead Course) *

Quail Hollow Club Quail Hollow Club is a country club and golf course in the southeastern United States, located in the Quail Hollow neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is a private member club, founded by James J. Harris on April 13, 1959. The club ho ...

Riviera Country Club The Riviera Country Club is a private club with a championship golf course and tennis courts in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of the Westside of Los Angeles, California. The Riviera was designed by golf course architects George C. Thomas Jr ...

TPC Boston TPC Boston is a private golf club in the northeastern United States, located in Norton, Massachusetts, approximately south of Boston. History Originally designed by Arnold Palmer and built in 2002, the course was re-designed in 2007 by Gil Han ...

TPC Deere Run TPC Deere Run is an 18-hole golf course in the central United States, located in Silvis, Illinois, along the Rock River. It is operated by the PGA Tour as a member of their Tournament Players Club network of golf courses and plays host to the ann ...

* TPC Louisiana *

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TPC San Antonio TPC San Antonio is a golf resort in the south central United States, located in the Cibolo Canyons area north of San Antonio, Texas.

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PGA Tour 2K21 courses: the best ones profiled, plus the complete course list
- Gemesradar(03/23/2021) *

TPC Southwind TPC Southwind is a private golf club in Shelby County, Tennessee, southern United States, located within the gated community of Southwind in Southeast Memphis. East-southeast of central Memphis, the 18-hole championship golf course was designed ...

* TPC Summerlin *

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Official fictional PGA Tour 2K21 courses

*Caramel Creek *Cloudcrest Country Club *The Club at Ravenswood *Conservatory Club ( U.S. Open); fictional name Northwest Open *Copper Dunes *Craigendoran Links (

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); fictional name The Royal Championship *Emerald Lake GC *Faxon Park Golf Club *Hickory Creek GC *Hoophole River Club (

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); fictional name The Legends Championship *The House on The Cliff *The Jumeriah Club (

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) *Katagawa Country Club *The Links at Royal Atlantic *Monte Cervino *McCory Shores Golf Club (

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) *Ocean of Memories *Pearl Mountain Golf Course *Quincy Downs Country Club *Royal Ethalwind (

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) *Tarwa Golf Club *Timber Knoll *Vaquero Valley Golf Course (

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); fictional name The Golf Club Championship *Victory Village

Reception

''PGA Tour 2K21'' received "generally favorable reviews" on all platforms, except for the

and PC versions which received "mixed or average reviews", according to

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. Owen S. Good of ''Polygon'' felt that the game addressed almost all of his criticisms of ''The Golf Club 2019'', and that its assists "

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me the certainty of knowing that when my shot goes awry, ''I'' did something wrong. Moreover, I know what I did wrong, and the game no longer feels arbitrary or punitive." Tristan Ogilvie of ''IGN'' similarly noted that given the reputation of ''The Golf Club'' as being an "uncompromisingly hardcore simulation" of golf (to the point that comparisons were made to

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games'')'', the difficulty modes and assist options allowed players to achieve a more balanced experience. Among criticisms were its "static" environments, a lack of any women's tour or tournament options, such as

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events, or any licensed female players (although female golfers can still be created), the included PGA Tour characters not being playable, as well as levelling and rival systems that felt "arbitrary". In conclusion, it was felt that the game as a whole was the "most flexible and enjoyable golf game since EA’s ''Tiger Woods'' series was at its peak". Barring "minor annoyances" such as its handling of rough, repetitive commentary, none of the tour professionals being playable in-game, and its use of micro-transactions, ''GameSpot'' felt that ''PGA Tour 2K21'' was "the most realistic and pure golf experience in a game to date", preserving key aspects of ''The Golf Club'' while making it more accessible to a wider variety of players.

References

External links

* {{PGA Tour 2K 2020 video games 2K Sports games Golf video games HB Studios games Multiplayer and single-player video games Nintendo Switch games PlayStation 4 games Sports video games with career mode Stadia games Video games developed in Canada Windows games Xbox One games