START HERE in EA Sports PGA Tour 2023: Beginner's Guide to LEVEL UP FAST!

[@GamerAbility]

Hope you all found this video helpful! Subscribe and stay tuned for many more tips and tutorial videos on this game! You can find all my gameplay tutorials I have posted in this playlist: EA Sports PGA Tour Tips and Tutorials playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PL2ypHzc7pV8037GDNaWKx20qOb3GWvvSB || Checkout my ultimate golf bag and club spec guide here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aV7IlqqkmZWrjpo || Checkout my Ultimate Skills & Shot types Guide here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3XRen-Lp52Aqqs || If you want to see live gameplay, you can tune into a live stream over on Twitch. My next Live Stream is scheduled for Friday afternoon (April 14, 2023). Live streams every Monday (1:00 PM EST), Wednesday (1:00 PM EST), and Friday (1:00 PM EST) on Twitch! www.twitch.tv/gamer_ability || Follow me on Twitch and turn on notifications to receive notifications when I go live. Checkout the full Ryan Gamer EA PGA Tour Career Mode Series in this playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PL2ypHzc7pV81IfCnWHEqBCojquxfSkNn2 || Checkout all my EA Sports PGA Tour Gameplay videos in this playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PL2ypHzc7pV805YeR4s6pqU4rpw5JYABN2

[@Chthonian101]

Loving this game, only complaint is how insanely slow the menu operates!

[@DeathByPineapp73]

Lol it’s so laggy

[@hoodietiger2178]

Game is trash. Random landing is one of many things that ruined the game

[@bobsteele9581]

Just got gifted this game as a present for Christmas. Now that I'm used to playing PGA 2k23 and am getting on reasonably well with it (with thanks to you for your tutorials) I thought maybe I could jump straight into this one. I couldn't have been more wrong and I've been really struggling so far. Basically I had no clue where to start and just immediately started on Quickplay. So, as with your 2k23 vids, I am absolutely delighted with this tutorial. So helpful, and I look forward to watching your other EA PGA tour tutorials. Right I'm off to get into the PGA coaching challenges. Thanks Ryan, ya Legend! 😁👍

[@GamerAbility]

Love to hear that Bob!!! That is awesome! hope you have fun!!! Cheers!!!

[@bobsteele9581]

@@GamerAbility -Having fun with it now Ryan. Levelling up nicely 👍

[@gagebyers1057]

I think for the first time in the history of golf games I actually dread hitting sand traps and the rough. Lie actually matters in this game which is cool

[@brendandoyle7508]

Yea I agree I think it makes it more fun more challenging, you have to really focus like in real life. I also think more controllers are going to be thrown.

[@catsmad48]

After being glued to you...finally bought the game yesterday. At first I wasn't too sure, but I soon realised how deeply involved it is. Its somehow real😂

[@GamerAbility]

Love that! Have fun!!!

[@lucasDwooten]

Very helpful information. Gonna put my career mode on pause and spend some time completing challenges for xp to level up.

[@GamerAbility]

Glad it was helpful! Happy to help!

[@tylorlenart]

Bought the game yesterday. Only played a few holes of the amateur tourney. Have a +5. Might as well just start over after watching these tips before I get too far in my career mode. Didn’t spend any skill points yet. Might as well go through challenges before playing tourneys.

[@GamerAbility]

Yeah the challenges will help a lot! Have fun out there!

[@neilaja]

Thankyou that was very informative! I would have had no idea

[@GamerAbility]

Glad it was helpful! Have fun!

[@jeffreymorris1752]

I'm still playing Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2010 (EA) (PSP). For years I've played at the top difficulty and regularly shoot in the low 50s. I'm obviously ready for a new game. I've got a PS5. I'm getting this game day after tomorrow. Hopefully some of my left thumb joystick muscle memory transfers to EA PGA 2023. I was going to wait until some high quality tutorial videos came up but you have shortened that wait almost completely. Good work!

[@GamerAbility]

Have fun out there!!!

[@rickinwast]

I’m noticing an above average number of approach shots backing up significantly given the elevation and green slope, even with no spin or low spin.

[@HappyChappy78]

The Masters Cover Art was the best

[@mariodelapena09]

Good video! Just got the game with the PS Plus sale, excited to get into it!

[@GamerAbility]

Love to hear that! Have fun!!!

[@Azkhalon]

Awesome video! Thank you so much for the tips! I totally spent my currency on cosmetic items like some Jordan shoes, but now I’m completing challenges and entering tournaments so I can start purchasing some specs!

[@GamerAbility]

Thank you! Happy to help!!! Have fun out there! Cheers!

[@igloo2158]

Extremely helpful. I’ve been scratching my head on all this. Couldn’t understand why the clubs don’t have attributes like all past games. Thanks for doing this.

[@GamerAbility]

Happy to help! Appreciate you!

[@MrPeppa777]

I love this game for different reasons than I love PGA 2K. 2K is better for online play with your buddies bc of online societies and the course creator, but EA PGA has a muuuuuch better career mode and skill customization system.

[@GamerAbility]

Yeah it is so awesome have 2 good golf games to play!

[@MementoMikey74]

LFG Sixpenny! Loving the content!!!

[@GamerAbility]

Thank you Mikey!!! Let’s go!!! Cheers!

[@Alfooty0]

Loving the content keep it up 👍

[@GamerAbility]

Thank you @jeffbob4369!!! Glad you are enjoying it! Appreciate you!

[@ryanray28]

The clubs aren't just cosmetic they do add stats as well. Now they might not be as much as a a legendary spec but they do help!

[@reggieloney5304]

Thanks this video was really helpful appreciated the help

[@GamerAbility]

Love to hear that! Glad it was helpful!

[@southernrun9048]

Excellent explanation as always on your channel videos.

[@GamerAbility]

Thank you Southernrun! Appreciate you!

[@Shadman1603]

Good video 👍🏽👍🏽 will try out the challenges.

[@GamerAbility]

Thank you!

[@oldtimergoalie1]

Thank you, Ryan for the tips on getting started. Definitely will follow your guidance. Cheers!!

[@GamerAbility]

Happy to help Thomas!!! Appreciate you!!!

[@patrickdumass7611]

Jim Gem won 80k reward points for coming 87th in an All 18 Tour event. That's not bad.

[@GamerAbility]

Yeah that is huge!!!

[@mikeh.9954]

Game looks really solid! Currently, I have a massive backlog of games, so this will have to wait. Also, I'm all about sales these days (due the backlog & the economy).

[@Sasquatchghost]

Yeah wish I waited for a sale honestly! Especially here in Canada the game was 89.99 plus tax lol

[@mikeh.9954]

@@Sasquatchghost $70+ for any game is steep. I'm in the range of $35 or less these days. Stuff is just too expensive. And sports games seem to drop fairly quickly too.

[@crimsontide1980]

Just bought it for $41 yesterday on Series X at Gamestop yesterday. Weird thing was it was $45 used and $41 new, thought that didn't make much sense but made it a no brainer to buy it. Was kinda on the fence about buying it but my 10 hour trial expired before the first big update came out. Really wanted to see what all was fixed in the update. For $40 I figured it was a safe buy, plus I still had my $5 Gamestop power up reward for May.

[@Sasquatchghost]

@@crimsontide1980 40 bucks is a great deal !

[@crimsontide1980]

@@Sasquatchghost agreed!

[@thomaslemon2508]

I have played the first round in the amateurs championship and cannot, for the life of me, move to the second round. how does one save any playtime on the XBox X mode of gameplay?

[@SpiffMemphis]

The online tournaments are only available during night-time or during work hours in Central Europe. That should be fixed.

[@shredda3165]

I bought spierhs ball spec couple days ago...totally worth it

[@GamerAbility]

Yeah I wish I would have had the reward points to buy that one win it was in stock, hope to see it back in stock sometime soon!

[@Violins77]

Really helpful thank you! However, it seems they changed the rewards from the Coaching Academy to loot boxes instead of XP now.

[@100rando7]

Thanks for the great info! Love your content!

[@GamerAbility]

Glad you enjoy it! Appreciate you!

[@johnjones8026]

i had to revert to the 3 click swing haha

[@travisphillippe1986]

I hear ya, I had to do the same! 😆

[@MrDcrules]

When I try to hit a ball, the club often goes back to the initial address position. Is there a trick to pulling the club back and biting the ball without the club going back to the starting position? I’m playing this on Xbox Series X. Thx!

[@GamerAbility]

So a couple of things could cause this. 1) If you swing past the end of the power meter the swing will reset back to the starting position, so if you swing forward sooner it should not happen. 2) Another cause could be not having a smooth transition from back to forward and stopping the forward motion. The most common cause is number 1. Hope this helps!

[@MrDcrules]

I’ll let you know if that helps. Thx!!

[@MrDcrules]

That helped a lot. Thx!! Do you recommend getting the game on physical discs or from the online store? Does one work better than the other? Best! Don

[@KB-gg8kp]

Any tips for getting on the green from 200-250 yards out? I always hit it to far with all of my woods

[@GamerAbility]

So try to get a legendary club spec with very high control like in the 80s or higher. Also make sure you put a lot of skill points into approach control, which will add more natural backspin. When you have higher control you can also add full loft to the shot in the pre shot setup which will add more backspin. Woods still roll out quite a bit, but this should help.

[@hectorraus6194]

Which one has more content for single player? this or 2k23? and better progression etc

[@GamerAbility]

This game definitely has more single player content and more rpg like progression. But they are both really good games.

[@jordanking7711]

2K for me is more geared towards online, considering that it is essentially what used to be The Golf Club. Ryan is right. Definitely this one.

[@LonghornsLegend]

Just as far as gameplay and calender wise, does it matter if you're starting out on the amateur tour losing a bunch tournaments year after year vs say starting up in the tour and winning more early? Or is it just as long as you're playing you gradually progress all the same? I just started one and like to meep mine realistic but I am curious if it's going to make me develop slower if it takes me 4 seasons to win anything

[@stevenrose3509]

No driving range big big mistake

[@larryjohnson7246]

It would be nice but it's not really needed. Play a few matches and you will pick it right up. Really fun game I've been enjoying it quite alot

[@stevenrose3509]

@@larryjohnson7246 yeh its fun but hope there's more course coming be a shame if not

[@BlumpkinBigchop]

Then play 2K golf if you need a range that bad eesh

[@bladefinger651]

​@@BlumpkinBigchop I can see both sides. I'm trying the demo for masters and mostly, EA has everything I want. That damn pesky top golf mode is the only thing I see good about 2k23. If this game had a small driving range mode or something similar, I feel like it'd be no contest. Maybe they'll add it in a future update.

[@crimsontide1980]

Absolutely they should have a driving range and chipping range

[@joshuasmith3669]

If you could plug 2K’s shot mechanic and greens in this game it would be flawless. The tempo and mechanics are not good.

[@ML-tv3wt]

Couldn't agree more..

[@boysilver2556]

Agreed. 2K23 putting especially, the EA putting meter system in particular ruins it for me. When I play I have all swing meters, and power meters, and aiming assists off. But boy what I would give for a decent season mode after playing HB/2K's game the past few years.

[@wout123100]

dont agree at all, 2k swing is way too fast, this one is too slow yeah fun , putting sure is better in 2k.

[@tomahawk_tee]

Putting…maybe, everything else I disagree 1000%

[@Azkhalon]

I agree!

[@DrGamelove]

Very well done and informative. The game really doesn’t tell you this stuff.

[@GamerAbility]

Thank you! Happy to help!

[@stikla5179]

Love your videos man

[@GamerAbility]

Thank you! Appreciate you!

[@TimmysHR]

Sponsorship challenges are great for xp money and cosmetics

[@redh8606]

I struggle with putting its mind blowing. So should I build up the putting first. This game is hard. So I try and move the putting icon the way of my putt

[@GamerAbility]

So if you find yourself missing your power, tempo, and swing plane on putts than it might be good for you to focus more on putting for added forgiveness to missed hit shots. So increased putting skills leads to more forgiveness on your missed inputs, but it does not necessarily make it much easier though. Putting does take a lot of practice and it will get easier overtime. I have a beginners guide tutorial on putting if you wanted to learn more about the way I approach putting in the game. Here is a link to the video if you wanted to watch it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXnMqoicf5tgf9E

[@redh8606]

@@GamerAbility thanks so much your videos are very helpful

[@jet0715]

Hey Ryan another question,I’m pretty up to speed on the rewards process and how to increase my rewards through challenges and the daily tournaments. I’m trying to build my golfers skill up using the yellow skill tokens. Can you tell me what the best way is to increase the yellow skill points? Thanks as usual!

[@GamerAbility]

Hey Jerry! So I actually just posted a tutorial on skills yesterday which you may find helpful! So you can gain experience and level up by basically doing anything in this game. So if you play rounds faster and complete quest along the way you will game more experience and level faster. Here is a link to my skills video if you wanted to watch it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3XRen-Lp52Aqqs

[@jet0715]

Ryan you have become my favorite channel love everything you do and the way you present thanks for all your help!!

[@allenp920]

I don’t remember the Tiger Woods games being such a grind to play. Or any other golf game come to that

[@wout123100]

grind? i see no grind.

[@igloo2158]

It’s way more of a grind than previous games. Wayyy more. Used to be 8-12 hours and you were completely built up.

[@allenp920]

@@wout123100 well good for you.

[@drypepsiwall]

Does the game save your course stats anywhere? Seems like you used to be able to see what your records were on each course on older games. I’m not seeing it so far.

[@rickinwast]

Playing and going back to this tutorial... Two items frustrating me! (1) Putting Swing Mechanics. Two lines behind the ball position. What do they representation in terms of power. (2) Swing Arc & After Shot Display Window: In most approach & short game shots you will need to hit a partial shot. Practically speaking, I need to know were to stop/swing to below 100% in the swing arch for specific shot/distance. Now, it is a guessing game. The shot display window **ought to display the power percentage used** not a +/- figure. Ideally, the swing arc would be most helpful if it had percentage indicators {100%. 90% and so on. WGT swing meters are like this.} The after shot display does not tell me much in order to repeat the shot another time. ~ Cheers ~

[@GamerAbility]

1. So in this game the power meter automatically changes based where you are aiming with the aim marker and the middle line on the power meter is the perfect power that you want to hit to get the desired power. If you hit the perfect spot it will be the power you set up with the aim marker, if not it will be an under or overswing of different + or - values. So it is completely different than that of 2K23. 2. So in this game the power meter basically stays the same for the perfect region for each shot type, and partials are hit by adjusting the aim marker and still hitting the perfect power spot on the meter. So the true partial shot type that is key in this game for in-between distances is the finesse shot. So the earlier you can unlock the finesse shot the better. I believe you unlock it in the approach control skill levels. now most short game shots it is the same, you set the power by selecting the proper aim with the aim marker and then try to hit the perfect power shot shown on the power meter. Hope this helps!

[@gabrieles7732]

Uhhhhhh nice you answer me , this was my questions 🙂🫡🦾

[@Fishstix-ri3so]

Good stuff! Excited to give this one a try. Been fun watching you enjoy it. After Rory I had lost all hope for EA golf. This game looks beautiful. Competition is always good for us as gamers.

[@GamerAbility]

Thank you @Fishstix1976! Glad you ere enjoying the content. Yeah competition is hopefully going to push both games to keep getting better!

[@markthompson7301]

Just purchased on PS5. I have no menu, it only allows me to play The Masters with Scheffler. What am I missing?

[@GamerAbility]

So it starts the game with a full round at Augusta national playing as Scottie Scheffler. After you play that round it will take you to the character creator. You cannot quit out of that tournament either, it will just take you back in when you open the game again and you have to complete it.

[@markthompson7301]

Thank you, I played the entire round didn’t see an additional options.

[@markthompson7301]

Just played another round. No options, just asks me to restart round. Any suggestions?

[@GamerAbility]

@@markthompson7301 I have never heard of that, very strange. If you are connected to Playstation network online and have an EA account it should all show up. You do have to create and link an EA account to play the game, but if you have played any other EA games on your console it should already have it linked. If I were you I would contact EA customer support.

[@ckingsmill89]

Do the spec cards apply to one club only or can I apply them to all the clubs of that type?

[@GamerAbility]

So you can apply the same club type spec to all the clubs of that type. For example I have the same legendary club spec applied to all of my irons.

[@ckingsmill89]

@@GamerAbility thanks for the reply!

[@kevinoconnell2269]

Great explanation, 👍 👌

[@GamerAbility]

Thank you! Appreciate it!!!

[@kennethcooper3317]

I'm a beginner, there is two things I'm finding frustrating. The ball & my feet is below or above is that the ball? The other is I hit the ball clean & straight and into the wind of 2mph and somehow the ball goes way off course with no reason I can see, why is that? please answer this.

[@GamerAbility]

So ball position relative to feet will affect the right to left movement of the ball initially. So ball below feet, aim a bit to the left to compensate (right handed golfer, opposite for left handed), and ball above the feet, aim to the right to compensate. Lie angles in this game do not have a huge affect on the shot though, so you do not need to do big compensations. Now for the ball going way off course even when hit straight, that is likely do to the inherent randomness with each landing spot in this game. So the grey landing area zone shown for each shot in this game indicates the range that the ball can land even when struck perfect. As you improve your golfer skills, this dispersion zone will get smaller, but the ball will never go exactly where you want it and there will always be some RNG/randomness for each shot. Hopefully this helps! Cheers!

[@crimsontide1980]

One thing ive really bewn struggling with is that my club speed is always too slow. Usually its like 1.7% to 2.1% slow. I have no clue how to press the analog stick any faster. I know not hitting perfect speed affects your shot a bit. Should i get one of those stupid analog stick extenders that clips to the top of the stick like the COD players use?

[@JohnMeconi-w5r]

I only have Quick Game for modes? How do I get the others?

[@soderguau1]

Best sports channel

[@GamerAbility]

Thank you for the kind words! I greatly appreciate it!

[@tcrowson]

Digging this game so far. Lamenting the lack of driving range though. But.... I got only 1500 premium points with my Deluxe Edition, not 4500! 😆

[@GamerAbility]

I found out later that I also got premium points for EA play and also for being a EA Play pro member so that might be where more came from. I am not sure though LOL!

[@phil33603]

This game just makes me want to go back to everyone’s golf! 😂

[@kinocchio]

I got this on game pass. I knew my patience would pay off

[@GamerAbility]

Love that! Have fun!

[@MichaelFarley-l7s]

My golfer defaults to "practice" swing whenever I start any mode of game.Cannot find a consistent way to get out of this.Saw on here that L5 controller key toggles this but using this seems hit and miss . Hugely frustrating and obviously making no progress in game. Any help would be really appreciated. PS5 and long term EA Sports PGA golf user way back to 2008.

[@joncorso6103]

Thanks for the video. I was interested in the game, but the fundamental design here seems majorly flawed. It's rich get richer. The people who are better at the game than me get better rewards, equipment and upgrades than me, so now the gap between them and me has widened. I will never be able to close that gap and get anything other than bottom tier rewards. I come from the days of Links 386. All I want to do is pull up a course and play a round, I don't care about online competition. Can I do that?

[@chrisowen1418]

Do you think there are enough credits available when just playing and having fun or is this typical EA pay to play?

[@GamerAbility]

So far there are definitely enough credits, I have not had the urge to spend any money in the game so far. Also there is no pay to win for club specs or skills which is awesome! If you just play the daily arcade tournaments and the 1000 pro 4 hole tournaments each day you accumulate so many reward points and tickets. Especially if you play 6 a day. And also there are big rewards by just doing challenges, completing quests, and playing the weekly and seasonal tournaments.

[@iwound]

I just did the putting challenge. Took me nearly an hour and i got 450 points plus xp but did not level up. Not worth doing for levelling up and very annoying. My advice just play the game and do a challenge when you feel like it. Don't grind just enjoy the game. In other words ignore Ryan. 😁Personally i play a bit of everything and have fun. Some of these challenges can be fun in small bites. Well played EA for giving lots of variety in the game.

[@wout123100]

ah he is super competitive , fun tho, i dont care about quick upgrade, dont need much upgrade at all.

[@iwound]

@@wout123100 me too. Gradually upgrading and seeing the benefits is part of the fun.

[@marchmadness76]

Thank you

[@GamerAbility]

Happy to help!!!

[@kennethcooper3317]

Daily tournaments, I'm a 3 clicker, problems with my hands the tourneys are for swing stick no good for me.

[@AdamBlandino-gn5po]

Thanks for the great video Ryan. Do you know if the Quests only complete in order? For example: if you haven’t completed chapter 1 of the Pebble Beach quest, will it not count if you do the score 12 under with your created golfer? (which is in chapter 3 of that quest)

[@GamerAbility]

Thank you Adam! So in my experience so far the quest do have to be completed in order chapter 1 first and then chapter 2 and so on.

[@kennethcooper3317]

Ryan it' me again, in pro pass how do I get to the gifts?? and how do I claim the free tier at this level???

[@razmsu]

Probably going to wait for a few software patches and price drop on this one.

[@hanklittleton8288]

Finished missed rank in the sawgrass and liberty daily tournaments. Didn't get any reward packs for that kind of confused about it

[@GamerAbility]

The daily’s from yesterday seem to be glitched right now. I came in the winner percentile but still have not gotten any rewards. Maybe the servers are overloaded or something. Hopefully we get our rewards soon

[@hanklittleton8288]

@@GamerAbility gotcha thank you glad it's not just me!

[@davisland2538]

For the tournaments, is there a way to tell what rewards bracket you are in? I’ve done a few and I think the rewards bugged out but impossible to tell since I have no idea where I finished

[@GamerAbility]

So it does not tell you your specific bracket you are in after playing until you get your reward pack. But you can see your spot on the leaderboard after the round and in the menus when you have the tournament selected.

[@davidmanion1357]

Good stuff! For some reason, I can only hit slow shots on irons and woods... any suggestions?

[@GamerAbility]

Thank you! So one thing you could do is actually slow down your swing tempo in the character customization which may help. I have noticed that it is a really quick flick of the stick for me to get a perfect.

[@JohnGranacker]

Play thru Settings at top never shows up.....what's wrong???

[@Schwartzkov]

The tournament section reminds ne of ea tried rewards in ultimate team.

[@milanbaros2005]

Its "X" which is cross on the Playstation, just saying. great vid.

[@rickinwast]

Much thanks for the time put into these tutorials, especially the behind the scene work we don't see! You mentioned our golfer being "81 overall" (Time stamp abt 9.21) and w/club specs becomes 88? Are you referring to 88% out of 100% for any club specs applied?

[@GamerAbility]

Thank you for the kind words Rick! Appreciate you! So the 81 overall is referring to your players overall skill rating. So like in other EA sports games each player has an overall 0-99 total skill overall. So in this game you have your base overall from skills which for me is 81 and then you have the boost from club specs (equipment boost) which increase my overall to 89 total. Just a number representing your players level of play.

[@toddputman1175]

Love this game

[@GamerAbility]

Same here!

[@jayneve1830]

Coaching academy results aren’t registering for me on PlayStation 5 , anyone else receiving this issue or know how to help? First challenge driving .. 3 of 5 in the fairway, zero stars or results. Annoying

[@GamerAbility]

That would be really frustrating, I have not experienced this myself. Hopefully this gets fixed ASAP!

[@jayneve1830]

@@GamerAbility extremely! Pretty much a golf game novice these challenges are needed ha! Though it seems to be a lot of talk on Twitter about lagging UI menus, challenges not rewarding stars etc.. hopefully EA get this worked on and patched

[@Chuckschwartz]

Lot of missed opportunities: Free roam, golf carts, leagues w/ friends, scrambles, partner tourneys.

[@bd3598_]

Hey Ryan wats the most realistic AI setting in your opinion? Loving the videos!

[@GamerAbility]

Thank you @bd3598_!!! So I still need to play a little more to test, but I have found around 75-80% leads to very realistic AI scores. So I did an 80% difficulty Masters Tournament, and the winning score was 14 under which could be close to what the winner is this week. Now there are instances where the AI still plays insane on 80% so it does fluctuate. 70-75% is a great place to start though. Hope this helps!

[@bd3598_]

@@GamerAbility thanks a lot!!

[@jeffbieber2243]

Okay in the challenges has anyone else experienced a problem with that I do what it asks but I do not get the star ? Like it does not register that I accomplished the task. I am playing on the PC version I don't know if there's an issue with that version.

[@Statto1]

Hi Ryan, is this game worth the money, is it as good as pga tour 2k23?

[@oozehag2790]

Can anyone tell me why we can’t buy a physical copy of this game in Australia?

[@kingslayerz1874]

How did you finish the challenges? On PS5 they won't allow me to complete and it's not rewarding any stars. From what I've seen the same issue on Xbox

[@GamerAbility]

So it seems that this same glitch is not occurring for everyone. I have seen a few people leave comments experiencing the same thing as you. I have not experienced it myself. That is a terrible bug though, hopefully that gets fixed ASAP!!!

[@kingslayerz1874]

@Gamer Ability I deleted all my save data, and the game. Re-downloaded it and it still does NOT work. Sucks because I prefer going into career with a slight advantage. That's EA though...

[@davidyerger4657]

Are the challenge rewards only claimable once per account? I rolled a second character and could not redo challenges my first character completed. How disappointing.

[@GamerAbility]

Yeah the challenge rewards seem to be once per account rather than once per character. Definitely takes a lot longer to level up the second character without being able to do the coaching academy challenges again.

[@davidyerger4657]

@@GamerAbility Hi just a follow up, I completed a few Sponsor challenges on my first character then I switched to the new one started a career and the sponsor challenges I completed one the other character were shown as completed. They have to fix this. Why bother putting in extra character slots for this. The coaching academy is one thing, but doing it to something inside the career mode is beyond dumb.

[@rafaeltudela9952]

Can ea play online with players from other platforms? like in 2k23

[@GamerAbility]

No there is no crossplatform play unfortunately

[@anthonytraverso1585]

I cannot get past the open training at the masters any idea how?

[@GamerAbility]

So I have actually seen another person post this glitch as well, to where they are stuck in the first round at Augusta playing as Scottie Scheffler and that even when they finish they cannot move into the menus. I have not experienced it myself and do not know how to fix it. The only thing I would think to do would be to uninstall the game, delete local & cloud saved data, and then reinstall and see if that fixes it. If it does not I would definitely try to contact EA PGA Tour customer service. You could also check out the EA PGA Tour forums and post it there to see if anyone else has had the problem there.

[@boblawblaw1354]

if you start a new career, do the challenges reset so you can do them again?

[@GamerAbility]

No they do not. The only way you could do that is by logging in with a different account

[@NickDrury-rp2qh]

Does anyone know why It won't let me get past round 1 after any tournaments. I play the first 18 holes round 1 and then it won't let me go to round 2 3 or 4. It just makes me repeat hole 18 on round 1 everytime

[@GamerAbility]

So someone else actually reported this same glitch in a comment today. This seems like a terrible glitch that some are experiencing in the game. I do not know if there is a work around or anything like that yet. Hopefully this gets fixed ASAP

[@NickDrury-rp2qh]

@@GamerAbility would and update maybe fix this pal do you think?

[@GirlzH00p2]

This game is so tough for me. I keep getting frustrated. Great video thanks!

[@GamerAbility]

Thank you! Happy to help!

[@mattyboiii9398]

Hey Ryan please help, my game is super laggy and buggy. Firstly when I do my challenges the stars don’t load, when I aim my shot left with no fade or draw, it swings like 2 degrees left which makes me get double bogeys and the menus are very snappy and slow and im on ps5 pls help because the game currently isn’t really fun because of this.

[@GamerAbility]

Yeah so they released a patch yesterday and a lot of problems have followed. Hopefully they can fix all of it soon! It seems better for me tonight, but everything is a little delayed it seems still.

[@Bigu4300]

Love the game play but its essentially Fortnight Golf Casino, I hate that part

[@jaredmalinzak3777]

What does it mean to get 5 under GIR??

[@lilydog1000]

GIR = Greens in Regulation. FIR = Fairways in Regulation.

[@Trellmitty007]

How do I remove the flag Stick

[@kennethcooper3317]

In the challenge section, I find you don't have a chance as you have no control of the ball.

[@douglasweston126]

Hi - excellent stuff. Just bought the game and it looks pretty good. I'll check out your tips. Cheers Doug

[@GamerAbility]

Thank you Doug! Have fun! Cheers!

[@stinkypinkeee5085]

Why can't I upgrade my golfer on the KF Tour anymore? Played a whole tourney but the option to edit my stats has disappeared...What the heck?

[@GamerAbility]

That is very strange. I know they were having a lot of server issues today and with the game always requiring an online connection maybe it is a server side thing. Or maybe it is some strange glitch in the game. Hopefully it gets fixed ASAP. Now there is a cap on skills at level 50, but I doubt you are there yet in the KF Tour.

[@JK-ft8ge]

I can't even get to a screen to start a career. It keeps making play the Augusta national as scottie sheffler. Anyone else this issue?

[@JohnMeconi-w5r]

I am having the same issue. What did you find out

[@ricksgamemisc10]

Hi Ryan. I've noticed some bugs within the game (lol). But specifically some of the rewards. For example, I completed Chapter 1 of KF Tour California Classic which says I have "collected" a Wood Blue Spec. However, I do NOT actually have it! And yes, my rewards have all been collected. I bring this up because you said that you did not buy any points but have some because of Deluxe edition. I *also* have the "big" version - yet I only have 1500. Something else, I am no longer getting rewards for Daily tournaments. I make a point of doing both free ones per cycle (so 4 total per day). For the first several days, I was getting my rewards for each. However, yesterday I only got one reward from the previous evening's final pair. Then I did all four throughout the day yesterday - and got NO rewards from any of them.

[@GamerAbility]

Yeah I have noticed recently that I am not getting all my rewards as well. So I did find out that I also got premium points from having EA Play Pro as well. I also did not get any of my rewards from my weekend tournaments, seems to be a server overload or something right now. Hopefully this all gets sorted out ASAP

[@ricksgamemisc10]

@@GamerAbility Cool. Thanks for the clarifications!

[@sharpz44]

Still not sure whoever to purchase this game 30fps is a let down

[@chrishastings9424]

Great video! Much appreciated! One question, is anyone else struggling with hitting a slow swing all the time? No matter what I do or how fast I move the stick, it does not go faster than like a -1 slow! Any tips would be greatly appreciated 🙈

[@garrettclemmons3991]

Same with me. I'm literally almost breaking my stick lol

[@chrishastings9424]

@@garrettclemmons3991 😂 same mate. I did change the swing tempo down to slowest and it’s helped a bit but still can’t get close to a fast swing or even close to perfect.

[@garrettclemmons3991]

@@chrishastings9424 same bro

[@chrishastings9424]

@@garrettclemmons3991 maybe a bug with some peoples games? Noticed a few people struggling with the same thing

[@GamerAbility]

So one thing that could help is go to the edit golfer menu and edit the swing. Then change the swing tempo to the slowest. This will make the perfect be a slower downswing tempo on the analog stick. Yeah I have to flick the stick basically as hard as I can to get closer to perfect on the normal tempo. Hope this helps!

[@Skateandcreate9]

Been getting my butt whooped with my custom character even in the amateurs on easy difficulty 😂

[@GamerAbility]

It is a tough game, especially with the low stats you start with!

[@Skateandcreate9]

@@GamerAbility yes! Thanks to your video hopefully i can get their skills up 💪

[@AdamSmith-co9hc]

Great video thank you for explaining it all.. 👍

[@GamerAbility]

Thank you! Happy to help! Have fun out there!

[@mr.steinhaus6014]

Ok I’m level 37 also and my leveling has ground to a screeching halt. What now?? LOL

[@Rnazzaro]

Bought this game, but couldn’t play it because EA sucks. My Xbox account is linked to an email that I haven’t used in over 10 years and EA will not let me unlink it so I return the game and goodbye EA. Yeah I will never buy another game from you.