GOLF+ - 2024 Forum Member Review

[GolfSpy_APH]

Continuing our trend of bringing varied opportunities to the MyGolfSpy Forum community, we have one that brings the golf course and your game to your living room with GOLF+ and the world of virtual golf.

About GOLF+ 

GOLF+ is the official VR golf game of the PGA Tour. Take a stroll through St Andrews, test your game at Pinehurst No. 2 or immerse yourself in the raucous excitement of the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale. GOLF+ offers daily tournaments, a variety of multiplayer modes, 20 different real-world courses (and counting) and physics engineered by tens of thousands of real-world swings. GOLF+ is built BY golfers, for golfers.

The Testing Opportunity 

We are searching for three golfers to test and review the full GOLF+ experience. GOLF+ is available exclusively on the Meta Quest platform. Don’t have a headset? Not to worry. Testers will receive a Meta Quest 3 headset as well as a golf club controller attachment to bring the game to life.

For this testing opportunity, we want golfers to not only review the product and its features but also to compete against each other in tournaments and matches with members of the GOLF+ team.

We want to know how this virtual experience compares to your real-life experience. Can it take the place of a weekly round if the weather isn’t cooperating? Can it help provide accurate feedback on your swing and even improve your game?

The final portion of this testing opportunity includes the GOLF+ TOUR where our testers will compete with the rest of the GOLF+ community to see where they stack up.

Please welcome and congratulate our testers!

@GregGarner 

@mynerds 

@Fongle

[mynerds]

Hello!

Mynerds here! I’m a lefty golfer who is otherwise right-hand dominant, though my playstyle is not influenced by anyone named Phil. I work in cybersecurity and live in Illinois with my wife, daughter, and dog:

I’ve found great joy in meticulously testing and writing about golf gadgets since joining the forum in 2022 and am extremely excited for this latest opportunity.

I’ve been playing golf casually on and off since 2008, but only started playing intentionally over the last four years. I play in the greater Chicago area, known for its incredible golfing weather… 7 months each year. I enjoy experimenting with different ways to enjoy the game in the off season including Top Golf, Trackman rental time, or Mevo+ use at home. I’m a life-long tech enthusiast and a long-time player of golf video games, so this test touches many of my interests.

To my fellow gamers, I firmly believe the peak of golf gaming was Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 with motion plus on the Wii and hope GOLF+ at least matches that experience. To my fellow sim users, I’ll assess how GOLF+ compares to use of an indoor launch monitor and whether it can complement or fully replace sim use. To my fellow tech enthusiasts, rest assured that there is at least one nerd in the house (pun intended). Here are some specific areas of interest:

Meta Quest 3, GOLF+, and Golf Club Accessory Analysis

This test, while focused on GOLF+, includes three distinct elements: the VR platform, the game, and the club accessory. While each contributes to the overall experience, I’ll be paying special attention to specific sources of features and faults alike. Clarity in both praise and criticism for each will be emphasized across the board.

Ease of Setup and Use

Just because I’m a tech enthusiast doesn’t mean potential buyers will be too. I’m confident I will navigate issues in the set up and use of the product, but are there any moments that fail the “could my mom make this work?” litmus tests? I will be looking to see if there are specialized skills and equipment to make the most of the experience.

Downloadable Content (DLC) and Total Cost of Ownership

In years past, DLCs were optional add-ons like cosmetics or original soundtracks to enhance an already-complete game experience. Some games have shifted to a DLC-driven monetization model where the base game is a barebones experience while the “full” game requires additional purchases at significant cost. Are additional DLC purchases practically required for GOLF+? We’ll find out together!

Compatibility and adaptability

Finally, we all come in various shapes and sizes. Whether you’re on the right or wrong side of the ball; scratch golfer or high handicap; young, old or in-between; playing in a garage, bedroom, or low-clearance basement; the experience should work for all of us. I’ll be including some friends and family in my tests to see if there is consensus in our experiences.

First Impressions (9/10)

Check out my first impressions of GOLF+ here.

Edited July 29 by mynerds

[GregGarner]

Let's get this party started!

I'm Greg and I'm a former collegiate golfer that is still trying to enjoy some competition here and there, but mostly just enjoying the grind of a sport that can never be perfected. My wife and I live in Durham, North Carolina with a 17-year old that came to us through the foster care system. I play as often as she lets me, which is a couple times per week.

The other thing that is important to know about me for this test, is that I recently completed a PhD from NC State's College of Design (Go Pack!) and my dissertation was about... wait for it... improving VR designs through collecting quality feedback. Soooooo... yeah. Time to put my money where my mouth is, I suppose.

Perhaps surprisingly, I'm not a gamer. I don't own a gaming system and haven't for nearly 20 years. I had a Wii in college and played a lot of Wii Golf. But that's about it. The 17 year old, however, is on his Switch basically 10 hours/day, so we'll see if he takes to the Quest. While I may not be as much of a gamer, I'm fairly tech-minded, so I'm not concerned about any technological hiccups, but I will have a pretty keen eye towards the user experience (UX).

Let's get started and (hopefully) play some good golf!

 

 

Edited July 20 by GregGarner

[Fongle]

G'day Spies!

My name is Toby, and this is now my second official test for MyGolfSpy, and also my second test of a tech product, with my previous one being the Hackmotion Training System last year (Link here), and I'm super excited and thankful to both the MGS team and GOLF+ for being able to test this one out.

Things have changed a bit for me since my last review, I still live and work in Brisbane, Australia, but I've upgraded my eternally patient fiancée to wife status, we've bought a house, and I've got (slightly) better at chipping the ball and have shaved a couple of strokes off my handicap.

I've been golf-mad since I was 7, and was scratch when I was younger, but I'd had a serious knee injury that had stopped me from playing until I had surgery a few years ago, and I've been back into the game I love with full force ever since. I'm also a lifelong gaming nerd, and I've been playing golf games dating back to PGA Tour '98 on the PS1. And with the deepest respect to my fellow tester @mynerds, Tiger Woods 2004 was the peak of golf gaming, but I'm willing to settle this dispute in the virtual courses ahead of us.

I tend to play at least once a week, and often use my Garmin R10 in the backyard with my iPad to play virtual courses and practice, and also play Sim golf at a few different venues quite often with friends. 

My goal for testing is to assess the viability of the GOLF+ game, along with the Meta Quest 3 headset, and the golf club accessory, as a replacement for playing either real golf, or sim golf.

I plan to be able to test and provide feedback on each of the 3 elements, both in how they perform individually, and as a package, looking especially at how the experience performs as a golf replacement, the comfort of playing a long session wearing a headset, and how my game translates to the virtual world. I'm very interested to see if this setup is going to show my natural shot shapes, and how natural it feels overall. I'm also planning at being able to give a comparison on how the game works with just the base starter package, and with the full package with all courses unlocked, as there looks to be quite a lot left out of the base game, and needing to pay for individual components or a subscription pass service in games these days is definitely not an industry trend I'm a fan of.

With part of the test also being the competitive aspect, I'm also wanting to test out how easy this is to set up and start, how convenient and fast it is to play a round, how balanced the matchmaking is, and whether or not this can scratch my competitive itch by providing a full golf experience.
 

Edited July 17 by Fongle

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[sirchunksalot]

Congratulations testers! 

This should be one of the most interesting tests of the year. I hope y'all enjoy it and I can't wait to see what you think of it. 

[ejgaudette]

Congrats testers.

Good luck with the testing!

[Rob Person]

Congratulations all!

[TJ Hall]

Congratulations testers…really curious to see how this works for you!

[TJ Hall]

Congratulations testers…really curious to see how this works for you!

[Josh Parker]

Congrats testers!  Interested to see how this one works. 

[LeakyValve]

Congrats testers!! Would love to see some recordings if possible!!!

[Shrek74]

5 hours ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

Please welcome and congratulate our testers!

@GregGarner 

@mynerds 

@Fongle

Congrats testers!! I look forward to hearing all about this product. Looks like a lot of fun.

[mynerds]

Thanks to MGS and GOLF+ for this opportunity! I could not be more grateful or excited for this test.

We’ve had three tornados roll through our area in the last two days, so extreme inclement weather looks like our new norm. Adding that to Chicago’s infamously mild winters </s> make VR golf an intriguing prospect as an alternate way to enjoy the game.

Thanks again MGS and GOLF+!

 

[Eagle12]

Good morning everyone,

Congrats to the testers and I look forward to seeing/hearing the results regarding this.

Happy Golfing everyone!!

[TSauer]

Congrats, gang! I'm sorta regretting not throwing my name in the hat with this one, it's going to be a fun one I'm sure. Looking forward to following y'all on the virtual golf journey.

[pozzit]

Congratulations everyone. Have been eying up a Quest 3 so curious your experience with that and Golf+

[Mhubek_19]

Congrats testers! Looking forward to the reviews, and maybe finding a viable option for those of us without enough space for a sim!

[JoeLafives]

Should be interesting

[rkj427]

Congratulation to this group of testers.

Really looking forward to their comments and reviews as this may be something for those in northern climates to consider for winter use.

Edited July 16 by rkj427

[Timo2278]

12 hours ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

Continuing our trend of bringing varied opportunities to the MyGolfSpy Forum community, we have one that brings the golf course and your game to your living room with GOLF+ and the world of virtual golf.

About GOLF+ 

GOLF+ is the official VR golf game of the PGA Tour. Take a stroll through St Andrews, test your game at Pinehurst No. 2 or immerse yourself in the raucous excitement of the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale. GOLF+ offers daily tournaments, a variety of multiplayer modes, 20 different real-world courses (and counting) and physics engineered by tens of thousands of real-world swings. GOLF+ is built BY golfers, for golfers.

The Testing Opportunity 

We are searching for three golfers to test and review the full GOLF+ experience. GOLF+ is available exclusively on the Meta Quest platform. Don’t have a headset? Not to worry. Testers will receive a Meta Quest 3 headset as well as a golf club controller attachment to bring the game to life.

For this testing opportunity, we want golfers to not only review the product and its features but also to compete against each other in tournaments and matches with members of the GOLF+ team.

We want to know how this virtual experience compares to your real-life experience. Can it take the place of a weekly round if the weather isn’t cooperating? Can it help provide accurate feedback on your swing and even improve your game?

The final portion of this testing opportunity includes the GOLF+ TOUR where our testers will compete with the rest of the GOLF+ community to see where they stack up.

Please welcome and congratulate our testers!

@GregGarner 

@mynerds 

@Fongle

Congratulations testers this looks like a fun product to test. 

 

[Stereotype]

Congrats to the testers! looking forward to reading your reviews. 

[GolfSpy SAM]

Congrats, all! Really excited to see how this one plays out - and hopefully I'll get to play along with you (with my Oculus 2) at some point! Weekly night 18, maybe?  

[Fongle]

Thanks MGS team and Golf+ for this opportunity. Super excited to be able to get into this one, run the game and headset through its paces, and challenge my fellow testers!

[Coulter]

Congratulations testers! This is a really interesting 1 to me as I think it would be the only way I could get my wife into golf. Hopefully it’s as good as advertised!

[William P]

Congrats testers! Looking forward to hearing about this one as I am intrigued by VR but haven't taken the plunge yet. Maybe this is the one that puts me over the top to purchase?

[Northern Monkey]

Congrats testers

[mynerds]

Today’s the day!

[TSauer]

19 minutes ago, mynerds said:

Today’s the day!

That was quick!

[LeakyValve]

@Fongle @mynerds All respect. Tiger Woods 05. Outkast's - I Like The Way You Move blasting on repeat. GOAT