Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 provides a vast selection of game types, including Career Mode, Tour Challenge, Stroke, Skins, Shootout, and many more. All are completely configurable, and can be played on 8 different professional golf courses, including St Andrews and Pebble Beach. Many golf pros are represented in the game, including Ty Tryon, Notah Begay III, and of course the infamous Tiger Woods. You can also create your own golfers, with a decent selection of body and head types available, as well as customizable clothing to choose from.
Career Mode is especially interesting, as you can use money earned from competitions and wagering to not only improve your equipment, but to also improve your golf character. This gives the game an almost RPG quality. Wagers come into play when you take your golfer to the driving range, and fellow golfers challenge you. You can bet a certain range of money, and if you win, you have more money to use for lessons, entrance fees, equipment, and otherwise advancing your golfer.
Another interesting game is Skills Competition, where you compete in 9 different contests of skill in various locations in the selected golf course. In each contest, competitors try to get either closest to the hole or furthest from the tee. The best of three shots wins the contest, with each winner taking part of the pot, and the overall winner taking the remainder of it.
LAN and Internet play are available, but Internet play is only through EA Sports Online, which is a paid service. The included Course Architect allows you to create your own courses, and Course Utilities allow you to convert courses to and from Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2001 format.
