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Tour Pro Mode Details Revealed For Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR

05:24 PM - May 28, 2015 by Steve_OS

EA Sports has just posted Tour Pro Mode details for Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR. The first thing you need to do is select a bio, which creates a little back story about your created player. Below is the list of bios with descriptions of each.

Prodigy - Introduced to golf at the age of two, you showed very early promise in the sport, becoming known as a prodigy in the golf community. You are considered the most exciting young prospect in golf, and your sights are set on earning your tour card in 2015.
Collegiate - You've recently graduated college where you were a standout performer and led your team to a national championship. Satisfied with your accomplishments at the amateur level, your focus has shifted to earning your tour card for 2015.
Instructor - You dedicated your life to teaching the game of golf, becoming a PGA Professional 5 years ago. You've always competed in the local PGA competitions, but now your competitive itch has you wanting to really give it a shot at earning your tour card in 2015.

After that, you can customize your player appearance and set your sill attributes.

Below are some of the Tour Pro Mode details in Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR, click here to read the entire blog.

START YOUR CAREER
Tour Pro Mode begins in the last tournament on the Web.com Tour. Place high enough at TPC Sawgrass to graduate to the PGA TOUR and embark on a 15-year career

New this year is a feature called Quick Rounds, which allows players to complete a four-round tournament in the same amount of time as one 18-hole round.

Players can progress deeper in Career Mode in half the time, without compromising Skill Level or XP.

EARNING XP
Players earn XP throughout Tour Pro Mode, which increases golfer level and unlocks various gear, equipment, attribute upgrades and attribute bonuses.

Earn XP by finishing holes, making birdies, hitting shots using draw/fade, hitting greens and fairways in regulation, close approaches, etc.

ATTRIBUTE BONUSES
Attribute Bonuses are a new way to set your golfer�s strengths and weaknesses. Players select one Attribute Bonus (Balanced, Power, Precision, Finesse) and have the ability to unlock space for up to three more. With everything unlocked, there are thousands of combinations to choose from.

Skills can be set up to match a play style, or edited to give players the best chance on a particular course.

Distance bonuses may come in handy on a long, wide-open course, while accuracy and shot-shaping abilities will be beneficial on a tighter, more technical track.

CAREER PROGRESS
Shows current standings or skill level, and what unlockables are available at the next level.

TOUR PRO HUB
Once you�re finished here, you are taken to the Tour Pro hub, which is the hub for all things Tour Pro Mode.

Players can set up equipment, change outfits, edit skills and more.

Here�s a look at all the things possible in the Tour Pro Hub:

UPCOMING EVENTS
See what�s coming up next and head out to the course.

EQUIPMENT
Easily find and equip newly unlocked equipment, or optimize everything with the press of a button.

IN THE BAG
Fully customize your clubs and bag. Players now have a completely mixed bag of goodies, and are not restricted by club types. Want three drivers in the bag? Go for it. Fully customize your club head, shaft and grip.

OUTFITS
For the first time, players can set up different outfits to automatically rotate each round � Thursday through Sunday.

APPAREL
The most apparel ever, featuring more than 600 options to choose from.

ROUND TYPES
Choose from a traditional 18-hole experience, or focus on the most important holes with the all-new Quick Rounds feature.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Highlights accomplishments throughout the mode, ranging from simply finishing tournaments to setting records and signing with sponsors.

Create a legacy in PGA TOUR Pro, and see what Golf Your Way is all about.

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Member Comments

# 21 Ebpmd @ 05/29/15 05:57 PM

Being able to play as a pro thru a tour season in not a game breaker. It would just be a nice option to have. People play and enjoy these games in different ways. It would be nice if EA could configure this title to appeal to as many playing styles as possible. They do it in their other games. If I want myself to QB the Pats I can do it. If I want to play a season with real players I can also do that. It seems like an easy fix to make this game more appealing to everyone? Based on their initial trailer, they have something for those who like to drop bombs on golf courses, just maybe they could also have something for those of us who want to play as an existing pro? I get the title every year and will do so again. I create my own existing pro, build up his attributes to match what I think they'd be based on the pros they give you, then play a season. It's the best I can do but I bothers me when created Tiger is on the leader board along with real Tiger!!!

# 22 jbd345 @ 05/29/15 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Ebpmd


	Being able to play as a pro thru a tour season in not a game breaker. It would just be a nice option to have. People play and enjoy these games in different ways. It would be nice if EA could configure this title to appeal to as many playing styles as possible. They do it in their other games. If I want myself to QB the Pats I can do it. If I want to play a season with real players I can also do that. It seems like an easy fix to make this game more appealing to everyone? Based on their initial trailer, they have something for those who like to drop bombs on golf courses, just maybe they could also have something for those of us who want to play as an existing pro? I get the title every year and will do so again. I create my own existing pro, build up his attributes to match what I think they'd be based on the pros they give you, then play a season. It's the best I can do but I bothers me when created Tiger is on the leader board along with real Tiger!!!

I wasn't pointing to you specifically just in general. So I apologize if you took offense. I agree it would be nice to have that option, we did have a quick tournament feature in '14 were you could play a final round of a major or a few others with anyone or you cag. If they could expand it would be great. but there are tournament almost every week of the year. It would be almost near impossible for ea to get the licensing for every tournament and course. Madden and any other sport are different because they can secure the licensing and likeness for everything with one contract (i maybe wrong). Indidvule courses aren't under the PGA logo, unlike stadiums and teams are with the NFL. So for anyone waiting solely for this feature maybe be waiting a long time.

# 23 Ebpmd @ 05/29/15 07:00 PM

I didn't take offense at all. I think most of agree, there could be more modes available to please a greater variety of people. Maybe someone from EA will see these posts and get on board with us? It's amazing how developers for The Show not only view the posts, they respond to them with honest answers and even implement changes in the game based on the forums discussions. Maybe that's why The Show is so successful?

# 24 Dos_Santos @ 05/29/15 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Ebpmd


	Being able to play as a pro thru a tour season in not a game breaker. It would just be a nice option to have. People play and enjoy these games in different ways. It would be nice if EA could configure this title to appeal to as many playing styles as possible. They do it in their other games. If I want myself to QB the Pats I can do it. If I want to play a season with real players I can also do that. It seems like an easy fix to make this game more appealing to everyone? Based on their initial trailer, they have something for those who like to drop bombs on golf courses, just maybe they could also have something for those of us who want to play as an existing pro? I get the title every year and will do so again. I create my own existing pro, build up his attributes to match what I think they'd be based on the pros they give you, then play a season. It's the best I can do but I bothers me when created Tiger is on the leader board along with real Tiger!!!

It is a gamebreaker to me. I don't want to quarterback the Patriots, play guard for the Warriors, etc.

Every other major sports EA title allows this but golf. It is a shame and completely removes me from the realism and immersion of the game.

# 25 jbd345 @ 05/30/15 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Dos_Santos


	It is a gamebreaker to me. I don't want to quarterback the Patriots, play guard for the Warriors, etc. Every other major sports EA title allows this but golf. It is a shame and completely removes me from the realism and immersion of the game.

You'd rather play half a season with a pro and a handful of tournaments/courses?

# 26 mrsaito @ 05/30/15 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Seymour Scagnetti


	Career mode seems even more basic than the last version. This time they plop you into the last tourney of the web tour where I guess that as long as you shoot a decent round, you're automatically make it onto the PGA tour.

I tend to agree with Seymour, the beginning of career mode is beyond lame. However not a deal breaker for me as most of my career is spent on the PGA tour anyway.

I'm more concerned about things like the wind differential between human and CPU players, circus pin placements for round four and that sort of stuff.

# 27 jbd345 @ 05/30/15 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by mrsaito


	I tend to agree with Seymour, the beginning of career mode is beyond lame. However not a deal breaker for me as most of my career is spent on the PGA tour anyway. I'm more concerned about things like the wind differential between human and CPU players, circus pin placements for round four and that sort of stuff.

Hopefully they'll mimick they're real life counterparts

# 28 Dos_Santos @ 05/30/15 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by jbd345


	You'd rather play half a season with a pro and a handful of tournaments/courses?

Not sure where that came from.

I'd rather have a real PGA Tour Season (or as many they can manufacture from a course situation) and be a real golfer. I'd like to be as close to reality as possible...just like Madden, NBA Live, etc from a season/pro perspective.

# 29 Chairman7w @ 05/30/15 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Pappy Knuckles


	I know it's not a big deal to most people, but I appreciate having a lot of clothing options. About to go check out these videos.

I admit I do the same.

Changes my Golfer's Clothes Every Few Rounds Crew, checking in.

# 30 Chairman7w @ 05/30/15 10:26 PM

I really enjoyed all the old time Scenarios in TW14 (Lee Trevino, Gary Player, etc). I hope they have something like this here.

# 31 i3man @ 05/31/15 12:00 AM

Personally I'm an equipment junkie just like in real life golf so being able to play with real life golf equipment is a big draw for me. I now TW had it too but it was broken where you always had to go back and re-choose your equipment if you played online.

# 32 Boss Rousseau @ 05/31/15 02:52 AM

What is this quick round stuff? I don't want to play 4 rounds in the period of time I play 1.. I want to play all 4 rounds normally.

We aren't forced to use this quick round stuff are we?

# 33 DivotMaker @ 05/31/15 03:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Boss Rousseau


	What is this quick round stuff? I don't want to play 4 rounds in the period of time I play 1.. I want to play all 4 rounds normally. We aren't forced to use this quick round stuff are we?

No............

# 34 Skyboxer @ 05/31/15 04:29 AM

Was there a post or thread about the cameras? Just want to try and see if we will have option to watch ball flight from golfer perspective. Any word on that?

# 35 HANDSWARD_EA @ 06/01/15 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Skyboxer


	Was there a post or thread about the cameras? Just want to try and see if we will have option to watch ball flight from golfer perspective. Any word on that?

Since I know this won't be a part of an official marketing release, and we already shared the base info on gameplay, I will assume I won't get in trouble for answering this question...

In our Presentation Settings for the game, you have the following camera options:
- Tee to Green Camera: Follow or Pro
- Putting Camera: Follow or Pro

The Follow cam gives you the traditional camera that follows the ball completely through its flight. The Pro camera will watch flight from the perspective of the golfer. In the case of the Tee to Green Camera on Pro, the camera will watch the ball from the golfer and then snap to the ball's landing spot right before it lands. For the putting Camera on Pro, the camera will watch the ball from the golfer the entire time, with no cut to the finish.

The settings are local and will function the way you want in any mode you go into, even online matches, as your presentation doesn't affect your gameplay so it is perfectly fine for 2 users playing each other to have different presentation cams in use.

Hope this helps and is the info you were looking for!

# 36 jbd345 @ 06/01/15 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by HANDSWARD_EA


	Since I know this won't be a part of an official marketing release, and we already shared the base info on gameplay, I will assume I won't get in trouble for answering this question... In our Presentation Settings for the game, you have the following camera options: - Tee to Green Camera: Follow or Pro - Putting Camera: Follow or Pro The Follow cam gives you the traditional camera that follows the ball completely through its flight. The Pro camera will watch flight from the perspective of the golfer. In the case of the Tee to Green Camera on Pro, the camera will watch the ball from the golfer and then snap to the ball's landing spot right before it lands. For the putting Camera on Pro, the camera will watch the ball from the golfer the entire time, with no cut to the finish. The settings are local and will function the way you want in any mode you go into, even online matches, as your presentation doesn't affect your gameplay so it is perfectly fine for 2 users playing each other to have different presentation cams in use. Hope this helps and is the info you were looking for!

Not sure if you'll see this or not. But will there be a presentation blog before e3? There looks to be some really cool cutscenes and would like to know what is exactly in the game outside of the two new comentators.

# 37 OnlookerDelay @ 06/01/15 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by HANDSWARD_EA


	In our Presentation Settings for the game, you have the following camera options: - Tee to Green Camera: Follow or Pro - Putting Camera: Follow or Pro The Follow cam gives you the traditional camera that follows the ball completely through its flight. The Pro camera will watch flight from the perspective of the golfer. In the case of the Tee to Green Camera on Pro, the camera will watch the ball from the golfer and then snap to the ball's landing spot right before it lands. For the putting Camera on Pro, the camera will watch the ball from the golfer the entire time, with no cut to the finish. The settings are local and will function the way you want in any mode you go into, even online matches, as your presentation doesn't affect your gameplay so it is perfectly fine for 2 users playing each other to have different presentation cams in use. Hope this helps and is the info you were looking for!

OutFreakingStanding! And hopefully, from a reverse angle view of the landing spot? Thanks for stepping in and settling this issue Justin. All I can say at this point now is $old!

# 38 HANDSWARD_EA @ 06/01/15 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Boss Rousseau


	What is this quick round stuff? I don't want to play 4 rounds in the period of time I play 1.. I want to play all 4 rounds normally. We aren't forced to use this quick round stuff are we?

You can set the mode to Full Rounds if you like. Quick Rounds is just the default setting for the mode. The key to Quick Rounds is that it is a replacement for the 1, 2 and 3 round options for Tournaments in the mode. We felt those options weren't true to the PGA TOUR experience. We really wanted the authenticity of playing 4 rounds. Things like fighting to make the cut on a Friday, trying to move up the leaderboard on moving day, and the pressure of a final round were all lost with the shorter amount of rounds. Now, with all tournaments being 4 rounds, we can deliver that more authentic PGA TOUR experience.

That being said, most users don't want to play 4 full rounds (our telemetry showed that about 75% of users would play 1 round tournaments in prior career modes, 22% would play 4 rounds, and the other 3% would select 2 or 3 rounds). Quick Rounds still allows those users to progress through tournaments as fast as they used to with the 1 round setting(well, much faster with no hole to hole loads).

# 39 jbd345 @ 06/01/15 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by A_Quiet_Pro


	Speaking of no hole to hole loads, can you divulge info on how that's going to be portrayed? Is it going to be just a blackout screen then next hole; or is there going to be a "cutscene" with the golfers abbreviatedly walking to the next tee, or what?

I second that notion

# 40 HANDSWARD_EA @ 06/01/15 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by OnlookerDelay


	OutFreakingStanding! And hopefully, from a reverse angle view of the landing spot? Thanks for stepping in and settling this issue Justin. All I can say at this point now is $old!

No it is not from a reverse angle. Although I agree, that would be a cool throwback to the old Sega and SNES PGA TOUR games. I will keep that in mind for the future. Maybe call it "Reverse Pro" or something.

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