The Golf Club

The Golf Club is a sports video game developed and published by HB Studios for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

The Golf Club
Developer(s)HB Studios
Publisher(s)Original
  • WW: HB Studios
Collector's Edition
SeriesPGA Tour 2K
EngineUnity
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
ReleaseOriginal
Microsoft Windows, Xbox One
  • WW: August 19, 2014
PlayStation 4
  • NA: August 26, 2014
  • EU: September 3, 2014
Collector's Edition
  • NA: April 28, 2015
  • EU: September 18, 2015
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer


Development

The game was developed and published by HB Studio's, a studio whose primary work in the past has been contract work for annual sports releases. In particular the company had often worked with Electronic Arts and were expecting to get the contract to develop the 2015 editon of PGA Tour. However after Electronic Arts cancelled the series HB Studios decided instead to make their own golf game. [1]

Prior to the game's release HB Studios partnered with the company Greg Norman Golf Course Design allowing them to use the game's course editor feature to present renders of courses to potential clients clients. The company would then, in return the firm would then HB Studio's feedback on the software. [2]

Reception
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic(PC) 70/100[3]
(PS4) 66/100[4]
(XONE) 64/100[5]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Game Informer8/10[6]
GameSpot6/10[7]
IGN7/10[8]
VideoGamer.com6/10[9]

The Golf Club received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.[3][4][5]

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References
  1. Sarkar, Samit. "How EA's loss could be golf fans' gain in The Golf Club". Polygon. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  2. Newhouse, Alex. ""Highly Realistic" Golf Game Being Used to Design Real-World Golf Courses". Gamespot. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  3. "The Golf Club for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  4. "The Golf Club for PlayStation 4 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  5. "The Golf Club for Xbox One Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  6. Kato, Matthew (August 19, 2014). "The Golf Club Review - Close To The Pin". Game Informer. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
  7. Todd, Brett (September 10, 2014). "The Golf Club Review". GameSpot. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  8. Ogilvie, Tristan (August 26, 2014). "The Golf Club Review". IGN. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  9. Orry, Tom (August 19, 2014). "The Golf Club Review". VideoGamer.com. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
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