At £7.99 I had to go in on this.  Quite enjoying it and it looks wonderful.

I grabbed the PS3 version today.

I got a notable yesterday too

Bit pissed off about this teeny cup, I ended up with one of those automatic bogey shots because I was less than 1m away, and it missed! So I ended up with double bogey. What the fuck!

Had a shit par on the 18 holer today.

Pulled in a -1 on the 9 Legacy of Golf Links, and that was with a double bogey.
Mediocre something on Kagurayama. 

Any word on when we're getting this update? Wouldn't mind another course or two in DLC

I've recently been hammering Lagacy of Golf to get the Crown (within 2m of the pin), which helped me double my best ever to six under.

Only need 4 Crowns to unlock the last Vs Match (?), has anyone done this yet?

I'm still plugging away at the Crowns. Haven gotten up to and beaten the 4th extra Vs. 
Hate doing them though, with the points match.

So frustrating when you play a perfectly fine birdie but the computer beats you because, even though they missed the green they chip and get the extra points.

Just initiated the Dl from SEN for the PS3 version. Had a crack at the PSP and since it's going for bobbins this weekend I'm looking to get on the links once the 8gig?? has landed. Is there a multiplayer thing going on still? Does it play with Vita leaderboards too? I remember having a rest bud laff back on the trusty PSP. Looking forward to it.

Surveyor wrote:

Got the Vita version at the weekend, feels like the perfect handheld game. Played a few 9 hole challenge courses to find my feet, a couple of poor rounds were followed by a -7 on Maple Leaf, including my first Eagle and a 104yd chip in. It seems that everyone here is into the daily tournaments, do I need to have a levelled up character with loads of cool kit to compete in those or is it a level plaing field? Is Challenge Mode the main single player bit for levelling etc? Stroke play seemed a bit empty.

If you're good enough you can do without the bonuses for loyalty.
But they do obviously help with higher scores should you unlock them. well worth pursuing really

Cheers chaps.

So Challenge Mode is where I should be spending my time until I have some better kit?

How does the loyalty thing work? Do I have to use the same character back-to-back or is it just XP for each character as and when you use them?

Surveyor wrote:

Cheers chaps. So Challenge Mode is where I should be spending my time until I have some better kit? How does the loyalty thing work? Do I have to use the same character back-to-back or is it just XP for each character as and when you use them?

You earn loyalty for using the character. There's only 4 levels, and the bonuses help, but they're not essential (More power shots, improved impact, circle and Triangle buttons opened for setting impact are the best bonuses, homing and rising shots wont really get you anywhere). Challenge mode will do you well for gear and new characters, but take part in the daily challenges too as you can increase your loyalty to characters there too.

Ye gods! Clatteringly late to the game as usual but have just got off the first couple of challenge tournaments in this on PS3. 

Got some work to finish off now sadly and have only just heard on another forum of how to put backspin (down dpad on backswing), super backspin (up on upswing, down on backswing) and throwing tufts of grass (down on dpad) if there's no wind direction showing. I only mention as buying it from PSN in the weekend sale seems to mean I have no manual and no in game guide to really speak of. Any other top tips or is it a suck it and see type thing?

I'm liking the new swing thing for now too. Adding a bit of guesstimation from the swing animation feels a bit more fun than just watching power bars and it suggests you can get more power using this new system. Much in it?
Just got the first loyalty thing with one of the initial characters but is that the only way to unlock stuff? There seems to be a pink bar filling (labelled Vs something I think?) up in challenge mode when I finish. Do you get 1 on 1 challenges from other charas? 

Might have to try propping up some of these online tourneys this evening then…

*off to investigate* Cheers Sas!

We really need to get an online night on on this. Don't forget the Vita can do party chat.

As far as I know you all go into a lobby and then agree on a game to join. 
Methinks cross party chat would be a necessity to do the thing properly.

Managed to get a -15 in the Harvest 18 hole tourney today, which is a personal record but still wanted better! Can't remember what I got for the other two tournaments as I did them early this morning but they were average to decent performances.