The Golf Club Reviews

The Golf Club is ranked in the 34th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
6 / 10.0
Aug 19, 2014

The Golf Club promises a lot but falls down on its implementation. Golf fans will find a lot to like here, though, with the Designer and the solid gameplay providing an expansive experience. Unfortunately, last-gen visuals and a series of frustrating issues make this a hard game to recommend to all but the golf obsessed.

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8 / 10.0
Aug 19, 2014

The game's fun to play and the course creator will keep you up nights (in a good way), but it lacks a strong carrot to spur you on

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Ken Barnes
Top Critic
7 / 10
Aug 18, 2014

To assign a score to The Golf Club is tough. On one hand, you have a practically unlimited sandbox in which to enjoy the development team's genuinely revolutionary approach to a sport that has been simulated the same way a thousand times over. On the other, you have a game that has some quite disturbing graphical issues and that is in dire need of a stability patch.

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8 / 10.0
Aug 18, 2014

With excellent swing mechanics and a terrific golf course design mode, The Golf Club steps into the void created by the 2014 absence of EA's PGA Tour

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VideoGamer
Top Critic
6 / 10
Aug 18, 2014

Those wanting to get away from Tiger Woods' gimmicks will enjoy this, but it's merely functional.

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