PGA Tour Golf III is a sports video game developed by American studio Hitmen Productions and published by EA Sports for Sega Genesis in 1994.

Playable courses – PGA Tour Golf III

The featured courses are TPC at River Highlands, TPC at The Woodlands, TPC at Avenel, TPC at Summerlin, TPC at Sawgrass, TPC at Las Colinas, TPC at Southwind, and TPC of Scottsdale.

Playable characters – PGA Tour Golf III

The game features 11 professional golfers as playable or as CPU opponents: Brad Faxon, Jim Gallagher Jr., Lee Janzen, Tom Kite, Bruce Lietzke, Davis Love III, Mark O’Meara, Jeff Sluman, Craig Stadler, and Fuzzy Zoeller.

Air Hendrix of GamePro reviewed PGA Tour 96 in 1996 and compared the SNES version to PGA, saying it fails to outdo the Genesis’s PGA Tour Golf III, due to the weak audio and absence of features like backspin and 3D terrain, but is superior to the Genesis version of the game and makes an overall “good round of golf”.^[7]

Reception – PGA Tour Golf III

Reception

GamePro‘s review stated that “Beautifully polished graphics and game-play refinements enhance the already-awesome action that has put PGA Tour Golf III at the top of the leaderboard.” They particularly praised the detailed digitized backgrounds and the new Ball Lie window, saying it adds a new layer of complexity to lining up shots.^[2]

The Daily Telegraph recommended the game to sports fans, while John Cotey of the St. Petersburg Times felt the game would appeal to those who disliked golfing, as well as those who loved it.^[3][4]

Next Generation reviewed the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that “Golf fans put down that Golf Digest, keep your eye on the ball, keep your left arm straight, and pick up this game.”^[5]

MacUser named PGA Tour Golf III one of the top 50 CD-ROMs of 1995, and gave it a score of 3.5 out of 5.^{[6][clarification needed]}

Air Hendrix of GamePro reviewed PGA Tour 96 in 1996 and compared the SNES version to PGA Tour Golf III, saying it fails to outdo the Genesis’s PGA Tour Golf III, due to the weak audio and absence of features like backspin and 3D terrain, but is superior to the Genesis version of the game and makes an overall “good round of golf”.^[7]

Reviews – PGA Tour Golf III

• Video Games & Computer Entertainment – Dec, 1994
• Game Players – Jan, 1995
• Mean Machines – Jan, 1995
• All Game Guide – 1998^[8]

References – PGA Tour Golf III

1. ^ “Fairway to go for revolution”. Liverpool Daily Post. January 7, 1995. p. 29. Retrieved March 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ “PGA Tour Golf III Scores an Ace!”. GamePro. No. 66. IDG. January 1995. p. 116.
3. ^ Boxer, Steve; McGourty, Christine (December 20, 1994). “Innovations: CD stands for more than Christmas Day Games”. The Daily Telegraph. p. 12.
4. ^ Cotey, John C. (December 27, 1994). “Video games let you call the shots”. St. Petersburg Times. p. 4.
5. ^ “Finals”. Next Generation. No. 3. Imagine Media. March 1995. p. 102.
6. ^ Echler, Nikki; Olson, Rebecca (October 1995). “Top Spins: 50 New CD-ROMs”. MacUser. Archived from the original on July 26, 2001. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
7. ^ “PGA Tour ’96”. GamePro. No. 91. IDG. April 1996. p. 93.
8. ^ http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=7447&tab=review

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