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The one major new feature to be found in Tiger Woods 07 is the Team Tour Mode. In Team Tour Mode, you start out solo, but when you beat a golfer, you have the opportunity to add that golfer to your team. Your ultimate goal is to build a team of four in an attempt to defeat Tiger Woods and his team. Again, though, it appears that PC owners also got screwed in Team Tour mode when compared to the other versions. On the PS2 and Xbox, you can upgrade your team mates stats after a win. On the PC version, again for reasons known only to EA, you cannot improve your teammates at all. You can replace them with other golfers if you want, but the ability to make your teammates better after each win was inexplicably removed from the PC version.

Granted, it's not all bad, and I would be a pretty lousy reviewer if I didn't at least mention the positives about Tiger Woods 07. The Game Face feature returns, and remains one of if not the best character creation tools ever seen in a video game. Even after initially creating your character, you can always go back and add new clothes, hats, tattoos, and change golf clubs if you so desire. There are a wide variety of swing controls to choose from.

The best is the TrueSwing method, where you move your mouse back and forth, imitating your golfers swing in the game. This is a far better method than anything ProStroke Golf offers. To help improve your swing, a TrueSwing Analyzer appears after every shot, letting you know how the speed, impact, club path, and tempo of your swing was. If you don't like TrueSwing, you can choose from the more traditional 3-click or 2-click swings (think Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour). New to this year's title is the Risk Meter, which shows how much risk is involved before you take your shot, like the chance the ball will wind up out of bounds or in the water.