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EA has confirmed that a new golf-themed next-gen game is in development: EA Sports PGA Tour. The game is in development at EA Tiburon, the NBA Live and Madden team, and will be created with the company's powerful graphics engine, Frostbite.According to the statements, Frostbite will allow you to create "environments of incredible visual fidelity and breathtaking involvement, and an accessible and dynamic gameplay." EA has been publishing PGA Tour games since 1990. In '98 it began publishing games related to Tiger Woods and has continued for fifteen years. EA's newest golf-themed game is 2015's Rory Mcllroy PGA Tour.
This new PGA Tour from EA will allow players to create their own virtual career and compete in the world's most famous courses. It will also be possible to play as (and against) the most well-known professionals in the world of golf: for now no specific names have been revealed. More precise information will be given over the next few weeks: we will have to wait a few months for the release date.
PGA Tour licensing boss Len Brown said: "We have partnered with EA Sport to bring players of all ages an immersive golf-themed gaming experience. We look forward to continuing to work with EA Sports on its golf franchise to help them authentically represent PGA Tour on the next generation of hardware. fans another way to experience their favorite sport or discover a new passion. "
We already know that Tiger Woods will be exclusively on PGA Tour 2K.
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2021 Valero Texas Open odds, predictions and PGA Tour picks
World No. 1 Dustin Johnson highlights a surprisingly strong field at TPC San Antonio for the Valero Texas Open. Corey Conners returns to defend his 2019 title after this event was canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Below, we look at the 2021 Valero Texas Open odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions to win.
Johnson, who’s first in the Golfweek/Sagarin world rankings, is this week’s betting favorite at +650 as he makes his final preparations for the 2021 Masters Tournament next week. He’ll defend his green jacket and his questionable motivation for this week makes him a risky bet at the low odds.
Billy Horschel and Joel Dahmen, who won last week’s WGC-Match Play and Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship, respectively, are both off this week.
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Corey Conners (+2200)Conners won by two strokes at minus-20 in 2019. That followed a T-26 finish in 2018, and he ranks second to only Johnson in this field with an average of 2.55 strokes gained per round at TPC San Antonio.
While the venue typically requires excellent play around the greens, Conners won here in 2019 with 2.89 Strokes Gained: Approach and 3.59 SG: Tee-to-Green per round, while losing 0.38 strokes per round around-the-green. He’s averaging 0.04 SG: Around-the-Green with 0.80 SG: Approach and 1.47 SG: Tee-to-Green on the 2020-21 PGA Tour season.
The Canadian finished third and seventh in strong fields at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and The Players Championship, respectively. He tied for 10th at the 2020 Masters in the fall and will return to Augusta National Golf Club in strong form.
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2021 Valero Texas Open picks – ContenderAndrew Putnam (+6600)Putnam has been off for two weeks following a missed cut at The Players Championship. He had previously tied for fifth at the Puerto Rico Open and for fourth at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and has three top-10 finishes in eight events this year.
He played in each of the past two runnings of this event with a T-8 finish in 2018 and a T-36 in 2019. Putnam excelled on the greens in each of those two events, and he’s averaging 0.59 strokes gained per round with the flat stick this season.
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2021 Valero Texas Open picks – Long shotGary Woodland (+10000)Woodland has slipped to No. 127 in the Golfweek rankings while battling injuries for most of the past two years but this is still a disrespectful price for the former US Open champ. He tied for 16th against a comparable field at The American Express in January.
His main struggles this season have been with his putter and driver, but he’ll be able to rely on his still-above-average iron play this week.
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