A modest golf game riddled with bugs that even a non-golfer such as myself cannot look past.

I played a single tournament (18 holes) in PGA Tour 2K21. This was only after restarting my game THREE TIMES due to the game not recognizing my controller. I was able to navigate menus just fine, but when it came to learning the basic controls, the game kept wanting me to play mouse and keyboard.

Finally, after getting the controller to work, I found myself stuck on one of the tutorial lessons. Not for lack of skill, mind you, but rather because the game couldn't recognize that I completed the objective. Eventually the game let me proceed, and I'm still not sure if this is due to a built-in failsafe that allows the player to continue despite failing the objective, or if it finally recognized I was doing what it asked of me.

Getting into the tournament, I played on the easiest difficulty, as I was sick and wanted something to relax. Because, what's more relaxing than golf? Not this game. No, sir. This game will have you feel like a fool for even picking it up. The commentary during the tournament added salt to my already-bleeding wounds. I am not a golfer, hence easy mode. I'm here to relax, hence easy mode. I am NOT here to be berated for not landing a hole-in-one or using the game-recommended clubs. It got to a point where I couldn't help but laugh at the commentary over my player (whose last name is, "Isbadatgolf," by the way).

I finished -6 under par; first place. And I finished this game knowing I probably won't pick it back up again.