The buzz on this game was that it was surprisingly good, leading some to say it might be the franchise to finally knock Links from its spot at the top of the golf game heap. Having played it now, I can say that that won't happen this year, but this is a great game, and there's definitely a solid foundation here for the future.
Graphics are crisp and pretty, even without acceleration.
When you're playing with 3 other golfers in your group, this can make the screen a bit messy. You can always toggle the tracers off and then on again to clear them, but you shouldn't really have to. 80 Sound effects are great, from the sounds of hitting the ball to the suitably subtle ambient sounds of birds, etc. The commentary in tournament mode, as you probably expect, does get repetitive, but you can always turn the commentary frequency down to help this. Other than that, it's of high quality, and very authentic.