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A great little write up from Kotaku.com
about the upcoming Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 Release. Nice to see Rickie
Fowler win the competition to be included on the cover but will I fork
out the $$$ after getting last years TW PGA Tour 12.
Calamity Jane, the fabled putter of the Augusta National co-founder Bobby Jones, graces the cover of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13’s
special edition, along with the club’s signature Green Jacket. Oh yeah,
some decent golfers also share the packshot of the main product on PS3
and Xbox 360.
For the third time* in as many years, Woods shares the cover of a
game with his name on it. In the United States/NTSC regions, Woods is
paired with American golfer Rickie Fowler. In Europe/PAL, he shares the
cover with 2011 U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy of the U.K. Fowler and
McIlroy were chosen for the cover by a fan-voted playoff earlier this
year.
But it’s the nod to history that wins me over here. Jones had two
putters named Calamity Jane. The first he retired from service in 1926,
after it survived a fire that consumed the rest of his clubs in 1925. It
is on display at Augusta. The second is the one he used to win golf’s
original Grand Slam (the Open and Amateur championships in the U.S. and
U.K.) in 1930.
“It is the worst putter I have ever held in my hands,” said the golf
writer Charles Price. “If a pro left it in a barrel of clubs in his shop
at a dollar apiece, nobody would buy it.” Jones won 13 major
tournaments (as then classified) with the two putters; the second one
was modeled to reflect the first, imperfections and all. Because of the
ties to Augusta, we can assume the first Calamity Jane is the one
depicted on the cover of the video game.
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