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EA Sports PGA Tour has received update 3.0, and here is the complete list of changes and fixes. Today’s update brings several adjustments and fixes, including a new course. Menus, screens, and key art have also been updated to be styled in the Season 2 PGA Championship theme. Additionally, Updates have been made to cup physics, which results in lip-ins and lip-outs occurring more frequently. As a result of player feedback, improvements have been made to support better gameplay. Let us check out today’s update 3.0 for EA Sports PGA Tour.
EA Sports PGA Tour Update 3.0 Patch Notes.
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Check out the @PGAChampionship update and what's new in Season 2!
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Gameplay
- Fixed issue where a golfer would sometimes react positively after hitting the ball into a hazard.
- Fixed a potential exploit with the 3-Click swing mechanic where opening the scorecard menu after the third click would cancel the shot.
- The dev team fixed a soft lock that would sometimes occur when using auto tap-in.
- Minor adjustments to bump ball logic.
Cameras
- Manually zooming out the camera while the ball is in motion will now see the ball remain centered in the middle of the screen.
- Fixed the issue where post-shot reaction cameras occasionally zoom in too close to the golfer.
- Fixed for incorrect camera angle being shown when selecting the drop zone option.
Settings
- [PS5] Audio settings changes are now persistent after rebooting the console.
- Fixed the issue where the Hole Flyover setting would sometimes not apply when gameplay changes during a round.
Career
- Fixed AI Pairings so that playing partner in rounds 2 – 4 is not always Scottie Scheffler.
- The banner with golfer tee times is no longer displayed when entering a playoff.
Challenges
- Hole flyovers on shot challenges have been permanently disabled to speed up play.
- Fixed the issue where the course preview screen sometimes shows incorrect holes for the upcoming challenge.
- Show challenge star-status banner each time a hole is completed.
Courses
- [Augusta National] Added holes #12 and #15 drop zones.
- [PGA WEST] Fixed missing rock collisions on hole #10.
- [PC] Improved rendering of shadows in bunkers when using low-quality visual settings on several courses.
Tournaments
- Added Daily and weekly tournaments for Simulation gameplay style for Season 2.
- Fixed a potential exploit where players could quit without paying an entry fee after playing shots on the first hole. Now, the entry fee is charged after the first stroke.
- Fixed the issue with the tournament countdown timer not updating during gameplay.
- Fixed the issue where backing out of the course preview screen would always navigate the player back to Seasonal Tournaments.
Audio
- Added additional variations to Eagle putt commentary.
- Fix for commentary sometimes saying the wrong lead amount.
- Volume adjustments to voiceovers during intro segments in career mode.
- Fixed an issue where the main menu music was played when entering a playoff.
- Added additional bird SFX variations.
- Updated SFX for when the ball rolls on dirt.
- Fixed the issue where you could hear camera SFX when you disabled the crowd.
UI
- [Quests] A countdown timer can now display for limited-time quests.
- [Challenges] Fix shot types screen overlapping with challenge info in Scorecard Menu.
- [Online] Fixed an issue where players removed from a session for being idle didn’t always receive a popup notification message.
- [HUD] Dollar sign added to the golfer’s score in HUD when playing a Skins match.
- [HUD] Fix animation when displaying between holes banner during a Skins match.
- [EIS] Fixed issue where the course preview screen would not highlight the correct holes when playing “All Par3s/4s/5s”.
- [Tooltips] Fixed previous crashes with tooltips so they can be re-enabled in menus and modes in the front end.
- [Tooltips] Optimize the tooltips shown in the front end.
- [Equipment] When selecting the loft for the club, fixed the issue where the yardage shown in the blueprint card footer did not match the selected loft’s yardage.
- [Store] Fixed equip button so it is present only when focusing on items that can equip the golfer.
- [Store] Fixed issue where previewing a shaft will make it appear whenever previewing additional clubheads.
- Fixed the issue where changes in the Bio node could not save when navigating to the Body node.
- Various additional fixes to Equipment and Golfer Identity screens.
- [PC] Mouse support was added to the Select Golfer screen during golfer creation.
Misc
- [PS5] Fixed the 10% EA App discount not present when purchasing points in the EU region.
- [PC] Wipes and NIS transitions can display properly while playing with a widescreen monitor.
- Fixed the issue where some putter grips could display upside down in-game.
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