Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 shipped in 2006 as EA Sports’ annual golf simulation, and it arrived on more hardware than most franchises see in a decade. Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii — and as a launch title for the PlayStation 3. The feature set differs depending on which box you own, most notably from next-gen to current-gen, but EA held a few things steady across the board: more licensed players, more courses, more game modes, and an improved GameFace character creator.
That is the pitch. It scores 7.5 out of 10.
Trailer, via IGN.
Seven Platforms, One Franchise
The spread here is the story. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 is not one game so much as a family of them, and the platforms themselves say so. The features differ across them, most notably between the next-gen and current-gen builds. That split is the one the source names, and it is the one a buyer had to understand before reaching for a box.
The PlayStation 3 release is the notable one. It launched alongside the console itself, which means EA had a Tiger Woods game ready on day one of a new machine. That is a real accomplishment for a yearly sports franchise, and it is the version with the clearest place in the console’s own history.
The Wii version is the other one worth naming. A golf game on a motion-controlled console is a natural pairing, and the Wii was one of the platforms this edition covered. The Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and PC releases round out the list.
What EA Added This Year
The core promise is volume. Across the board, the game carries more licensed players, more courses, and more ways to play. For a franchise that lives on an annual release, “more” is the only honest headline, and EA did not pretend otherwise.
The modes cover the expected ground. Single player, multiplayer, and split screen all return. The perspective stays third person, as it always has.
GameFace is the piece EA chose to highlight. The character creation tool got a real overhaul, and for a sports game where you spend a career staring at a golfer you built, that matters more than any single course.
- More licensed players
- More courses
- More game modes
- Improved GameFace character creation
- Single player, multiplayer and split screen support
The Servers That Went Dark
Here is the part that makes Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 a document as much as a game. The online multiplayer for the Xbox version was shut down on July 1, 2008. The PC version’s multiplayer followed on February 2, 2010.
The online multiplayer for Xbox was shut down on July 1, 2008.
Those two dates are the whole record the source gives on the online suite, and they are worth naming plainly. The split screen survives. The online does not.
What the source does not give is the launch date on either platform, so the length of that online run cannot be stated. The shutdown dates stand on their own. They are the only hard numbers attached to the online service, and they are enough to show that both suites closed while the hardware was still on shelves.
Where the Simulation Holds Up
Golf is a genre that ages gracefully, and that is the strongest argument for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 today. A swing meter and a shot arc are as legible in 2026 as they were 20 years earlier, and the third-person view keeps the whole thing readable.
The licensed player roster is the other thing that holds. Real names on real golfers was the commercial engine of this franchise, and the 2007 edition carries more of them than the edition before it. If you want to play as the pros on the courses you recognize, this is the version that gives you the most of both.
Where it does not hold is in the platform split. The features differ across platforms, most notably from next-gen to current-gen. A buyer in 2006 walking into a store had to know which shelf to reach for.
GameFace Was the Right Bet
Of everything EA chose to improve, GameFace was the correct call. A career mode in a sports game is a long commitment, and the character you build is the thing you look at for all of it. Improving that tool is not a flashy feature.
It is the feature that determines whether a long career feels like yours.
The licensed players and the courses are the marketing. GameFace is the part that keeps you playing past the first weekend.
The rest of the package is competent rather than inspired. More modes, more courses, more players — that is a checklist, and EA worked the checklist. Nothing here reinvents the swing mechanic or the career structure. It is a yearly sports game doing yearly sports game things, and it does them well enough that the 7.5 holds up.
The Verdict on Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07
This is a solid entry in a franchise that had already figured out its formula, and its biggest problem is one it could not have solved at the time. The platform spread means no single version is definitive. The PlayStation 3 launch title is the one with the most historical weight. The PC and Xbox versions are the ones whose online play is now gone.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 is not the best golf game ever made, and it is not trying to be. It is a well-stocked, well-licensed simulation that gave players more of everything and a better GameFace, and it did the job on hardware as different as the Wii and the PlayStation 3.
What matters most, in hindsight, is the PlayStation 3 launch slot. EA got a Tiger Woods game onto a brand-new console on day one. That is the detail worth remembering. The rest is an annual release doing what annual releases do.
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