I've been playing the absolute shit out of TW09 for the past two weeks. Haven't put it down. I will say I do like the dynamic attribute system, my putting was at a ten in the early days, whereas my short game was at about 3 1/2, which saved me alot of the time after bad short shots. It is frustrating when you get a round with lots of wind and you hit a few bad shots then, boom, your accuracy or short game drops by like 1.5 points. It takes some time to build it up and lots of consistency, which is realistic, but damn, my short game was better than 5 but because it's so low I have a hard time improving it. Once you get your levels up and some cash to help with you merch, then it really isn't too hard to keep the attributes up, but by then you've also logged alot of hours and know the game pretty well.
I'm curious to see how this new putting feature goes. If it weren't for the putt preview I wouldn't make 45% of my putts, unless I chipped within inches of the hole. I'll have to see some live action of it instead of just a description, where it sounds rather difficult.
I'm also stoked to know that SVP will be on the commentary, seems like it will be much more intriguing and probably alot funnier. I like the change from what it used to be, regardless of if it's good or not. It just shows the producers are taking steps to improve the overall gameplay.
This game should be fun as hell regardless. And if not, summer is just around the corner so I'll just hit the links for real if I can't compete on the sticks.