Mike Weir might not have another green jacket, but that shouldn't stop you from trying.
With the temperature rising outside, gamers can brush up their golf game inside on the Xbox with Links 2004.
The long-running and highly popular PC golf series has moved to the console and may have some of the most user-friendly controls for a golf game ever.
Pulling back and pushing forward on the left analog stick swings the club while the D-pad controls the aim.
The result is nice smooth follow throughs with a lot less of the infuriating wasted shots of other golf games.
While no putt is a gimme, the highlighted intended ball path across the green definitely helps take some of the frustration out of the short game.
Within five minutes of picking up the game, I felt like the second coming of Tiger Woods at 15-under on the game's easy setting.
One minor disappointment is the career mode that focuses heavily on objective-based challenges rather than forcing you to make the cut by playing a four-round tournament of 18 holes.
But beating the challenges while earning money for player upgrades and improving your world rank is still addictive and enjoyable enough to make up for the less than realistic premise.
The graphics are excellent and great care has gone into making the courses resemble their real-life counterparts.
Links 2004 is a highly addictive simulation that should please good and bad golfers alike.
