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I've been playing Tiger Woods 2007 recently (2008 is out now), and it's a lot of fun. I've mostly been playing it on PC with EA's True Swing controls, i.e. moving your mouse back and forward so that pace and alignment affects your in-game swing. It is a little tricky at first, but now I could never go back to the old click-based swings.

I've also tried TW 2007 on the Nintendo Wii, where you hold the controller as the shaft of a golf club and physically swing it. It's obviously not as precise and detailed as a real golf simulator, but actually not that bad. It's interesting that many players who hook or slice in real-life also do so in the game. Wiis are selling for a little more than $200 these days - cheap fun!