Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 is a golf simulation game. The game lacks various playing modes, including online multiplayer, compared to the 2008 edition. The PGA Tour career mode and the EA Sports Cup are on the left, and the latter consists of three-hole short courses.
Successful tournaments and achievements grant the player experience and skill points, which can be utilized to increase the character’s abilities. The player can select between two clicks and True Swing controls: in the former, the player must click two or three times in the correct order to determine the hit circumstances, while in the latter, the user replicates the hitting movement with the analog stick. There are 27 licensed players and 20 courses in total.