While Tiger Woods 08 contains a detailed practice mode, you don't need it. Using the PSP analog stick to golf just feels right; the directional aiming, the sensitivity, and the plain old control.

This year's game packs plenty of new features such as shot confidence, confidence tracking and caddy information, to name a few. These elements not only add a personal spin to your golf game, but they're also great for making mini games into full-blown tournaments.

Your confidence level actually affects how you play, so you're going to want to keep it up, mini games or no. Our advice? Stay out of the sand. If your players' balls do happen to get sandy, you might want to play a mental game to brush them off and get yourself back into fighting form.

Technical golfing and fine-tuning your game aren't the only things Tiger Woods has to offer. With a character customization area that's intuitive and full of options, you'll create the perfect golfer. Want purple hair? Gold earrings? Tiger Woods can help with that.

After designing your character, you can throw yourself into a PGA Tour career. Weekly events over three years yield skill points, cash and a shot at qualifying for the FedExCup. The events, courses and competitors remain challenging, each focusing on a different skill that you'll need to tear up the course.

You can even create your own dream 18 hole golf course to show off to your friends, and doing this will consume hours of your time.

Overall, Tiger Woods' bevy of features and tight gameplay make it one of the best portable golf games, one that you'll be playing months down the road.