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PGA Tour 2K25 Update 1.013 Drives Out for Season 2

by Alex Co May 14, 2025 1:20 pm in Title Updates and Patches

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HB Studios has released PGA Tour 2K25 update 1.013 and this is for Season 2! Expect the addition of a new legendary golf course, new Challenges game mode, new unlockables and a lot more!

There’s a lot to take in, and we’ll do our best to provide the info on what virtual golf fans can expect in the game’s latest season.

PGA Tour 2K25 Season 2 Now Live via Update 1.013 and Here’s What’s New

New Content:

The Old Course at St Andrews Links
New game mode “Challenges”
New shot type
Resets the Ranked Ladders

New Features/Highlights

Challenges Mode
- Introduces a new gameplay experience where players complete maps of challenges to earn rewards. Anticipate new maps as time goes on.
  - Challenge maps added:
    - Quail Hollow Club
    - Charles Schwab Challenge (Live May 21)
Player Cards
- Player Cards are a new feature that provide users with more ways to personalize their online presence in PGA TOUR 2K25
- Player Cards will be displayed wherever the user’s avatar is presented
- Player Cards are equipped on a per MyPLAYER basis.
New Licensed Golf Course
- New licensed course The Old Course at St Andrews Links will be released with this patch.
Season 2
- Clubhouse Pass Season 2
  - Adds 100 new premium tiers and 34 free tiers.
- Ranked Matchmaking Season 2
  - Season 2 kicks off with the standard soft-reset on ratings and reward track reset.
  - New Season 2 Participation and Promotion rewards for Ranked Matchmaking; including but not limited to all-new unique items, buffed VC rewards and player cards.
  - Updates to the course list adds a collection of top community creations this season.
- Ranked Tours Season 2
  - Season 2 setup for Ranked Tours.
  - New Season 2 Participation and Promotion rewards for Ranked Tours; including but not limited to all-new unique items, buffed VC rewards and player cards.
  - Daily event course list refresh, including top community-created courses and all official courses.
  - Daily event course setting updates to include variation to wind speed, wind direction and pins.
  - Daily courses now differ per difficulty each day.
Pot Bunkers are here!
- All-new tools and settings added to Course Designer to support the addition of pot bunkers to user-created courses.

Gameplay Tuning

Transition now has a greater impact on distance control for partial shots on Pro, Master, and Legend Difficulties.
Transition Sweet spot and Forgiveness window balancing across all shot types.
Rhythm Sweet spot and Forgiveness window balancing across all shot types.
Swing Path Sweet spot and Forgiveness window balancing across all shot types.
Contact Sweet spot and Forgiveness window balancing across all shot types.
Chip shots performed with higher lofted clubs will now check up a bit more/run less.
Pitch shots performed with higher lofted clubs will now check up a bit more/run less.
Punch shot trajectory height reduced.
Choked Punch shot minimum partial distance lowered and shot type reworked to align with Punch shot updates and to provide more versatility.
Thai Spinner shot minimum distance and spin rates adjusted.
Lag Putt head speed increase to support putting across large greens.

Course Designer Enhancements

Pot Bunker Brush Tools & Settings
- Create Pot Bunkers using the Bunker Brush tool while it is set to Pot Bunker mode.
- Set whether bunker brushes default to being standard, or pot bunkers – Course Settings Tab > Bunker Settings > Default Pot Bunker
- Set whether the bunker brush tool is placing default bunkers (see above), or overriding to place standard, or pot bunkers specifically – Edit Holes Tab > Create Surfaces > Bunker > Pot Bunker
- Adjust the Pot Bunker mode of existing bunker brushes by selecting them via the Cursor tab, and modifying the Pot Bunker setting.
Improvements made to functionality and U/I gizmos related to Object Snapping.
Enabled additional existing brush shapes across more tools.
Added options to adjust automated effects by Bunkers on Greens and/or Fairways
- Course Settings Tab > Bunker Settings > Bunkers Mask Fairways & Greens
Re-introduced legacy “Water Plane” tool.
Keyboard and Mouse interface fixes
- Adjustments to camera controls on keyboard.
- Addressed reported concerns related to some UI elements not responding to mouse clicks.
General spline tool enhancements
- Spline width information now on-screen while using the spline tool.
- Adjusted accuracy of spline wireframe UI to the resulting texture.
- U/I gizmo enhancements for spline tools when working with 3D splines such as water splines.
Updated tutorial materials when selecting “View Tutorial” while in various parts of the Camera creation tools.
Sliders that override theme values now support switching back to their default values.
Addressed reported concerns related to importing legacy courses.
Addressed reported concerns related to Water Body Spline and “floating water” on height-adjusted maps.
Corrected retaining wall spline skirt geometry.
Addressed reported concerns related to potential crash when entering Surface Weathering Brush Tool menu.
Various other U/I fixes and tweaks
Various other stability fixes.

Environment Fixes

TPC San Antonio: Addressed reported concerns related to disappearing bunkers and improper tee box textures.
Water Rendering: Addressed reported concerns related to ripple textures fail to render at certain distances.

Game Systems Fixes

UI/Text:
- Clarified Account Linking promotional text. The text now states that the user is required to link a 2K account to play the game.
Audio:
- Atmos and DTS settings applied in game resulted in sound being muffled; this has been fixed.
Stability:
- Addressed reported concerns related to soft lock when disconnecting internet during hole transitions.

Modes Fixes

Quests:
- Addressed reported concerns of quests no longer staying pinned after being unpinned.
- Addressed reported concerns of duplicate objectives within “Zurich Classic of New Orleans” quest.
- Removed unachievable “Cobra – Venomous Set” quest for XSX.

MyCAREER Fixes

Addressed reported concerns of screen transition U/I bug on tournament selection.
Polished/refined various interview texts:
- Removed repeated “joining the tour” lines.
- Addressed reported concerns related to incorrect sponsor-related interview timing.
Addressed reported concerns related to a potential crash upon completing BMW Championship with Tiger Woods as Rival.
Addressed reported concerns related to missing background color in Profile Quit Menu.
Corrected commentary after hole-in-one replay.
Addressed an impossible objective in the Spyglass Hill Long Drive Contest.
Addressed reported concerns related to attribute boost rewards not being awarded for Training events that had been previously completed.
Updated sim opponent skill values to generate more realistic score distributions.
- Changes should only take effect when the user starts a new season (either by starting a new MyCAREER or by finishing the season in progress and starting a new one).
- It is also recommended that users return the opponent sim difficulty to default and retune settings from there, as the baseline skills for opponents has changed.

Online Fixes

U/I Improvements:
- Added live season UI/indication to Ranked Tours event page. Replaced “Week X” with the season label and timer to better indicate season countdown.
- Added an Event Rewards table to each Ranked Tours event. This table shows the player their potential merit and VC earnings—by placement range—for their current Tier. Select an event from the Ranked Tours screen using the input labeled ‘View Event Leaderboard’ to view where you need to finish in that event based on your current Tier.
Matchmaking:
- Resolved texture corruption in Paynes Valley.
- Addressed reported concerns related to MyPLAYER flickering when returning from Divot Derby.
Ranking Issues:
- Addressed reported concerns related to merits going beyond min and max values.
- Corrected merits being awarded to those in top ranks.
- Corrected Merit and season points leaderboards repeat placement.

Overview of New Content:

The Old Course at St Andrews Links – Located in Scotland, The Old Course at St Andrews Links, commonly known as “The Home of Golf,” makes its first-ever appearance in the PGA TOUR 2K franchise. This historic 18-hole course is available now as a free update for all players.

Season 2 Featured Archetype is the Greenskeeper – a master of precision putting. Pros who embody this archetype include PGA TOUR 2K25 cover athlete and 2022 U.S. Open winner Matt Fitzpatrick, The 2021 Open Championship winner Collin Morikawa, and LPGA Hall of Famer Lydia Ko. By creating a MyPLAYER with the Greenskeeper Archetype, players will be able to complete specific seasonal quests tailored to this playstyle for Season 2 and earn rewards. Once a Greenskeeper MyPLAYER reaches 85 OVR, they’ll have the ability to unlock the “Green Reader” skill. This skill increases the resolution of the green grids to more accurately highlight slope severity and provides a major edge while putting.

Challenges – Bite-sized Challenges with set parameters will push players to adapt and strategize. As players improve their skills, they’ll also earn rewards. New Challenges will be added over time, so there will always be a fresh Challenge to conquer.

To complement the Challenges mode, Season 2 introduces a new 3-Hole course, developed by HB Studios in partnership with Charles Schwab. This new, in-game course launches May 21, just one day before the pros tee off at the Charles Schwab Challenge on May 22. This in-game experience serves as a modern extension of the historic tournament, offering players the opportunity to unlock 11 exclusive in-game apparel rewards.

New Clubhouse Pass – Complete with free reward tiers including a Cobra White Snapback, Malbon Shorts, a Ruby Titleist T100 Iron, and much more! Players who reach the Free Tier 25 will earn a new free shot type: The Long Flop. As with a standard Flop Shot, this shot is performed with a wedge and features a high trajectory, plenty of spin, and a short run. However, this shot is designed to carry farther; perfect for when players need to flop but need just a little extra reach to achieve greatness.

For players who purchase Clubhouse Pass Premium, the astounding number of rewards available to earn throughout the season include a Greenskeeper Hard Hat, Greenskeeper Boots, and a Ruby Limited Edition Club: The Titleist Scotty Cameron Phantom 5.5 Putter. Clubhouse Pass Premium golfers can also unlock additional Long Flop stat boosts not included in the Free Tiers. While each season offers its own Premium Pass, Seasons 1-5 are also all included in the Member’s Pass, alongside the Clubhouse Gear Pack, which delivers a themed outfit per body type per season****. Players can progress through each Clubhouse Pass at their own pace, even after the release of subsequent Seasons, and Premium rewards may be unlocked retroactively at any time for a Clubhouse Pass up to the current tier of progression.

Once another patch is out for PGA Tour 2K25, we’ll have it up on MP1st. Given the new content that was released today by the developers, we’re expecting a follow-up patch might be needed to fix any bugs that arises.

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Alex Co

Father, gamer, games media vet, writer of words, killer of noobs.