Retro Replay Review

Gameplay

Wentworth gets straight to the point: it adds the Wentworth Club course in Surrey, UK, to PGA Tour 96. That narrow scope is both its strength and limitation. You are not relearning the game or wading through a pile of extras; you are taking the established PGA Tour 96 golf experience to a different course.

The first hour has the simple pull of any good course add-on: familiarity makes it easy to jump in, while a new layout gives your usual round a reason to feel fresh. If you have already spent time with the base game, that is the audience this serves best. It is a practical excuse to return, tee off, and see how your usual approach holds up somewhere new.

Frustration can set in if you expect more than a course. Wentworth does not turn PGA Tour 96 into a larger package; it is a single-location addition. That makes it hard to recommend on its own, but easy to appreciate as a targeted extra for someone who wants more golf from a game they already like.

Graphics

The visual change is the Wentworth Club setting itself: a course based on the Surrey, UK location joins PGA Tour 96’s existing golfing world. The add-on’s purpose is new course scenery rather than a different graphical style.

Story

There is no plot to chase here. Wentworth is built around the self-contained story of a round of golf: arriving at the course, working through its holes, and trying to finish with a score you can live with.

That stripped-back focus fits the format. A course add-on does not need to interrupt the sport with extra narrative baggage when its entire reason to exist is to give the base game another destination.

Your own round supplies the tension instead. A strong finish feels like a small victory, while a bad result gives you a clear reason to come back and try the course again.

Overall Experience

Wentworth is a modest, honest expansion. It asks very little of you beyond ownership of PGA Tour 96, and it offers one specific reward in return: another licensed course to play.

That makes the payoff dependent on how much affection you have for the original game. Existing PGA Tour 96 regulars can treat it as worthwhile extra mileage; newcomers should start with the main game, since this add-on has no separate foundation of its own.

As a 1996 course pack, it is straightforward rather than essential. The recommendation is simple: if another real-world course sounds like exactly what your PGA Tour 96 sessions need, Wentworth does its job. If you want a major new golf experience, its single-course scope will feel too slight.

Retro Replay Score

6/10