Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14
49 Achievements
1,000
Pin Collector
Complete a Bronze or better Boost Pin set (Any course)
30
How to unlock the Pin Collector achievement in Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 - Definitive Guide
What the achievement is about is collecting a boost pin for each hole of a single golf course (even the downloadable ones) (including the Augusta 9 hole par 3 course - I can confirm it unlocks this achievement)
To obtain pins you need to purchase pin packs, these are done with in game credits which you earn playing rounds of golf.
I recommend the basic pin pack for purchase, it is 4000 credits and unfortunately it's pot luck as to what pins you get, all I know is that you need to buy a lot of pin packs before you get close to completing a set.
If you don't care for the player and miscellaneous pins, you can sell them for credits which I would recommend you doing to save time. You can also sell silver and gold pins for credits too as these don't count towards the achievement as you will have collected the bronze first.
A good player will earn around 425+ credits per round, so every 9-10 rounds you can purchase a pin pack.
Good Luck
p.s. please feel free to send me a message if you would like anything clarified, or post below if I can improve this guide in some way.
Step 1 - Go online and play a 3-hole mini game. It doesn't matter if you win or lose, host or join, how many other people are in the match, or if you even finish all 3 holes. Just make sure the match starts with an opponent.
Step 2 - After the conclusion of your 3-hole go back in to Career Mode and start up your next round wherever that may be (never select the "Training Round" when doing this!).
*OPTIONAL* Step 3 - As soon as the game loads up and drops you on the tee box immediately do the "Save & Quit" option in the Pause menu. Do not take even a single shot before quitting. This is optional because the glitch still works, but the XP displays don't work the same. So rather than showing: Birdie 25 XP twice, it will only show it once. But you're still getting the same double XP.
Step 4 - Once you've quit out... then immediately resume or restart the round (it doesn't matter which one). If everything has been done correctly then the glitch will now be active. You will know right away whether it's working or not because every XP award that you earn will now be listed on your screen twice:
Also, just to clarify you only need to do the steps above once and then every round after in career mode will be double everything
Doesnt work with live tournaments or quick tournaments
This is one of the rarest achievements in the game, as it is entirely luck based.
You will earn EA coins when you play with your created golfer, and these can be exchanged for boost pins in the Pro Shop. Only buy the cheapest packs as these give the most bronze pins, and all packs only give the same amount of pins so this represents the most economical way of getting boost pins.
You will be trying to a fill an entire set of pins to complete a bronze set, so i would advise selling any that are not bronze pins when you go through the packs.
You only get one chance to sell pins when you first open a pack, so choose wisely.
You can purchase EA coins through your XBL account if you want to try and speed the process up - but it's still random what pins you'll actually receive, so this may only be an option for people with deep pockets!
Unobtainable - Server Closure
This trophy is the most time consuming, and is completely reliant on luck. Much like other EA Sports games, this trophy requires you to open packs of cards simply hoping that what you needs comes out. Pins can be bought from the main menu’s store. Enter and click on buy pin packs. Once inside you’ll notice that there are three different types, a low, medium and high level. The high level packs cost the most but also give out the best pins needed for some collections. You buy pins with the coins that you earn from completing rounds and challenges; in other words, unless you want to buy the coins with real money through the PlayStation store expect a long grind if you’re an unlucky person.
Completing a boost pin set requires you to open enough cards and filling all the slots for the set. These sets consist of 1 pin for every hole of every course. You will need to open enough packs to get all of a course’s pins to receive the trophy.