SHIVAS!!! Great to see you! I need to fire up my Xbox version and hook up with some of the Country Clubbers assuming they are still around like you. I have been playing on PS5 as my Xbox is on our family TV. Leveling up CAG's on each system is going to be a grind, I'm only a 76 OVR on PS5 at the moment as I got a slow start. To level up fastest I've been hitting Arcade just to expedite the process.
But for the actual settings I will be playing on, I am hoping it bee some settings that aren't currently available at the moment. For now though I am running pretty close to what Dawgfan1 just posted in my last quoted reply. Pretty much all the handholding turned off EXCEPT putt grid. I refuse to just guess on breaks as it just seems like you a flipping a coin. Shot shaping needs some tuning and ball lie (both lie angle and rough penalty) needs to be realistically penal and unknown/larger % gaps). With those settings I am currently shooting pretty close to realistic PGA scores that would win real tourneys and/or challenge real course records. Turn up the wind a bit and it gets even better (meaning worse scores).
I have said this before to others...I didn't love the game at first but the more I play the more I now appreciate and understand EA's vision. The tweaks I would love to see, are very doable without any major overhauls necessary.