Welcome to the Hot Shots Trophy guide! This PS1 classic comes with 18 Trophies to earn. This is a mostly easy list to complete outside of two Trophies. With the rewind feature, this list becomes much easier.
- 4/10 Estimated Difficulty
- 8-10 Estimated Hours to Platinum
- 8 VS. Playthroughs for Characters With Additional Rounds for Courses
Fortunately, none of these can be missed. In terms of a playthrough, you’ll need to play against every CPU opponent and beat them in order to unlock them. There are eight characters to unlock, so that’s going to be eight matches at least. While you’re beating the opponents, you’ll also be earning experience points. Those points will be needed in order to unlock the different courses. You won’t have to spend them or anything like that, The courses will be automatically unlocked when hit the required amount of points.
Mulligan
There is a new rewind feature for the PS1 Classics. This is not game specific thing, but a system feature. If you want to retry a shot, you can press the Options button and scrub through your gameplay and choose where you want to start from. Using this feature pretty much breaks the game as it’s basically an infinite amount retries, but it will be especially helpful when shooting for an albatross and hole in one.
Pro-Golfer Extraordinaire
Unlock all trophies in Hot Shots Golf.
Spinmeister Yuki
Unlock Yuki by beating Yuki.
Characters are unlocked by beating them. In order to play them, you’re going to need to select “VS Mode.” Choose your character and then choose Yuki for the CPU. Yuki will be the first CPU opponent available to play against.
This will pop as soon as the match ends. If at any point you’re struggling against the CPU, you can always use the rewind feature to prefect your shots to increase your score.
Way to go Golfer! The More the Merrier
Unlock (Sam/Sasuke) by beating (Sam/Sasuke).
Characters are unlocked by beating them. In order to play them, you’re going to need to select “VS Mode.” Choose your character and then choose Sasuke/Sam for the CPU. Sasuke/Sam will be available to select after first beating Yuki.
This will pop as soon as the match ends. If at any point you’re struggling against the CPU, you can always use the rewind feature to prefect your shots to increase your score.
Always Eagles Ralf
Unlock Ralf by beating Ralf.
Characters are unlocked by beating them. In order to play them, you’re going to need to select “VS Mode.” Choose your character and then choose Ralf for the CPU. Ralf will be available to select after first beating Sam/Sasuke.
This will pop as soon as the match ends. If at any point you’re struggling against the CPU, you can always use the rewind feature to prefect your shots to increase your score.
Pro-Tip! Use Your Driver for All of the Par 5s
Unlock Susan by beating Susan.
Characters are unlocked by beating them. In order to play them, you’re going to need to select “VS Mode.” Choose your character and then choose Susan for the CPU. Susan will be available to select after first beating Ralf.
This will pop as soon as the match ends. If at any point you’re struggling against the CPU, you can always use the rewind feature to prefect your shots to increase your score.
Wow! Another One for Brunch!
Unlock Buzz by beating Buzz.
Characters are unlocked by beating them. In order to play them, you’re going to need to select “VS Mode.” Choose your character and then choose Buzz for the CPU. Buzz will be available to select after first beating Susan.
This will pop as soon as the match ends. If at any point you’re struggling against the CPU, you can always use the rewind feature to prefect your shots to increase your score.
Daryl the Dapper
Unlock Daryl by beating Daryl.
Characters are unlocked by beating them. In order to play them, you’re going to need to select “VS Mode.” Choose your character and then choose Daryl for the CPU. Daryl will be available to select after first beating Buzz.
This will pop as soon as the match ends. If at any point you’re struggling against the CPU, you can always use the rewind feature to prefect your shots to increase your score.
Pro Tip! Use Your Putter to Chip Onto the Green
Unlock Raul by beating Raul.
Characters are unlocked by beating them. In order to play them, you’re going to need to select “VS Mode.” Choose your character and then choose Raul for the CPU. Raul will be available to select after first beating Daryl.
This will pop as soon as the match ends. If at any point you’re struggling against the CPU, you can always use the rewind feature to prefect your shots to increase your score.
Is He Cold, or What?
Unlock Iceman by beating Iceman.
Characters are unlocked by beating them. In order to play them, you’re going to need to select “VS Mode.” Choose your character and then choose Iceman for the CPU. Iceman will be available to select after first beating Raul.
This will pop as soon as the match ends. If at any point you’re struggling against the CPU, you can always use the rewind feature to prefect your shots to increase your score.
Nothing Can Stop Me
Get a hole in one in the mini golf game.
Choose “Mini Golf” from the Main Menu. This can easily be earned on the second level of Mini Golf.
Aim your shot to the right of the flag to compensate for the hill in the middle of the course. Stop the shot power at 50.
If you miss the shot, press Options and rewind to try again. Make sure to use your previous shot as a guide on where you need to adjust your aim.
Was It a Crow or a Raven?
Get a birdie.
In order to get a birdie, you will need to finish the hole with 1 less stroke than par. So, if the hole is a par 4, you will need to finish the hole in 3 strokes.
This is something that you’ll likely get fairly easily. If not, you can always use the rewind feature to prefect your shots.
Hopefully It Wasn’t a Bald Eagle
Get an eagle.
In order to get an eagle, you will need to finish the hole with 2 less strokes than par. So, if the hole is a par 5, you will need to finish the hole in 3 strokes.
If you’re struggling with this, you can always use the rewind feature to prefect your shots.
I Thought Albatross Were Only in the Ocean
Get an albatross.
In order to get an albatross, you will need to finish a par 5 hole in only two strokes. This one is going to be a real challenge.
It can be done on any par 5, but I was able to pull this off on hole 7 of the Fujiyama Country Club (3) course using Iceman. It is also possible to get this in the Training mode. You can cycle through the holes to jump to the one you want. You can also adjust the wind speed and wind direction by pressing Select in the Training game mode.
For your first shot, you’re going to want to get as close to the green as you can while staying on the fairway. You’ll need to stay out of the rough. Hitting out of the rough is going to really alter your shot. If you land in the rough, use the rewind feature to try again.
For your second shot, you need to make it in the hole from here. This is going to be a lot of trial and error via the rewind feature from this point.
Take a few shots to gauge where you are and where you need to adjust. Play with the different clubs to gauge distance, try different places on the power meter and see how the weather alter your shot. If you’re in Training, you can press Select and alter the speed and direction of the wind. In my case, the ball was coming up just short, but turning the wind on at 2m toward the hole was enough to make up the distance difference and helped push the ball into the hole. Obviously, everyone will have different scenarios, but it’s just an example of what can help.
If you press Options it’ll create a rewind point. So as you get closer to honing in your shot and are feeling good about your aim and distance, make sure to press Options. This way you’ll have a rewind point where you’ll only need to make minor adjustments if needed.
Holey Smokes!
Get a hole in one on a regular course.
For this, you’re going to need to finish the hole in one shot. This can be done on any par 3 hole. I was able to get this done on the 13th hole on the Fujiyama Country Club (3) course with Iceman.
This is going to be just like getting an albatross. A lot of trial and error via the rewind feature.
Take a few shots to gauge where you are and where you need to adjust. Play with the different clubs to gauge distance, try different places on the power meter and see how the weather alter your shot. If you’re in Training, you can press Select and alter the speed and direction of the wind.
If you press Options it’ll create a rewind point. So as you get closer to honing in your shot and are feeling good about your aim and distance, make sure to press Options. This way you’ll have a rewind point where you’ll only need to make minor adjustments if needed.
Since the hole in one starts from the same point for everyone, here was my setup for when I hit it. You may need to slightly adjust and it’ll likely take a few tries in order to get the power bar right, but the course settings were set to easy and the tee from the front.
A Little Surf, a Lotta Golf!
Unlock Hawaiian Resort.
The courses are unlocked by getting a certain amount of experience points. You’ll receive experience as you’re playing against the CPU unlocking all of the characters needed for other Trophies. By the time you’ve unlocked all of the characters, you will likely have three of the four courses unlocked. If you still need courses, just keep beating the CPU and you’ll rack up the EXP.
After a VS match, you’ll be shown how many points you earned during the match and how many you have total. You can also check how many points you have from the Main Menu > Status > Best Score.
- Hawaiian Resort – 50 points.
- Fujiyama Country Club – 200 points
- United Country – 500 points
- Vegas Desert Country Club – 1500 points
Can We Go Hiking After This?
Unlock Fujiyama Country Club.
See “A Little Surf, a Lotta Golf” above for more details.
United We Play Golf, Divided We Play Frisbee Golf
Unlock United Country.
See “A Little Surf, a Lotta Golf” above for more details.
A Country Club in the Desert?
Unlock Vegas Desert Country Club.
See “A Little Surf, a Lotta Golf” above for more details.
