Playing Tiger's Game

Number 17 at Pebble Beach

No, I don't mean playing like Tiger.  I mean playing his game, as in his new online video game Tiger Woods Online.  EA sports has taken a bold leap into the world of online gaming and it seems upon first glance that they have produced a winner.  Now, golfers and non-golfers alike have an outlet that doesn't require buying software at the store or spending time installing software that you probably don't have room for on your hard drive.  Just go to the website, create a user name and you are almost instantly put on a golf course playing for the first time without having to wait.  For the time being EA is making it free to play one course at a time.  The free course changes about once a week.  If you want all courses all the time it is going to cost you, $59.99 for the yearly or $9.99 if you want to pay by the month.  I am still playing the freebie as long as I can but I plan on filling my membership card in the near future.

One of the great things about the game is that you can be standing in the middle of the fairway and a ball will come bouncing past you.  This ball is not random, it represents another plater playing on the same hole as you.  You are also offered the chance to create foursomes and play against other players.  You can play with your real friends and follow them as they progress in the game all the while you make points off their achievements.

All in all EA seems to have created a gold mine in online gaming.  They are proving that we are a long way from the days of Microsoft Golf 2.0 which required 4 floppy disks and about a half hour to install.

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