| The game of golf has been popular for decades | | | | EA Sports. The first Tiger Woods game to be |
| with names like Payne Stewart, Arnold Palmer, | | | | released for a console was the "Tiger Woods 99 |
| and Jack Nicklaus. But once Tiger Woods came | | | | PGA Tour Golf" for PlayStation by EA Sports and |
| along the golf world was taken by storm. Woods, | | | | Electronic Arts. |
| with his boyish charm and superb talent, drew | | | | So what is the appeal of a golf video game? For |
| millions of new fans to the game of golf in just a | | | | some people, golf video games allow them to |
| few short years on the scene. Ever since Woods | | | | participate in tournaments that they might not be |
| took the real life game by storm the video game | | | | able to be a part of in real life. Golf video games, |
| industry has not been the same either. There | | | | as with all other sports video games, allow people |
| have been hundreds of new golf games | | | | to live vicariously through their accomplishments |
| produced, manufactured, and sold in the millions | | | | on the gaming console. Some golf video games |
| with Woods' likeness on the cover and without | | | | allow people who play golf in real life understand |
| Woods' likeness on the cover. It does not matter | | | | what they are doing wrong on the links and |
| if Woods is on the cover or not, the golf world | | | | improve their game before stepping foot onto |
| has taken the video game world by storm ever | | | | the course. Golf video games also allow people |
| since Tiger Woods waltzed onto the scene. | | | | who are a fan of the game but cannot play the |
| Golf video games, with some of the first ones | | | | game well the opportunity to enjoy competition |
| being released in the late 1980s, have become so | | | | with their friends or others online. |
| popular over the past decade or so because of | | | | Golf video games can also be purchased for the |
| the emergence of Tiger Woods and the growing | | | | personal computer to play at home or on the |
| popularity of the game across the globe. The | | | | road if it is on your laptop. They can also be |
| games have been released for almost every | | | | played for free on various gaming websites but |
| gaming console on the market including | | | | these free games typically do not allow the |
| PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox, | | | | gamer to play an entire 18 holes. These free |
| Xbox 360, GameCube, PlayStation Portable, the | | | | internet golf games allow the gamer to work on |
| personal computer, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo | | | | their drive, work on their putting, work on their |
| DS, Wii and Nintendo 64. One of the first golf | | | | game in the rough or getting out of the sand trap |
| games released to the public with the likeness of | | | | and much more. Whether you play the game on |
| Tiger Woods on the cover and with his name in | | | | your computer or on a gaming console, golf has |
| the title was "Tiger Woods 99," which was | | | | become a popular sports video game these days. |
| released exclusively for the personal computer by | | | | |