In mid-1997 EA Sports signed an exclusive deal with Tiger Woods to use his name and likeness on their line of golf games.

[3] The day after the deal was officially announced, the stock of EA Sports's parent company Electronic Arts went up 10 percent.

When played, it is a VHS recording of 1995 The Spirit of Christmas short film, Jesus vs. Santa, by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, commonly recognized as a pilot episode for South Park.

EA recalled these copies of the game a few months after it was released, calling the short "objectionable to consumers", and subsequent versions did not contain the file.

[7][8] Next Generation called the former "a sharp golf game, compatible with last June's PGA Tour Pro software updates and course discs.