Australian Adam Scott will be a playable character in the next installment of EA's famous golf series. ACCENTURE MATCH PLAY SEMI-FINALIST ADAM SCOTT TO TAKE ON VIRTUAL TIGER WOODS IN TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 2004 FROM EA SPORTS
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – March 6, 2003 – Australian Adam Scott, the third-place finisher at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship this past weekend, has signed a deal with Electronic Arts to appear in EA's interactive golf software products, including Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 2004. Scott, a 22-year old phenom who won the Qatar Masters and Scottish PGA in 2002 will now get the opportunity to compete with the likes of Woods, Colin Montgomerie, Jesper Parnevik and Charles Howell III on the virtual links in the latest installment of the best selling golf title from EA SPORTSTM.
"I'm thrilled with the chance to partner with EA SPORTS," Scott said. "As a video game player myself, being associated with the makers of the sports games I've grown up playing is fantastic. There really is no other brand in games that carries the clout of EA SPORTS."
After his outstanding performance at the Accenture, Scott vaulted from 48th to 33rd in the Official World Golf Rankings. In his brief career he has already won three European Tour events, and in 2002 finished the season ranked #7 on the European Tour Order of Merit.
Scheduled to launch this fall, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 2004 will feature some of the most prestigious PGA TOUR courses, including Pebble Beach Golf Links®, St Andrews Golf Links as well as new courses, and 15 of the best golfers on the PGA TOUR. EA, continuing its exclusive partnership with the PGA TOUR and the world's best and most famous golfer, Tiger Woods, delivers the most realistic golf simulation for fans of PC as well as console golf on the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, XboxTM video game system from Microsoft and Nintendo GameCubeTM.