Couple of other posters with the same issue. I was also having a problem and was getting a "not connected to EA servers" error message. Found a post on Gamespot here: http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/sports/tigerwoods2009/show_msgs.php?topic_id=m-1-45275080&pid=945511
I had to upgrade from Silver to Gold membership and then it worked fine.