My major problem with WGT is the price for the good balls. They are really expensive. You can lose them quickly as well, sometimes without an error of your own. In fact, often without an error of your own, when the meter flips the bird on you.
Yes, golf is a rich mans sport, but I do not think it must be the same in WGT. Lot's of player do surveys for a few credits, but you have to fill in quite a few to get one sleeve of Nike balls. If you want to "work" within WGT and it's partner to support your golfing, you'd have to quit your daytime job.
I do not mind so much that some clubs are expensive, they last forever, even if you use the driver at full swing in fescue or a bunker. But balls... The feeling when you are a tad late on Kiawah 17 after you have just pegged up a new Nike is... annoying. Still you need them, they make that much difference for your play.
In real life, the least of your worries when playing golf is the prize of the golf balls. You can often play for years with a couple of sleeves. And professionals, like us WGT Tour Pro+, usually have some sponsor paying for equipment IRL.
When playing multi, I see that most people do not use the Callaways or Nike's, many even use the wooden free balls. They do not want to put in $25 month just for balls. They have a rather severe handicap.
So, my thought is that if the balls was more affordable, if a ball in the water was not so economically painful, more people would use the good balls. And they do not cost anything in production. From there stems the idea of:
Virtual sponsorship
Let us buy a "sponsorship" with, Callaway, Nike, or whoever we want, and get balls for free. Monthly fee, balls for free. Maybe the rates for the sponsorship could still be different depending on the kind of ball you want, but the differences should not be as big as it is today. Specially since the new courses seem almost to be designed for ball loss.
I think you should consider this, or some other way of reducing the agony of lost balls. You know that us complaining about it drive you nuts.
EDIT: I forgot - let the sponsorship options be tier based. Level based access just encourage sand bagging.