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New Courses for 2014

• ApexPC 3,164 Posts

  Sat, Jan 18 2014 6:59 PM

  When did the Golf Channel acquire WGT ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

  http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaudiosi/2012/08/27/how-to-beat-tiger-woods/

  http://www.wgt.com/about.aspx

  About WGT

  Based in San Francisco, WGT Media is home to the most engaged sports fans in the world, . .

  . . . The flagship property, WGT Golf (www.wgt.com) is the #1 free golf game with over 400 million total rounds played . . .

  . . . WGT runs the annual Virtual U.S. Open in partnership with the USGA, and has partnered with NBC's Golf Channel . . .

   

• Fuzzygazz 1,469 Posts

  Mon, Jan 20 2014 2:48 PM

  It s coming. PB stroke and the Dunes

  http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140120005172/en/WGT-Media-Launches-First-Ever-Year-Long-Virtual-Golf#.Ut2fgZ4o7up

• jiggsie 478 Posts

  Mon, Jan 20 2014 4:55 PM

  If WGT would change pin locations,( say every 30 days, every hole, every course ) this would certainly break the monotony . It would be the cheapest or less expensive way.

  Even if they were to do one course each month. Once they were to get the programming set up I would think that they could just alternate  locations periodically.

  PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE
  

• Goldwax 7 Posts

  Thu, Jan 23 2014 10:52 AM

  Well, well, well....

   

  If that is so, it is marvelous to know that sometime this year (and not at the end of the decade when it is/was scheduled)  Pebble Beach is to become an 18 hole strokeplay option on World Golf Tour. That Bardon Dunes and Pinehurst No 2.  will also be added in the coming weeks/months.

   

  Lovely....

• ApexPC 3,164 Posts

  Thu, Jan 23 2014 11:54 AM

  The article linked to above does not say when all 18 holes of Pebble Beach will be available.

  It is likely the 2014 Virtual Tour will use the current CTTH version of PB.

  It is my understanding Brandon Dunes and Pinehurst #2 will both just be CTTH courses. 

  Note that Pebble Beach is scheduled to become available as an 18 hole course only when it is again a US Open venue in 2019.

  I doubt WGT will spend the several hundred thousand $$$.$$$.00 it costs to take the required 300,000 or so photos, and then spend 6 months converting them into PB as an 18 hole course - this year - just to do it all again in 2019 when the course is in US Open condition.

• alanti 10,564 Posts

  Thu, Jan 23 2014 10:55 PM

  jiggsie:

  f WGT would change pin locations,( say every 30 days, every hole, every course ) this would certainly break the monotony . It would be the cheapest or less expensive way.

  Yes it would be nice but I think you are somewhat  underestimating the massive task of doing this.

  It is like asking for Chad to leave the office early (as usual) on a Friday, shoot a new course and have it ready by the Monday. 

• PureWhiPlasH 55 Posts

  Fri, Jan 24 2014 12:11 AM

  Guess you don't read the News then cause I swore I saw WGTWildcat say in the forums and I quote:

  "We're excited to announce that Bandon Dunes is coming to WGT early next year, joining our existing championship courses as a free stroke play course. 

  It will launch as a 9-hole, par-3 stroke play course and you can help choose which holes are included, by voting in the Bandon Dunes survey."

   

  You can also read more about this at www.wgt.com/golfnews/archive/2013/05/29/bandon-dunes-golf-resort-is-coming-to-wgt.aspx

• alanti 10,564 Posts

  Fri, Jan 24 2014 12:28 AM

  PureWhiPlasH:

  We're excited to announce that Bandon Dunes is coming to WGT early next year, joining our existing championship courses as a free stroke play course. 

  This is true. but what the vast majority of responses in the forums was, we don't want a pitch and putt course. This was at the time of the announcement and has never abated.

• andwhy67 2,816 Posts

  Fri, Jan 24 2014 7:43 AM

  Its Bandon Dunes's mix and match of all their par 3 holes, a bit like WGT's best of par 3. So in theory/reality another pitch and putt, not as we all would like a full stroke play course!!

  PureWhiPlasH:

  Guess you don't read the News then cause I swore I saw WGTWildcat say in the forums and I quote:

  "We're excited to announce that Bandon Dunes is coming to WGT early next year, joining our existing championship courses as a free stroke play course. 

  It will launch as a 9-hole, par-3 stroke play course and you can help choose which holes are included, by voting in the Bandon Dunes survey."

   

  You can also read more about this at www.wgt.com/golfnews/archive/2013/05/29/bandon-dunes-golf-resort-is-coming-to-wgt.aspx

   

• PureWhiPlasH 55 Posts

  Fri, Jan 24 2014 9:38 AM

  andwhy67:

  Its Bandon Dunes's mix and match of all their par 3 holes, a bit like WGT's best of par 3. So in theory/reality another pitch and putt, not as we all would like a full stroke play course!!

  PureWhiPlasH:

  Guess you don't read the News then cause I swore I saw WGTWildcat say in the forums and I quote:

  "We're excited to announce that Bandon Dunes is coming to WGT early next year, joining our existing championship courses as a free stroke play course. 

  It will launch as a 9-hole, par-3 stroke play course and you can help choose which holes are included, by voting in the Bandon Dunes survey."

   

   

  You can also read more about this at www.wgt.com/golfnews/archive/2013/05/29/bandon-dunes-golf-resort-is-coming-to-wgt.aspx

   

  I know what it is, my comment was meant for apex though. The quote thingy didn't work.