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Here are the highlights from today's product release. While we make an effort to include all updates made to the product, please note that occasionally some changes are unintentionally omitted.

It’s that time of year again: The Virtual Majors!

After witnessing an incredibly exciting Masters, now it’s your turn to compete in two Virtual Majors and endeavor to be crowned Champion of The USGA Virtual Championship and The Virtual Open Championship 2010. It’s time for you to take those pressure shots, to make those crucial birdies, and to hone your talent for the ultimate honor of being crowned a Champion. In this release, you will experience two of the Virtual Championship Events: closest-to-the-hole challenges on the front nine holes of both Oakmont Country Club, celebrating the hosting of 15 USGA Championships, and the Old Course at St Andrews Links, celebrating the 150th playing of The Open Championship. These challenges end May 31. The Championship Events continue in June with the Qualifying Rounds of Stroke Play and back nine closest-to-the-hole challenges. More details to come, but in the meantime, check out Oakmont and all-new shots on the Old Course and compete for prizes and for the glory!

Bug Fixes

• Year to Date Career Earnings are now being displayed properly on the community site.
• Automatic club selection should now be picking the approprite clubs for skill challenge courses and stroke play courses.

Heads up (again)!  WGT.com will be unavailable starting at 11PM tonight, 4/13 for scheduled maintenance. The downtime is expected to last approximately four hours.  A list of the changes will be posted when the site comes back up.

WGT.com will be unavailable starting at 11PM Pacific Time on Monday, April 12 for about 30 minutes. Please be sure to save your games before this time. This is a system maintenance downtime, not a product release so no visible changes will occur after the site is back up.

World Golf Tour extends its congratulations to Phil Mickelson on his third Masters win!

Photo: examiner.com

Here are the highlights from today's product release. While we make an effort to include all updates made to the product, please note that occasionally some changes are unintentionally omitted.

New Clubs with Superior Distance and Accuracy for Pros and Masters

The new Ping G15 club set for Pros offers increased distance and Master-level precision at the Pro tier. The long-reaching and consistent Ping i15 set for Masters provides yet another choice for our top tier players perfecting their game. Check them out in the Pro Shop.

New Awards

New awards have been added, including the following:

• Choke Relief – After hitting a drive less than 100 yrds, you still make par or better
• The Yips – Missing a 2 foot or less putt for par or better
• BoomBoom – Tee shot on a par 4 ends up on the green
• Ace Master – Kiawah Island - make a hole in one on every par 3 on the course
• Ace Master – Bethpage Black - make a hole in one on every par 3 on the course
• Water boy – Number of balls hit in the water in all game types
• Kiawah Flag Stick master – hit every flagstick on the course
• Bethpage Black Flag Stick Master – hit every flagstick on the course
• Long Distance Putter 18 – Total length of made putts on 18 holes
• Long Distance Putter 9 – Total length of made putts on 9 holes

Check them all out here.

Show your Patriotism

Let your flag fly on the course with our newest avatars. Check them out in the Pro Shop, and deck yourself out in your national colors!

Starting next week, get your first look at Oakmont with the USGA Virtual Championship Front Nine Skill Challenge!

Bug Fixes