WGT Golf News

Pinehurst No. 2 is the newest golf course and part of the sixth annual Virtual U.S. Open on WGT.

The Front 9 at Pinehurst No. 2 is now available to play free in closest-to-the-hole games. Be the first to preview this year's U.S. Open course, plus you have a chance to win $500 USGAshop.com prizes.

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Famed Pinehurst No. 2 will be rolled out as part of the 2014 Virtual U.S. Open. The Back 9 Challenge is coming in April and the full 18 hole stroke play Qualifier in May. The live USGA events are in June, including both the U.S. Open and the U.S. Women's Open Championships, the first time both events will be played on the same course in back-to-back weeks.

The WGT Virtual Tour is hosting its first Major this month with the GolfNow Championship on Kiawah.

With a huge purse of 400,000 WGT Credits, the free GolfNow Championship is a great way to move up the season leaderboards for the Virtual Tour.

Plus, get a free GolfNow virtual golf ball when you enter. Post your best Round 1 score by 3/26 to be eligible for Round 2 and the credit prizes.

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Major events like this are great ways to earn even more WGT Credits than regular monthly tournaments, so be sure to post your scores every month.

Follow full WGT Virtual Tour coverage on Golf Channel, including online scores, virtual leaderboards, updates and even interviews with WGT players, just like the professional tours. See Golf Channel Coverage

Scores have been posted and the results are in for the Transamerica Classic on the WGT Virtual Tour in February.

In the Tour Legend tier, two all-time great WGT players battled it out to claim this month's title. The race to the top was between Virtual Tour champion from just last month, dansamcam, a WGT player since July 2009 with 3 million WGT Credit career earnings, and BolloxInBruges, a player since February 2009 with 4.5 million WGT Credit career earnings, and winner of the 2010 Virtual U.S. Open Championship on Congressional.

It couldn't have been closer, as both players matched each other nearly shot-for-shot, with 54 in round 1 and 54 in round 2, for a cumulative total of 108. The decision was left to a tie-breaker that compared each player's Back 9 and then hole-by-hole, with dansamcam just edging out BolloxInBruges for the win to capture his second Virtual Tour title.

Congratulations to all winners and players in the Transamerica Classic at Congressional.

TRANSAMERICA CLASSIC WINNERS - FEB 2014

• Tour Legend: dansamcam, 108 (won in tie-breaker against BolloxInBruges)
• Legend: LyonWoulds, 113
• Tour Master: shagadelic, 117
• Master: NiFromFb, 118
• Tour Pro: turtlemtu, 120
• Pro: RoarEMackElroy, 116

The Virtual Tour overall season standings feature current earned credits from the January and February events. Not surprisingly, dansamcam has jumped into the early season lead within the Tour Legend tier. Players will continue to accumulate Credits each month, and Major events like the GolfNow Championship this month, will offer a double purse of Credits, helping players move up the season leaderboards.

View Virtual Tour Season Standings

The GolfNow Championship is currently underway, with a massive purse of 400,000 WGT Credits. Players have until March 26th to post a Round 1 score on Kiawah Island, host of the 2012 PGA Championship.

Follow Virtual Tour coverage on Golf Channel

As the end of the Transamerica Classic draws near, the leaderboard for the second tournament of the WGT Virtual Tour season has seen some significant changes. In this cumulative event, players had an unlimited amount of chances to post a Round 1 score, and only one chance this week to post a final round score by 2/28.

Round 2 highlights include stevenharkin's hole-out on the par-4 12th and an accurate approach from Johnny302011 on the opening hole.

Although not all players have posted a Round 2 score yet, leaders from Congressional include...

• Tour Legend: dansamcam, 108 (edging out BolloxInBruges, 108 in a tie-breaker)
• Legend: LyonWoulds, 113
• Tour Master: emmafrost, 113
• Master: SantanaHellstrom, 116
• Tour Pro: turtlemtu, 120
• Pro: RoarEMackElroy, 116

Read full coverage on Golf Channel

USA players, compete in the first event of the new Nike Challenge tournament series, presented by Dick's Sporting Goods.

To celebrate the new Covert 2.0 driver from Nike Golf, play the free Nike Covert 2.0 Distance Challenge tournament on WGT.

You get a free virtual Nike RZN ball just for entering, and the top 70 scores in each WGT tier earn WGT Credits. With those credits, you can upgrade your virtual equipment...maybe get a new Nike Covert 2.0 driver, unlocking at Levels 25, 85 and 100, with a higher trajectory for more distance in the game.

Play Free Tournament

*Special tournament runs now thru 3/15/14 and is open to WGT players in the USA only.

Get the latest Nike RZN balls on WGT, featuring new Speedcore technology for more control and distance.

Unlocking at Level 40, the new RZN White provides more control and the new RZN Red provides more distance, plus a slower WGT Swing Meter.

Unlocking at Level 90 for top WGT players, the new RZN Platinum provides even more control and the new RZN Black provides even more distance, plus a slower WGT Swing Meter.

All the new Nike RZN virtual golf balls are available now in the WGT Pro Shop.

USA and Canada players, don't miss your chance to win a grand prize golf getaway for you and a friend to Kiawah.

Play the Kiawah Island Invitational tournament on WGT thru 2/28/14 and a lucky sweepstakes winner chosen at random will win a golf package for the real Kiawah Island resort, including flights, hotel and golf.

Play Free Tournament

*Special tournament hosted by WGT partner Kiawah Island and is open to WGT players in the USA and Canada only. See rules for more details.

Opening-round play is underway at the Transamerica Classic. Thus far, the leaderboard might be mistaken for standings from the Olympics in Sochi, as the top spots have a distinctly international feel.

Players have until 2/21 to post a Round 1 score, and the early lead belongs to Agentbrown123 (USA), with an impressive total of 53. Dansamcam (USA), who won last month's IOA Open at Pebble Beach, headlines a large group tied for second at 54, including FairwayRuepel68 (GER) GEHL13 (CAN), CptWomp (CAN), fmagnets (UK), ujjbnjk (SWE) and former Virtual U.S. Open champ BolloxinBruges (USA).

Read Full Coverage on Golf Channel

Play in the Transamerica Classic

This is your last chance at this limited-time offer to get the top-selling PING G20 virtual clubs, unlocking earlier in the Pro Shop.

We dropped the unlock levels for the popular PING G20 virtual clubs to 54-55 so players had a chance to get them sooner. Get them at these levels by 2/25, before they return to their original Level 58-59 unlocks.

G20s offer more distance, forgiveness and a slower WGT swing meter... Don't miss out!

The second WGT Virtual Tour event of 2014, the Transamerica Classic, is underway on Congressional.

Be sure to post your Round 1 score by this Friday 2/21 so you can compete in Round 2 running 2/22 to 2/28.

Round 1 is unlimited stroke play, so there's still time to improve your position in your tier, and help earn a bigger share of the 200,000 WGT Credit purse for Pro and higher players.

Play Free Tournament

Be sure to watch live scoring from the WGT Virtual Tour on Golf Channel, both online and TV. And remember, every month is an opportunity to earn WGT Credits that accumulate during the year to qualify you for the Championship event in December.