WGT Golf News

We released some upgrades to the product earlier today and here are the highlights:

• Top Players list ordered correctly
• Leaderboards showing both tiers
• Resolved some cases of the session time-outs in game
• Resolved some cases of swing meter stuttering
• Improved messaging for cancelling a tournament, noting it will forfeit your tournament entry

Thanks for your support.

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In honor of today's inauguration, we wanted to share with you this article from Golf Digest, which included an anecdote about Obama playing Bali Hai during his presidential campaign:

"Not long after Obama announced his run for president, on the steps of the Old State House in Springfield, he landed in Las Vegas late one weekday afternoon for a campaign stop the next morning. There were only two hours of light left. Obama and three aides raced over to the Bali Hai Golf Club, just off the strip and not far from Mandalay Bay, for a quick nine holes. Obama and Marvin Nicholson, a 10-handicapper, teamed up against Robert Gibbs, a single-digit handicapper who was the campaign's communications director, and Reggie Love, the candidate's close personal aide and a former Duke University basketball and football player who was a wild boomer with his big-headed driver. On the first tee, Love announced the stakes: $10 per hole. 'Whoa,' Obama said. 'Reggie, you must be good.' They were required to take carts, though Obama insists on walking when it's an option. Gibbs played the round of his life, one-putting nearly every green. By the end of the nine holes, they had been in Vegas less than three hours, and Obama and Nicholson had each lost $30."

Are you ready to squeeze in a round on Bali Hai?

Photo: Golf Digest

WGT wishes you a happy Martin Luther King day, and hopes that his vision will continue to inspire the world.

 
Photo: Seattle Times

Congratulations to the following recent tournament winners:

Holiday Open

HACK TIER


1st: stephd
Prizes: Nintendo Wii


2nd: wags66
Prizes: $100 Amazon.com gift card


3rd: FeistyPhil
Prizes: $50 Amazon.com gift card

AMATEUR TIER


1st: tibbets
Prizes: $500 Amazon.com gift card


2nd: AvatarLee
Prizes: $250 Amazon.com gift card


3rd: nivlac
Prizes: $100 Amazon.com gift card

Ladies Tournament

HACK TIER

1st: fishyjacko
Prizes: Coach handbag

2nd: kkw00488
Prizes: Coach wallet

3rd: stephd
Prizes: Coach cosmetics bag

AMATEUR TIER

1st: tibbets
Prizes: Coach handbag

2nd: ncviz
Prizes: Coach wallet

3rd: moochie28
Prizes: Coach cosmetics bag

Shopping Spree Open

HACK TIER

1st: Guygolf
Prizes: $250 Amazon.com gift card

2nd: pricklpit
Prizes: $100 Amazon.com gift card

3rd: FeistyPhil
Prizes: $50 Amazon.com gift card

AMATEUR TIER

1st: tibbets
Prizes: $500 Amazon.com gift card

2nd: nivlac
Prizes: $250 Amazon.com gift card

3rd: Noondon
Prizes: $100 Amazon.com gift card

Winter Tournament

HACK TIER

1st: Pricklpit
Prizes: Scotty Cameron putter

2nd: jbhkenobi
Prizes: $100 Amazon.com gift card

3rd: fishyjacko
Prizes: $50 Amazon.com gift card

AMATEUR TIER

1st: tibbets
Prizes: TaylorMade irons

2nd: Reignbare
Prizes: $150 Amazon.com gift card

3rd: pozo02
Prizes: $100 Amazon.com gift card

Week 1 Closest-to-the-Pin Tournament

HACK: Fooshead
Prize: WGT Credits

AMATEUR: RookSteak
Prize: WGT Credits

Week 1 Stroke Play Tournament

HACK: Condor37865
Prize: WGT Credits

AMATEUR: flagator89
Prize: WGT Credits

Week 2 Closest-to-the-Pin Tournament

HACK: DrM1968
Prize: WGT Credits

AMATEUR: ncviz
Prize: WGT Credits

Week 2 Stroke Play Tournament

HACK: willeeee
Prize: WGT Credits

AMATEUR: AvatarLee
Prize: WGT Credits

We made some updates to the product today, and here are the highlights. As always, you can check the Announcements & Latest News forum for full details on our system updates.

• Progress bar loader – a new game loader shows you the progress of the load, so you know how far along you are.
• Online status sort – the WGT Players list is now sorted by online status by default, making it easier to form multiplayer games.
• See More Friends – you will now see up to 250 of your friends in the Friends widget on the left hand side of your screen.
• Screen resolution alert – if your screen resolution is lower than the recommended 1024x768, you will be alerted.

Congratulations to the following recent tournament winners. New tournaments started January 1st, but you have to play to win!

December Closest-to-the-Pin Tournament

Hack: jwt61561
Prizes: WGT Credits & polo shirt

Amateur: tibbets
Prizes: WGT Credits & polo shirt

December Stroke Play Tournament

Hack: TrickMilton
Prizes: WGT Credits

Amateur: Bent1
Prizes: WGT Credits

Week 52 Stroke Play Tournament

Hack: Lawdog328
Prize: WGT Credits

Amateur: jdwestnightmare
Prize: WGT Credits

Week 51 Stroke Play Tournament

Hack: oneluv
Prize: WGT Credits

Amateur: nivlac
Prize: WGT Credits

If you haven't already, check out some of the new tournaments we have lined up in January. Happy new year, and good luck!

New Year, New Gear Sweepstakes - Enter for a chance to win a Dell 24" Flat Panel Monitor

Jan Golf Gear Tournament - U.S. players face off against each other for hundreds of dollars worth of Golfsmith gift cards

Amateur's Closest-to-the-Pin Tournament - Amateur Tier players compete to win premium golf gear!

Happy new year everybody! We wish you a happy and prosperous 2009, and thank you for all your support in 2008!

Photo: antiguan_life