Nouvelles WGT Golf

The #IceBucketChallenge from Facebook and Twitter has reached WGT, with the Strike Out ALS Challenge as this month's Major tournament on the WGT Virtual Tour.

Play as often as you want to post your best Round 1 score by 9/25 to qualify for the single-play Round 2 9/26-9/30, both on Merion, host of the 2013 U.S. Open.

Plus, you get a free ALS Association virtual golf ball when you enter, and you'll help create more awareness to cure this disease.

Play Virtual Tour

WGT is very proud to be working with the ALS Association to support the fight against ALS to treat and cure this disease.

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.

The new high-level Big Bertha 3 Wood from Callaway is now available for top WGT players.

This Bertha 3 Wood hits for over 250 yards on WGT and unlocks at Level 97, designed to pair with both the Bertha drivers at Levels 88 and 96.

Reach more par fives in two shots for more eagle putts!

See Bertha 3 Wood

Make a statement with your driving distance and style with the new Cobra BiO CELL virtual driver -- now available in 5 colors.

The Cobra BiO CELL driver offers more distance with less spin off the tee, plus a slower WGT swing meter to help you hit straighter and longer.

Choose from new black, blue, red, silver or orange drivers to best match your style, all available now in the WGT Pro Shop unlocking at Level 5.

See Cobra Drivers

This week's Country Club of the Week is... The Old Duffers Retreat, an active and dedicated group of WGT players who take pride playing often and having fun doing it.

The "old duffers" have consistently been a top-ranking club on the Weekly Leaderboards, and are currently #3 with more than 283,000 Weekly XP earned. At Club Level 7, they have unlocked a number of country club benefits, including a free Putter Pal and Shot Pal for all of their members, and earning +5% Club XP when members play using a Pass. At Level 8, the club will unlock an XP Bonus of +3% per round, when using a Pass. Keep leveling up your club to unlock these benefits too!

The Old Duffers Retreat club owner, saltyoldtar is a Level 100 Legend and has been a WGT member since 2011, and had this praise to share about the club...

"The Old Duffers Retreat has been built on all the members that are active and concerned with how the club does. The main thing we are so proud of is that all of our members have been active within the past two weeks. The Old Duffers Retreat has three great officers (Skip6029, DuFussMcGoo and ABQJeff) that keep everything going smoothly. I keep getting praise on the great job I do but it's not me, it's our members that have stepped up and made this club what it is today. Thanks goes to all the club members."

The current Weekly Leaderboard below shows The Old Duffers Retreat in third place -- just behind two other familiar clubs, The Peoples Club (who have reached Level 8) and the Senior Citizens, last week's CC of the Week. 

WGT player Mannyankees wins the tie-breaker in the heated Tour Legend tier, to become The First Tee Open champion in the WGT Virtual Tour.

Tour Legend players really showed up this month in The First Tee Open, with five top players shooting an impressive 106 on Bethpage Black and forcing a tie-breaker to determine the winner. 

To break a tie, the system automatically compares scores for the Final 9, final 6 and final 3 holes, and if still a tie then it goes hole-by-hole starting with Hole 18 and working back. See tournament rules for details.

Congratulations to ESTIENNE, dansamcam, HaojenTW and frenchconnect on their second place standing, which is a very strong finish given the tough field, and to all the winners of The First Tee Open who win their share of the 200,000 WGT Credit purse.

The First Tee Open Winners

• Tour Legend - Mannyankees, 106 (Dominican Republic)
• Legend - hotho, 110 (UK)
• Tour Master - nicolaspizzo1, 118 (Argentina)
• Master - Yiannis1970, 116 (Greece)
• Tour Pro - SwenCaserio, 113 (USA)
• Pro - Lovefall, 123 (Sweden)

See The First Tee Open Leaderboards

The Virtual Tour season race is heating up, but is still anyone's game. With spots available for the top 64 players in each tier, many players still have the opportunity to qualify for the Virtual Tour Championship in December -- with a record purse of ONE MILLION WGT CREDITS. In the Tour Legend tier of the very best WGT players, dansamcam has won four regular events and currently sits in the #1 spot in the Season rankings, while poldimaier and frenchconnect have each won one major, placing them high at #2 and #4 in the season standings.

Virtual Tour Season Leaders

• Tour Legend - dansamcam (USA)
• Legend - RoarEMackElroy (USA)
• Tour Master- shagadelic (USA)
• Master - RollyStone (Canada)
• Tour Pro - demondeacons666 (USA) 
• Pro - cun01 (USA)

See Virtual Tour Season Leaderboards

WGT players should compete in the Virtual Tour every month, to accumulate Virtual Tour credits and qualify for the December Championship. This month's Major event in September is the Strike Out ALS Challenge held on Merion, host of the 2013 U.S. Open. As a Major tournament in the WGT Virtual Tour, there is a huge 400,000 WGT Credit purse up for grabs, split by the top 70 scores in each tier. This could push a current leaderboard winner further out of reach, or give a lower ranked player a huge jump up the standings. Don't miss it!

WGT is very proud to be working with the ALS Association to support the fight against ALS to treat and cure this disease.

Play the Strike Out ALS Challenge

This is your last chance to play for a chance to win a grand prize trip to next year's PGA Championship.

Make sure to post your score in the 2014 PGA Championship Virtual Challenge tournament by Sunday, 8/31.

Both the leaderboard winner AND a lucky sweepstakes winner will each win the grand prize trip for two people to the 2015 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.

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*Tournament is free to enter, open to WGT players in all countries and runs now thru 8/31/14. See rules for prize eligibility.

ESTIENNE and frenchconnect have posted impressive Round 2 scores to take the lead in this month's Virtual Tour event, The First Tee Open on Bethpage Black, with ESTIENNE winning the tie-breaker.

They have replaced the previous Tour Legend leaders after Round 1, poldimaier, FarFoo, fmagnets and tinybo, who have also posted their Round 2 scores.

However, several Tour Legends are still in the running with strong Round 1 scores and Round 2 not posted yet, including bawbag1874, Mannyankees, bhoese, dansamcam (gotta love the consistency), demcug, CptWomp, AgentBrown123 and natemakesaholein. That's a lot of competition!

The First Tee Open (current leaders)

• Tour Legend - ESTIENNE (South Africa) - 106
• Legend - Andyjump (Monaco) - 110
• Tour Master - nicolaspizzo1 (Argentina) - 118
• Master - Yiannis1970 (Greece) - 116
• Tour Pro - SwenCaserio (USA) - 113
• Pro - raeganw (USA) - 124

See Virtual Tour Month Leaderboard

As it stands now, the current September results would shift the Virtual Tour Season standings for all the Tiers, and the third Major of the year is just around the corner in September with a double credit purse.

Remember, the Top 64 players in each tier (Pro thru Tour Legend) after November will qualify for the Virtual Tour Championship in December, with a record ONE MILLION WGT Credit purse...you don't want to miss that!

See Virtual Tour Season Leaderboard

This week's Country Club of the Week is... the Senior Citizens, currently in third place on the weekly leaderboard with almost 265,000 XP. 

The Senior Citizens country club has consistently been in the top 5 since the new WGT Country Club features were rolled out, which is impressive considering the number of active clubs playing that includes thousands of WGT players.

At Club Level 6, they have unlocked a number of country club benefits, including a free Putter Pal and Shot Pal for all of their members, and earning +5% Club XP when members play using a Pass. You can earn the same benefits with your club as you continue leveling up.

The Senior Citizens club owner, ForeverHackin, is a Level 96 Legend in Ecuador and has only good things to say about his active club, some new insight -- plus a recruiting message for anyone interested!

"I've always known we were an active club, but until WGT gave us the ability to actually track a club's activity, I was quite surprised that we've managed to stay in the top 3 so consistently. It's a real pleasure to manage our club. We maintain a friendly, helpful and active atmosphere in our forum and during games. If you're an active Senior, I invite you to come check us out."

The current Weekly Leaderboard below shows the Senior Citizens in third place -- right on the heels of another consistently high ranking club, The old duffers retreat, and last week's CC of the Week, The Peoples Club, who are in first place again.

Haven't joined a WGT Country Club yet? Visit the Country Clubs page to learn more and find the right one for you.

You still have time to win a trip to next year's PGA Championship on WGT...

Just post your score in the 2014 PGA Championship Virtual Challenge tournament on WGT by Aug 31st.

Both the leaderboard winner AND a lucky sweepstakes winner will each win the grand prize trip for two people to the 2015 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.

Play Free Now

*Tournament is free to enter, open to WGT players in all countries and runs now thru 8/31/14. See rules for prize eligibility.

Get free virtual club rentals on WGT this Saturday and Sunday during The Barclays.

While the pros kick off the FedExCup Playoffs this weekend, log on to WGT and try the popular Callaway Big Berthas, Nike VRS irons, MAX irons, and the latest PING G25, i25, Tour Gorge and Anser 2 virtual clubs – all free to rent!

Rent Free Clubs

Find the club you want in the Pro Shop and click the RENT or TRY ME button and it's yours free for 24 hours. You can rent and re-rent as many clubs as you want for free, Sat-Sun 8/23-8/24.