Noticias WGT Golf

Play the Virtual U.S. Open Front 9 Challenge tournament on Pinehurst No. 2 for your chance to win $500 USGAshop.com prizes.

Two players will each win a $500 gift card to USGAshop.com, the player with the top leaderboard score, and another lucky sweepstakes winner chosen at random.

Play Pinehurst Front 9

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.

Now thru Sunday 3/23, get a free Speed-Up Boost when you buy $5 or more WGT Credits.

WGT Speed-Up Boosts increase the speed of your golf ball display in the game to help you play games faster. Note, this does not affect your shots at all, just the display of your ball flight. And you can turn it off anytime in the Game Menu.

We thought this would be fun for WGT players who are following their brackets for the NCAA Basketball Tournament, with 32 games on Thu/Fri and another 16 games on Sat/Sun.

Get WGT Credits

*Special one-time offer for WGT players who buy $5 or more WGT Credits on wgt.com 3/20/14-3/23/14, receive one free WGT Speed-Up Boost (2X).

The Transamerica Classic came down to the wire in February between two WGT veterans, with dansamcam taking home his second consecutive win among the Tour Legend division via a tiebreaker over BolloxInBruges.

The list of players capturing titles in other divisions last month include the following: LyonWoulds (Legend division, 113-shot total), shagadelic (Tour Master, 117), NiFromFb (Master, 118), turtlemtu (Tour Pro, 120) and RoarEMackElroy (Pro, 116).

Each player took home a piece of the overall 200,000 WGT Credit purse, and their winnings have been added to their totals for the overall 2014 points race.

Read full coverage and view final round highlights on Golf Channel

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.

Play Pinehurst Front 9

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.

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