WGT Golf News

WGT and Golf Channel are excited to announce the 2014 WGT Virtual Tour, the largest online golf season in history.

The WGT Virtual Tour is a free year-long competition, featuring monthly online tournaments where WGT players accumulate WGT Credits by competing against other players in their same WGT tier. Top finishers in the monthly tournaments AND the season-long point standings will qualify for the virtual championship AND the first-ever live WGT event, both held in December 2014.

Adding to the excitement, Golf Channel will be covering the WGT Virtual Tour, including online scores, virtual leaderboards, updates and even player interviews on TV, just like the professional Tours!

The 2014 WGT Virtual Tour kicks off this month with the IOA Open, sponsored by the Insurance Offices of America, held on Pebble Beach with a record purse of 200,000 WGT Credits. Be sure to post your first round by 1/24 in order to compete in the second round by 1/31 for the best combined score.

Play Virtual Tour

The Virtual Tour is open to WGT players in all countries, and on both the Web and Mobile versions of WGT. Read more about the Virtual Tour on Golf Channel.

Join WGT players in voting for your favorite WGT features from 2013.

Each week, we're posting a new category...favorite new courses, clubs, golf balls and more.

• Vote for Favorite Courses
  
  
• Vote for Favorite Golf Clubs
  
  
• Vote for Favorite Golf Balls

Happy New Year from WGT!

Let us know what you think and vote on your favorite WGT golf courses, virtual golf clubs, virtual golf balls, online tournaments and game features from 2013. Every week we'll launch a new category and collect your votes. Then we'll announce the winners and do more of what you liked best in 2014.

Choose your favorite new Virtual Golf Balls from 2013...

Vote Here

Nominees - New Virtual Golf Balls

• Callaway HEX Chrome balls
• Nike RZN balls
• TaylorMade Lethal balls
• USA and International Team vapor balls
• Valentine Hearts vapor ball

You still have time to post your score in the Nation Holiday Tournament, going on now.

Remember, this special tournament is for WGT Nation members only – plus you get a free Snow Ball virtual vapor ball when you enter.

Play Free Nation Tournament

Did you get a new iPad or iPhone for the holidays? You can also play this tournament with the new WGT Golf Mobile app on your iPad (2 or later) or iPhone (4 or later).

WGT NATION is a free program for top WGT players. Learn more and see if you're eligible here.

*Special tournament runs now thru 1/15/14.

There has been a lot of interest in the new WGT Course Notebooks, so we wanted to answer some common questions...

• Course Notebooks are designed to help players save their personal notes and tips about playing WGT
• Players can purchase a Course Notebook in the Pro Shop for 500 WGT Credits
• You only need one Notebook to save all your notes for every course on WGT
• The Notebook icon will appear at the top of the game, to the right of your username and score, near the icons for Boosts
• Notebooks can be viewed in any round, but can only be updated in single player rounds, out of respect for other players
• Notebooks can be viewed and updated only on the hole that you're playing
• Stroke play courses have 2 pages per hole (1 fairway and 1 green) and Closest-to-the-Hole courses have 1 page per hole (1 green)
• You can enter up to 500 characters per page in your Notebook (if you see a reference to "500 symbols" that's what that means)
• Notebooks are only available on WGT on the Web right now, not on WGT Golf Mobile yet
• If you're using the Google Chrome browser with PepperFlash, you may have problems entering spaces in the Course Notebooks. You can either choose to use periods or commas instead of spaces, or turn off PepperFlash as follows: Visit chrome://plugins/ in your Chrome browser, click the Details button in the top right corner to expand the list, find the Adobe Flash Player and verify you have at least 2 Flash players installed, click the Disable link directly below the entry with the Location that references PepperFlash, close and re-launch Chrome browser. When you re-launch WGT, your spaces should work.

Please see the FAQ or Contact WGT with any other questions about Course Notebooks. Enjoy!

It's not too late to send your WGT friends a great virtual gift for the holidays.

WGT "Pals" make great gifts for your WGT friends, by helping improve their virtual golf game with better putting and more accurate approach shots. 

Gifting on WGT is easy: just go to the Pro Shop, choose an item, click the GIVE AS GIFT button and enter a WGT username.

Putting skills and approach shots are some of the most challenging things to master in real or virtual golf. Help make it a little easier for your friends with one of these from the Pro Shop...

• Putter Pal for friends who need help putting, it's a WGT player-favorite!
• Shot Pal to get the ball closer to the hole on approach shots (the newest Pal!)

See Pals in Pro Shop

Note, you can only gift items to players if the item is unlocked based on their level or tier in the game.

For more holiday gift ideas, click here.

To celebrate the holidays, get free virtual club rentals on WGT today 12/24 thru 12/26.

This is your chance to try out all the latest virtual golf equipment, like the MAX clubs, Nike irons, Odyssey putters and TaylorMade clubs, each providing improved distance, more control or a slower WGT swing meter to improve your game.

Rent Free Clubs

Offer available to WGT players renting virtual clubs 12/24-12/26, free 24-hour rental period, and clubs can be re-rented during that time.

Tell us what your favorites were this year. Vote on your favorite WGT golf courses, virtual golf clubs, virtual golf balls, online tournaments and game features from 2013. Every week we'll launch a new category and collect your votes. Then we'll announce the winners and do more of what you liked best in 2014.

Choose your favorite New Virtual Golf Clubs on WGT from 2013...

Vote Here

Nominees - New Golf Clubs

• Callaway X Hot driver
• MAX Meter and Distance clubs
• Odyssey Versa putters
• TaylorMade R1 white and black drivers
• TaylorMade SLDR driver
• TaylorMade SpeedBlade irons

WGT Nation members, play this special tournament over the holidays for extra WGT Credits.

Compete against Nation members in your same WGT tier in this free, unlimited closest-to-the-hole tournament on Wolf Creek.

As a special bonus for Nation members, get a free Snow Ball virtual golf ball when you enter, with extra distance and a snowy vapor trail for the holidays.

Play Free Nation Tournament

You can also play this tournament on your iPad (2 or later) or iPhone (4 or later) with the new WGT Golf Mobile app.

WGT NATION is a free program for top WGT players. Learn more and see if you're eligible here.

*Special tournament open to WGT Nation members only, now thru 1/15/14.

Don't forget your WGT friends this holiday season, with great gifts you can send to everyone on your list.

WGT Boosts make great gifts for your WGT friends, especially during this busy holiday season. Have a friend who is new to the game, or one that just needs that last push to unlock some great new virtual equipment? Boost them! 

Gifting on WGT is easy: just go to the Pro Shop, choose an item, click the GIVE AS GIFT button and enter a WGT username.

Here are a few Boosts available in the Pro Shop to get you started...

• WGT Level-Up Boost - automatically move to the next level to unlock new virtual equipment (up to Level 64)
• WGT XP Boost - earn XP (experience points) faster to level-up more quickly and unlock new virtual equipment (available in 5%, 10%, 20% and 40% multipliers)
• WGT Speed-Up Boost - play more games in less time (2-4 times faster!)

See Boosts in Pro Shop

Note, you can only gift items to players if the item is unlocked based on their level or tier in the game.

For more holiday gift ideas, click here.