WGT Golf News

The best female golfers in the world are taking on the home of golf this weekend on the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland, as part of the British Open Championship. WGT is previewing some of our favorite holes at St Andrews, which are all available to play free online on World Golf Tour.

Possibly the most famous hole in all of golf, hole 17 starts with a blind tee shot over the corner of the hotel, followed by an approach over the infamous Road Hole Bunker to the shallow green. Hit too short and you're in the deep bunker, too long and you're out of bounds on the road...

Play Hole 17 at St Andrews on WGT

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See St Andrews Hole 11 Preview

The best female golfers in the world are taking on the home of golf this weekend on the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland, as part of the British Open Championship. WGT is previewing some of our favorite holes at St Andrews, which are all available to play free online on World Golf Tour.

One of the best known par-3 holes in the world, hole 11 is a classic design that is well-guarded by bunkers and hard to keep the ball on the green. A birdie here is a major accomplishment.

Play Hole 11 at St Andrews on WGT

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See St Andrews Hole 1 Preview

St Andrews Hole 1 Preview

The best female golfers in the world are taking on the home of golf this weekend on the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland, as part of the British Open Championship. WGT is previewing some of our favorite holes at St Andrews, which are all available to play free online on World Golf Tour.

The first hole at St Andrews lets you know that things are a little different here than at your home course. A well-hidden canal, called the Swilcan Burn, cuts across the fairway right before a very large and undulating green.

Play Hole 1 at St Andrews on WGT

Sign up on WGT to create a free account and play all 18 championship courses online. Play with other players, upgrade your virtual equipment and join tournaments with fun prizes.

Play 18 of the best par-5 holes in the world, on the Best Of Par 5 stroke play course free on WGT.

The new Best Of Par 5 virtual mash-up golf course features the best par-5 holes from 9 different championship golf courses available on WGT.

Warning: this dream course is a monster -- at over 10,000 total yards from the back tees. Below is the detailed scorecard for this amazing new course. And don't worry, because par is 90, scores here won't count toward your overall scoring average.

Select this course from the game menu to play now, and for WGT players Amateur Tier and up, play this special monthly tournament where the top 70 scores in each tier earn WGT Credits. 

Here's the latest from WGT, including a new "Best Of" WGT virtual golf course, HEX Chrome virtual golf balls from Callaway, new MAX virtual golf clubs at a great value...

Best Of Par 5 Course

The newest "Best Of" stroke play course on WGT features 18 of the best par-5 holes from your favorite WGT golf courses. Play more than 10,000 yards of championship golf for a serious challenge!

The Best Of Par 5 course is now available in all game selection menus, and these scores won't count towards your official average, due to the higher par on this course.

Callaway HEX Chrome Balls

WGT has upgraded all the Callaway Tour balls to the latest Callaway HEX Chrome balls. These new balls have similar top-performance, with more distance, control, or a slower WGT swing meter, in Standard and Vapor Trail options, and are available at the same price as the original balls.

Visit the WGT Pro Shop to see the entire HEX Chrome line, including the following:

• Callaway HEX Chrome Balls with more control - start unlocking at Level 33 and Legend 
• Callaway HEX Chrome+ Balls with more distance - start unlocking at Level 35 and Legend 
• Callaway HEX Chrome+ Balls with a slower swing meter - unlock at Level 1 and Level 34

New MAX Golf Clubs

The MAX line of golf equipment provides maximum performance in one area of the game. For these latest MAX clubs, maximum performance has been combined with great value...

The new MAX Meter clubs help slow down the WGT swing meter, with additional distance and forgiveness. Includes MAX Meter Driver, 3 Wood, Hybrid and Irons, plus a discounted Full Set option. Start unlocking at Level 22 and Level 46 for top players.

The new MAX Distance Woods offer additional distance at a great value, including MAX Distance Driver, 3 Wood and Rescue. Start unlocking for new players at Level 10.

New WGT Swing Meters

Based on player requests, we've introduced two new WGT Swing Meter options. Changing your swing meter is free and optional, and we're looking forward to getting your feedback. To change your swing meter at the beginning of a round, just go to "Equip Clubs" and choose from the 3 swing meter choices:

• Original - the horizontal swing meter you’re used to using
• Vertical - a vertical design in the center of the screen that may be easier for newer players
• 3-Click - a little nostalgia for long-time golf gamers, less power control but better swing tempo

WGT partner, Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday is hosting a special tournament for WGT players in the USA and Canada.

Play the free Golf Holiday Summer Classic tournament on WGT for your chance to get a new TaylorMade R1 Driver prize. One lucky sweepstakes winner chosen at random will win the real driver, not the virtual version on WGT.

Play as many times as you want in this 18-hole stroke play tournament on Kiawah, site of the 2012 PGA Championship.

Enter Free Tournament

*Special tournament is free to enter and runs thru 7/31/13, open to residents in the USA and Canada only. See rules for details.

USA players, don't miss your chance at some great prizes in the Korbel Toast Life Challenge tournament on WGT, ending on July 27th.

Everyone who enters gets a free Korbel virtual champagne golf ball with a bubbly vapor trail, plus there are 3 amazing sweepstakes prizes awarded to 3 players selected at random...

• Korbel Gift Bag
• Korbel Custom Golf Bag
• Edgewood Tahoe Golf Trip for two people

Enter To Win

This free closest-to-the-hole online golf tournament is unlimited play on the beautiful Edgewood Tahoe golf course, site of last week's American Century Championship tournament, won by former NFL quarterback Billie Joe Tolliver.

Note: this special WGT tournament is limited by law to players from the USA who are 21 years of age or older, and runs now thru 7/27/13.

WGT Nation players, earn double Credits in the Nation Double-Double Challenge tournament this week.

There are two ways for Nation players to win in this special tournament:

1. Top 70 scores in each Tier earn double WGT Credit prizes
2. Hole-In-One Challenges have double WGT Credit prizes

This free, unlimited stroke play tournament is on the Best of Par 3 course, with 18 different par-3 holes, giving you the most chances to try the Hole-In-One Challenges to earn double Credits. 

Play Free Tournament

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 Mon, 7/29/13.

Congratulations to everyone who played in the 5th annual Virtual U.S. Open on WGT. There were over 3 million virtual rounds, with the following top performances...

Championship – Kriztjan was the ultimate champion, shooting 55 and 57 for a 112 final score, followed closely by AgentBrown123 (114), stevenharkin (115) and ragefire (115).
Championship leaderboard
Championship video highlights

Qualifier – 213 top players made the cut at 57 to qualify for the Championship rounds, led by JJ656 and TREMUX.
Qualifier leaderboard
Qualifier video highlights

Front 9 and Back 9 Challenges – The Front 9 and Back 9 closest-to-the-hole tournaments were both won by dansamcam with scores of 18.22 and 24.11.
Front 9 leaderboard
Back 9 leaderboard

WGT and the USGA are notifying the hundreds of leaderboard and sweepstakes prize winners by the end of August.

WGT player Kriztjan has won the 2013 Virtual U.S. Open.

There were over three million rounds played in the 2013 Virtual U.S. Open tournaments, and the top 213 qualifiers competed in two championship rounds in July. In the first round, Kriztjan posted a 55, the low score of the championship, and backed it up with a solid 57 in the second round, to shoot 112 for the victory.

Finishing close behind with strong performances were AgentBrown123 with 57-57 for 114, stevenharkin with 57-58 for 115, and ragefire with 57-58 for 115. They were followed by other top WGT Players with impressive performances on Merion in challenging conditions and the fastest greens.

See Full Leaderboard

Kriztjan has been playing WGT since Feb 2011 with more than 4,000 ranked rounds and over $23,000 in career earnings. Kriztjan is a member of the Transgressional Country Club, as is AgentBrown123 and stevenharkin, so a very strong performance from this top country club.

Kriztjan is the fifth Virtual U.S. Open Champion, joining these elite WGT players with this virtual title...

• Kriztjan - 2013 Virtual U.S. Open Champion, Merion
• StoneColdKiller - 2012 Virtual U.S. Open Champion, Olympic
• mrenn29 - 2011 Virtual U.S. Open Champion, Congressional
• BolloxinBruges - 2010 Virtual U.S. Open Champion, Oakmont
• NASAGolfer - 2009 Virtual U.S. Open Champion, Bethpage

Congratulations to everyone involved! Merion is now available in all game formats on WGT, including stroke play, match play, skins, country club events, free tournaments and paid tournaments like Ready-Gos.