WGT Golf News

WGT players from 170 countries have now completed 2 million rounds and hit 20 million golf balls since October. We'll keep the features, prizes and tournaments coming, so keep playing and thanks for all your support!

The 2008 Crunchies is TechCrunch's second annual competition to celebrate the most compelling startups, internet and technology innovations of the year. Help us get WGT nominated for a "Best Time Sink Site" Crunchies award!

http://crunchies2008.techcrunch.com/nominations/?nominee=World%20Golf%20Tour&category=10

Thanks everyone!

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We've updated the Buy Credits page to make it easier to find and understand. WGT is free to play, and we also feature free weekly and monthly tournaments. For players who want to win big prizes, we have tournaments that have an entry fee, usually ranging from $1 (100 credits) to $5 (500 credits). The new page is easy and secure, and gets you into the tournaments with the awesome prizes!

See full tournaments page: http://www.wgt.com/tournaments

See what's new in December: http://www.wgt.com/news/archive/2008/12/01/new-december-tournaments.aspx

Congratulations to the following recent tournament winners! Tournament winners are announced as we verify them, and there are new tournaments every week, but you have to play to win!

November Stroke Play Tournament
Hack: markbiggar
Prize: Credits & polo shirt

Amateur: tibbets
Prize: Credits & polo shirt

November Closest-to-the-Pin Tournament
Hack: fishyjacko
Prize: Credits & polo shirt

Amateur: geebo7
Prize: Credits & polo shirt

Week 48 Stroke Play Tournament
Hack: Blaet
Prize: Credits & polo shirt

Amateur: tibbets
Prize: Credits & polo shirt

Week 47 Stroke Play Tournament
Hack: khampel
Prize: Credits & polo shirt

Amateur: tibbets
Prize: Credits & polo shirt

Week 45 Sweepstakes
jirout6
Prize: polo shirt

December is here, and we've added new prizes to our lineup of tournaments:

WGT Holiday Open - Enter for your chance to win a Nintendo Wii and $500 Amazon.com gift card

WGT Ladies Tournament - Pay $5 to enter and get unlimited chances to climb the leaderboard and win hot Coach items for you or that special someone

Dec Closest-to-the-Pin Tournament - All U.S. entrants get a $50 Travelocity gift card

Shopping Spree Tournament - Winners get Amazon.com gift cards

Good luck!

The WGT team wishes you a happy Thanksgiving holiday!

Photo: twinsline7

We've given our tournament "Learn More" pages a makeover! It's now easier to see the prizes offered for each tier, and easier to read. Click here to see for yourself!

Congratulations to the following recent tournament winners! Tournament winners are announced as we verify them, and there are new tournaments every week, but you have to play to win!

Jerry Lewis MDA Sweepstakes

Winner: jmcdaniel83
Prize: trip for 2 to Las Vegas and 4 rounds of golf at Bali Hai Golf Club

October Challenge Sweepstakes
Winner: FlyingMonkey
Prize: WGT-branded USB drive

Week 46 Stroke Play Tournament
Hack: matthews01
Prize: polo & credits

Amateur: AvatarLee
Prizes: polo & credits

This month, WGT began offering a new tournament format—a closest-to-the-pin leaderboard challenge that features unlimited play! Pay the $1 entry fee, and play as many times as you want during the tournament period to advance on the leaderboard. Closest-to-the-pin winners take home WGT polo shirts and WGT credits. Click here to enter now!