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WGT Overview

World Golf Tour is the most realistic golf game on the web. WGT recreates famous golf courses including Bethpage, Kiawah Island and St Andrews in virtual reality using HD photography and patented technology. Each course is photographed from every angle, providing a true-to-life experience for golf enthusiasts. WGT is played using a web browser without any downloads or fees at www.WGT.com, on Facebook, or in the Google Chrome Web Store. Players can choose to purchase WGT credits to upgrade their virtual golf equipment, compete against each other, and enter tournaments to earn prizes such as real world golf trips. Virtual golf equipment is available from WGT sponsors, including GolfSmith, LoudMouth, PING, and TaylorMade. WGT is the official online gaming partner of the USGA, R&A and LPGA and hosts virtual championships of many major golf tournaments. More at www.WGT.com.

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2011 Virtual US Open: Congressional Hole 6 chip; Congressional Hole 9 putt; Congressional Hole 10 aerial; Congressional Hole 18 clubhouse approach

2011 Virtual Open Championship: Royal St George's, Hole 4 tee shot; Royal St George's, Hole 4 aerial bunkers; Royal St George's, Hole 4 aerial green; Royal St George's, Hole 4 putt

WGT Virtual Golf Courses

Bali Hai (Las Vegas, NV) – 2004 Golf Channel Big Break II, 2009 Golf World Top 50 Public Courses
Bethpage Black (Farmingdale, NY) – 2002+2009 US Open, 2011 Golf Digest #7, 2010 Golf Magazine #8
NEW - Cabo del Sol (Los Cabos, Mexico) – 2009 Golf Magazine #95, 1998 PGA Senior Slam, 1996 Shell Wonderful World of Golf
Celtic Manor Twenty Ten Course – 2010 Ryder Cup, 2008-2011 Wales Open
NEW - Congressional Country Club (Bethesda, MD) – 2011 U.S. Open, 2011 Golf Digest #77
Edgewood (Lake Tahoe, NV) – 1990-2011 American Century Celebrity Golf Championship, 2011 Golf Digest #65
Harbour Town Golf Links (Hilton Head, SC) – 1969-2011 PGA Heritage Tournament, 2011 Golf Digest #21
Hilversumsche Golf Club (Netherlands) – 2010 Dutch Open, Europe Top 100 Course
Kiawah Island Ocean Course (Kiawah, SC) – 1991 Ryder Cup, 2010 PGA Championship, 2011 Golf Digest #4, 2010 Golf Magazine #6
Oakmont (Oakmont, PA) – 2009 US Open (host of 8 US Opens), 2011 Golf Digest #4
Pinehurst #8 (Pinehurst, NC) – 1997+1998 PGA Club Pro Championship, 2010 Golf Magazine #100
NEW - Royal St George's Golf Club (Sandwich, UK) – Host of 14 British Open Championships including the 2011 Open Championship, 2009 Golf Digest #12
St Andrews Old Course (St Andrews, UK) – 2010 British Open Championship (since 1873), 2009 Golf Digest #2
Wolf Creek (Mesquite, NV) – 2011 Golf Digest #28, 2010 Golf Magazine #50

WGT Virtual Golf Tournaments

USGA Virtual US Open Championship – 2009 Bethpage Black, 2010 Oakmont, 2011 Congressional
R&A Virtual Open Championship – 2010 St. Andrews Old Course, 2011 Royal St George's Golf Club
LPGA Virtual Tour – 2011 Bethpage Black
Virtual Ryder Cup – 2010 Celtic Manor Twenty Ten Course
ACC Virtual Open – 2010 Edgewood Country Club
Golf Digest Shootout – 2011 Kiawah
Ketel One Cup – 2011 Pinehurst #8

WGT Media Coverage

The Ledger
Now All Golf Fans Can Play U.S. Open
06/17/2011
"Players use WGT's 'EZ Swing' system, designed to let new players experience the game without hacking all over the course."
Hooked on Golf Radio (audio)
06/14/2011
"The USGA made the virtual conditions as real as possible."
Golf365
Play in the U.S. Open
06/13/2011
"Even if you haven't qualified for this week's US Open and you don't have a single-digit handicap, there is still a way you can play in the US Open at Congressional Country Club."
US Open Livestream
Play 2011 Virtual U.S. Open
06/03/2011
"The Virtual U.S. Open has become a key part of the interactive experience at USOPEN.com."
Fairways and Greens
Golfers Play Congressional
06/03/2011
"Most of us will never play private Congressional Country Club, but during the 2011 U.S. Open, even well-heeled members won't get a tee time."
Virtual Reality News
Virtual World Golf Tour
06/03/2011
"The USGA (United States Golf Association) partnered with World Golf Tour to recreate Congressional Country Club, the host course of the 2011 U.S. Open, as a high-definition virtual reality game."
ESPN 980
Play in the Virtual U.S. Open
06/03/2011
"Free trip to next year's Open."
Gaming Excellence
World Golf Tour Online Review
05/18/2011
"World Golf Tour's WGT.com is already ready for play, from the comfort of your own home."
Arizona Central
Impressions: World Golf Tour online
04/22/2011
"There is a tremendous amount of commitment to the sport and the fans who love it. But I found a game that is brilliantly accessible to casual golf fans or just people who like to play games."
VentureBeat
World Golf Tour expands strategically with TruGolf partnership
04/19/2011
"TruGolf's team built the technology behind Microsoft's Links game, one of the best-selling PC games of all time."
Gamezebo
World Golf Tour Review - 4.5 Stars
Social golf games on Facebook don't get much better than World Golf Tour
03/31/2011
"From its breathtakingly realistic courses to its surgically precise swings and putting motions, this is a true golfer's social game..."
Sun News
New Golf Products to the Market
03/31/2011
"(WGT) has added two new world-class courses to its portfolio and made the hottest driver on the PGA Tour available in its virtual pro shop."
Google Chrome Store - Case Study
World Golf Tour rises to top of the leaderboard at the Chrome Web Store
03/31/2011
"WGT is currently one of the Top 10 games in the Chrome Web Store...and continues to receive some of the highest overall user ratings with over 4 out of 5 stars."
Sports Illustrated Hot Clicks
Fore!
09/30/2010
"If the Ryder Cup is your thing (or if you just want to kill time while not working), you can play some of the Celtic Manor holes online."
Boston Herald
Golfers can play Celtic Manor from home
09/29/2010
"There is also a "Drive The 15th" experience, where players can virtually play the drivable par-4 15th hole, a hole that may play a key role in the tournament."
USA Today
On the bag: Underdog Pavin perfect fit for underdog USA
09/28/2010
"The internet-based World Golf Tour has re-created The Twenty Ten course at Celtic Manor in Wales online in virtual reality using HD photography and technology, enabling anyone to experience the new course built specifically to host the Ryder Cup."
Sports Business Daily
Gaming Company World Golf Tour Signs Deal With Ryder Cup Site
09/15/2010
"We've established our strategy to run parallel to major events and build a virtual schedule. Now that we have credible scale, we can help golf courses expand their audiences, too."
Sports Business Daily
World Golf Tour, LPGA Sign Deal For Online Virtual Golf Game
08/18/2010
"(WGT) has struck a partnership with the LPGA to create a virtual golf tour that will be conducted this fall."
NBC TechNow (video)
Using Technology to Improve your Golf Game
07/17/2010
"The price to play on this fairway is absolutely nothing."
IGN
Tiger Woods Online or World Golf Tour?
04/09/2010
"The upside to going with World Golf Tour is that there's currently no payment option for courses"
GamerLive TV
GDC 2010: World Golf Tour Partners with USGA for Virtual Competition
03/18/2010
"The upside to going with World Golf Tour is that there's currently no payment option for courses"
VentureBeat
World Golf Tour raises $10M, expands overseas and explores social games
03/16/2010
"WGT held a virtual U.S. Open in which 200,000 players participated."
MarketWatch (radio)
Micro Transactions
03/11/2010
"They've partnered with real golf club manufacturers like PING and TaylorMade to sell virtual golf clubs with the same characteristics as the real life equipment."
PC World
5 Questions for World Golf Tour's YuChiang Cheng
01/06/2010
"It's actually a little spooky just how seamless everything runs, for a browser-based golf simulation designed to go toe-to-toe with EA's Tiger Woods series."
VentureBeat
World Golf Tour needs to turn golfers into gamers
12/09/2009
"Altogether, more than 1 million players from 180 countries have registered to play."
Fortune
Golf Goes Virtual
06/11/2009
"San Francisco start-up creates an online version of Bethpage that lets fans "play" the U.S. Open."
UrbanDaddy
Qualify for the U.S. Open (Virtually)
04/21/2009
"The first thing you'll notice is the true-to-life graphics, which the guys at WGT painstakingly achieved by helicoptering over courses with HD cameras."
Forbes.com
Games Soar as Economy Tanks
03/13/2009
"World Golf Tour has seen staggering growth for its free-to-play golf game."
Fast Company Scobelizer (video)
Demo of World Golf Tour Online
10/31/2008
"Our big goal was to recreate television."
TechCrunch
World Golf Tour Hits Hole in One with Rich Multiplayer Platform
10/06/2008
"World Golf Tour will likely do very well – it's polished, free, and will appeal to millions of golf fans."
Portfolio.com
Almost Like Being There
06/16/2008
"We're going for a true golf simulation. Things like course management—where you place the ball, type of clubs and stance you use, how you use spin control—has an impact on the game."
Wall Street Journal
Free Sports Games Score with the Online Set
05/20/2009
"He likes World Golf Tour because the site is easy to access through the Web browser and fast loading, and he can play a quick round of golf in just 10 minutes at his desk. He also likes that it's free."
Casual Connect
Start Rethinking Your Business Plan
Summer 2008
"WGT may prove that a single game can support a community even without a virtual world of avatars or downloads (or, for that matter, game distributors)."
USA Today
Start-ups tread cautious economic pathway
04/17/2008
"Back at World Golf Tour, Cheng isn't worried. People might not buy big-ticket items in a recession, but he's betting that consumers will spend money on affordable entertainment such as online golf."
CNN Newsroom (video)
Tech Hits: Golf at Work
01/21/2008
"The graphics quality is truly amazing."
USA Today
Golf & Gear
01/21/2008
"WGT brings the land-based game online by re-creating top-tier courses like Kiawah Island, Pinehurst Resort and Wolf Creek."
Fortune
World of FORE!-craft
01/24/2008
"It's a fast-growing segment of the industry that market research firm Strategy Analytics estimates will generate $5 billion in revenue this year - and more than twice that by 2011."