WGT Golf News

Based on lots of WGT player feedback, we're making some improvements for the 2015 Virtual Tour...

• More Champions – This year will be divided into 4 shorter seasons, with 3 monthly tournaments each including 2 Tour events and 1 Major event
• More Competition – Monthly Tour events will still include 1 unlimited play round and 1 single-play round, but each Major event will now include 1 unlimited play round and 2 single-play rounds
• Current Tiers – The season leaderboards will now be updated at the end of every monthly tournament and include players based on their current Tier, to be more fair to players across tiers
• Credit Prizes – Prize purses will continue to be 200,000 WGT Credits for monthly Tour events and 400,000 WGT Credits for each Major event, which is a total of 3,200,000 in prizes planned for 2015
• Tier Prizes – Prize purses will be shifted even more to the higher Master/Tour Master and Legend/Tour Legend tiers, with smaller purses for the Pro/Tour Pro tiers as most of those winners tier-up quickly anyway
• Season Standings – Champions will be based on the season standings after each 3-month quarter, with a final match streamed live on Twitch.TV, so there will be 4 Quarterly Champions for 2015
• Quarterly Championships – The top 2 Tour Legends after each 3-month quarter season will compete in a 2-player match play Quarterly Championship that players must stream live on Twitch.tv for an additional winner-take-all 10,000 WGT Credit prize
• Golf Channel – WGT Virtual Tour scores will continue to stream live on Golf Channel TV and golfchannel.com, and champions will be interviewed on Golf Channel as well
• Schedule Changes – Some schedule changes were required: Pinehurst No. 2 is now a Major in June, Bethpage Black has been added for October, and Pebble Beach (full stroke play) has been moved to the final Major in December
• Fair Play – WGT will increase monitoring of Virtual Tour standings for any violation to WGT terms and service, including players creating multiple accounts to win at lower tiers, or using third-party software that impacts the swing meter, etc.

Virtual Tour February Tournament

The Virtual Tour continues this month on Pebble Beach with the Pebble Beach Classic.

Play the unlimited first round and post your score by 2/23, then play the single-play second round 2/24-2/28 for a chance to split the 200,000 WGT Credit purse.

Play Pebble Beach Classic

Follow full WGT Virtual Tour coverage on Golf Channel, including online scores, virtual leaderboards, updates and even interviews with WGT players, just like the professional tours. See Golf Channel Coverage.

We've made some improvements to WGT Country Club tournaments to give you more options to play.

When your club reaches Club Level 7, it will unlock new green speeds to choose from when creating new country club tournaments, including Extremely Slow, Very Slow, Super Fast and Extremely Fast.

Also, you will now have the ability to "sweeten the pot" by adding your own Credits to the purse prize to increase the total purse for your club members to win. You will have this option when you create a new tournament.

Visit Your Club Page

Not a member of a WGT Country Club yet? Country clubs are the best way to meet new people in the game and always have someone to play with, plus there are great benefits and rewards you can earn by joining one. It's easy to find a club to join, or create one of your own, in the Country Club section.

Play the same Nike Vapor irons that Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods are playing on the 2015 PGA Tour.

Get more distance, precision and forgiveness with the new Nike Vapor virtual irons, unlocking at Levels 64 and 100 for top WGT players.

See Vapor Irons in Pro Shop...

Level 64
Level 100

Play the Allianz Championship tournament this month on St Andrews and your birdies will benefit charity.

Compete in this 18-hole stroke play tournament, and for any birdie that you get and tweet about using the hashtag #AllianzBirdies on Twitter, Allianz will donate $1 to Junior Achievement.

Play as often as you want to post your best score (and make the most birdies) now thru 2/15/15, for your share of the 200,000 WGT Credit purse.

Play Free Tournament

Junior Achievement's core purpose is to inspire and prepare youth to succeed in a global economy, focusing on entrepreneurship, financial literacy and workplace readiness. 

*Special tournament open now thru 2/15/15. Open to players in all countries, see rules for details. #AllianzBirdies campaign runs thru 2/8/15.

Now you can play country club tournaments on the newest WGT course, Bandon Dunes.

Select the new Best of Bandon Par 3s course when creating a country club tournament to compete against your other club members.

Go to Club Page

If you haven't seen what's new for country clubs in WGT lately, be sure to visit your Country Club section to see all the new features, benefits and rewards you can earn.

Golf Digest has released its 2015-2016 ranking of America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses, and WGT has 10 of them that you can play free right now.

Play any hole at these top golf courses, free on WGT Golf, then share your scores with your golf buddies and challenge them to beat your score. Play now...

• Valhalla Golf Club (#97) 
• Congressional Country Club (#82)
• Bethpage Black (#43) 
• Olympic Club (#33)
• Pinehurst No. 2 (#28)
• Kiawah Island Ocean Course (#20)
• Pacific Dunes at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (#18), plus Bandon Dunes (#37), Old MacDonald (#55) and Bandon Trails (#74)
• Pebble Beach (#7)
• Oakmont Country Club (#6)
• Merion Golf Club (#5)

Play the new season of the WGT Virtual Tour, starting this month on Bandon Dunes.

After an exciting December Championship, with Tour Legend fmagnets becoming the first Virtual Tour champion, the year-long season is back with the Bandon Dunes Open.

Play the unlimited play first round now thru 1/26, then the single-play second round 1/27-1/31. The top 70 combined scores in each tier will split the total purse of 200,000 WGT Credits that count toward the Virtual Tour season-long standings. Plus, you get a free Bandon Dunes virtual golf ball when you enter.

Play Virtual Tour

And New in 2015, monthly winners will stream a live round on Twitch the next month, with the chance to be featured on Golf Channel TV.

Follow full WGT Virtual Tour coverage on Golf Channel, including online scores, virtual leaderboards, updates and even interviews with WGT players, just like the professional tours. See Golf Channel Coverage.

We've extended the special FREE green fees for WGT Nation for a few more days!

WGT Nation members, thanks for a great year. We've extended the special free green fees offer so you can continue playing TruGolf courses at no charge thru 1/4.

Play Chateau Whistler for some mountain golf, or if you've had enough winter, spend some time on Cabo del Sol to warm up on the beach. No green fees on either course now thru 12/31 1/4.

Play Free Now

Not a WGT Nation member yet? See if you're eligible and join free here. 

*Special offer available to WGT Nation members, play TruGolf virtual golf courses, Chateau Whistler and Cabo del Sol with no 18-hole stroke play green fees, now thru 1/4/15.

Happy New Year from WGT! To ring in the new year, get a free Champagne Vapor virtual golf ball if you play WGT today, 12/31.

The Champagne Vapor virtual ball gives you extra distance and spin, plus a fun bubbly vapor trail to make any round feel like a party.

Play Now

These also make great gifts for your WGT friends, just click GIFT in the Pro Shop.

*Special offer for WGT players who log in and play WGT on 12/31/14, receive one free WGT Champagne Vapor virtual golf ball.

Play the newest 18-hole stroke play course on WGT Golf Mobile, the Best of Bandon Par 3s.

This new course features the best par-3 holes from all 5 Bandon Dunes Golf Resort courses, as voted on by fans. Bandon Dunes is America's #1 rated golf course according to Golf Digest.

Choose to play Bandon Dunes in stroke play or closest-to-the-hole games -- now with hole-in-one challenges on every tee shot.

Play WGT Golf Mobile

And be sure to play the new Head-to-Head games, the most popular new multi-player game, featuring quick 3-hole stroke play matches live against other WGT players.

Enjoy, and please take a minute to rate and review the app in the App Store. Thanks!