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This week's match-up: 777999 vs. WGTicon

777999

Level: 97

Tier: Tour Legend

Country Club: THE JERKY METER COUNTRY CLUB

Notes:

• Longest Putt Made: 74 ft.
• A regular viewer of WGT Twitch matches
• Has shot 2 holes-in-one

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WGTicon (aka iconian)

Level: 100

Tier: Tour Legend

Notes:

• WGT Forum Moderator
• Likes: dogs, virtual golfing in fancy skirts
• Shot his first ever 56 on Kiawah with PING Raptures

See past Twitch matches here and learn more about streaming WGT on Twitch, and how to stream your own WGT games on our FAQ.

Don't be alarmed... WGT player FRIENDofyourWIFE wins the Golf Advisor Championship in the Tour Legend tier of the WGT Virtual Tour.

Tour Legend FRIENDofyourWIFE captures his first WGT Virtual Tour title in the November Golf Advisor Championship -- a big one, given that this was the final major tournament of the season, shooting a final score of 112 on Pinehurst No. 2 to win the multi-player tie-breaker. 

The top 70 scores in each tier of the Virtual Tour tournament have all earned a share of the 400,000 WGT Credit purse this month, adding to their overall Season Leaderboard standing to qualify for the Virtual Tour Championship, starting tomorrow, with a record one million credit purse.

Congratulations to WaLk0fLiFe, Funkyjunkie3000, nikic123 and fmagnets on their second place standing among the top Tour Legends.

Golf Advisor Championship Winners

• Tour Legend - FRIENDofyourWIFE, 112 (Puerto Rico)
• Legend - imgambit, 110 (USA)
• Tour Master - sgarbiv, 113 (Italy)
• Master - borondon, 116 (Spain)
• Tour Pro - barakfriedman, 123 (Israel)
• Pro - CuseFan01, 125 (USA)

See Golf Advisor Championship Leaderboards

This month in December, WGT will run the first-ever Virtual Tour Championship, with a record ONE MILLION WGT CREDIT PURSE, a value of $10,000 in WGT Credits.

The top 70 players who finish in each of the Pro thru Tour Legend tiers on the Virtual Tour season leaderboard thru November will qualify to play in the December Championship, running 12/2 to 12/8 for a prize purse of 500,000 WGT Credits.

The top 4 Tour Legends from part 1 will then play in a final round (on a brand new WGT stroke play course) and will need to stream that round on Twitch, so other players can watch. This will run 12/11 to 12/14 for another prize purse of 500,000 WGT Credits. 

Season Qualifiers by Tier

The final season results came down to the last major in November. Below is a summary of the top players by tier and those who finished above and below the top 70 cut line needed to qualify for the championship...

Tour Legend Tier

• dansamcam was the wire-to-wire top qualifier with 59,060 season credits, followed by fmagnets (55,957) and poldimaier (53,650), frenchconnect (41,213) and LyonWoulds (40,952)
• GLADSTONESCREWER and mgd300 just made the top 70 cut with 3,881 season credits
• tinhorn and duffputt just missed the cut

Legend Tier

• imgambit was the top qualifier with 34,038 season credits, followed by RoarEMackElroy (30,946) and hotho (29,285)
• belgebenja and garygun just made the top 70 cut with 2,803 credits
• BuffaloBilly6734 and WeidaDeNei just missed the cut

Tour Master Tier

• shagdelic was the top qualifier with 17,280 season credits, followed by sgarbiv (17,160) and TR1ANNA (11,178)
• allevalli and localbistro just made the top 70 cut with 1,980 credits
• THESERPA and Kalel2 just missed the cut

Master Tier

• borondon was the top qualifier with 7,200 season credits, followed by SwenCaserio (6,660) and chuckwaggon (5,724)
• geeberwocky and BigMacAu just made the top 70 cut with 807 season credits
• CotoDad and MyHandicapIsGolf just missed the cut

Tour Pro Tier

• barakfriedman was the top qualifier with 6,539 season credits, followed by happypappy405 and mulligan46 tied at 6,120
• guome12 and antoonnn just made the top 70 cut, tied at 623 season credits
• Kyperg and Iharsh481 just missed the cut

Pro Tier

• CuseFan01 was the top qualifier with 4,680 season credits, followed by cun01 (2,813) and Addohm (2,808)
• RIC820, juboarder09 and foreyourway all made the top 70 cut, tied at 393 credits
• mycourse51 and golfana99 just missed the cut

Note that some of the top Pro, Tour Pro and Master tier players have tiered-up in November, but they qualified to play the championship in the tier they started in for the last season tournament in November.

See Virtual Tour Season Leaderboards

Back for one more day! For Cyber Monday today, deposit 2,000 or more WGT Credits on WGT Golf Mobile and get 3 free NIKE RZN Red virtual golf balls.

The NIKE RZN Reds are the bomb! Every shot will be easier to hit, go longer and stop on the green faster...try it for yourself to prove it.

This special offer is for WGT Golf Mobile, but WGT players on web can download the free app for iPhone and iPad, log in with their web account, make the deposit in the mobile app then use the free NIKE balls on either the web or mobile games.

Launch WGT Golf Mobile

Note, the NIKE virtual golf balls will automatically be added to your inventory but not automatically equipped. To play with the new golf balls, just open your Equipment and equip the new NIKE RZN Red golf balls from your inventory.

*Special offer on WGT Golf Mobile only, buy 2,000 or more WGT Credits on 12/1/14, receive 3 free NIKE RZN Red virtual golf balls (Level 40+).

CC Event #3 is now over. Thanks to the more than 2,000 country clubs who participated over the weekend.

Members of all the top 1,000 finishing country clubs have each earned rewards, which are awarded automatically. These include bonus CC Passes and Speed Boosts so players can play more games faster to earn more points for their country club.

Plus, the top 25 finishing clubs have been awarded the new Dog tee markers and flags, which they can enjoy in their own country club tournaments.

Top 100 country clubs in CC Event #3

Back for one more day! For Cyber Monday today, deposit 2,000 or more WGT Credits on WGT Golf Mobile and get 3 free NIKE RZN Red virtual golf balls.

The NIKE RZN Reds are the bomb! Every shot will be easier to hit, go longer and stop on the green faster...try it for yourself to prove it.

This special offer is for WGT Golf Mobile, but WGT players on web can download the free app for iPhone and iPad, log in with their web account, make the deposit in the mobile app then use the free NIKE balls on either the web or mobile games.

Launch WGT Golf Mobile

Note, the NIKE virtual golf balls will automatically be added to your inventory but not automatically equipped. To play with the new golf balls, just open your Equipment and equip the new NIKE RZN Red golf balls from your inventory.

*Special offer on WGT Golf Mobile only, buy 2,000 or more WGT Credits on 12/1/14, receive 3 free NIKE RZN Red virtual golf balls (Level 40+).

LIVE NOW!

Play CC Event #3 this weekend to compete against other country clubs for new rewards, including new Dog Tee Markers and Flags for your country club tournaments, and the gold MAX CC Rewards gold putter, plus bragging rights.

CC Event #3 runs for 48 hours all day Sat 11/29 and Sun 11/30 with multiple 4-hour Clashes, so be sure to play as many games as you can for your club this weekend, and keep your eyes on the Leaderboard.

When a CC Event starts, anyone in your country club can enter your country club in the event. Once your club is entered, you'll get matched up with another club, similar to your club's skill level, which starts the Club Clash and a timer will show how much time is left in each 4-hour clash.

Each Club Clash is played on nine-holes at either Kiawah, Bethpage, Olympic or Pinehurst No. 2. Post as many good rounds as you can for your country club in each Club Clash, using either a Club Pass or a new Superpass to multiply your points.

The winning clubs in each Club Clash receive additional bonus points, and at the end of the CC Event, the Top 1,000 clubs all win some prizes like Speed Boosts, the Top 25 clubs win new Dog Tee Markers and Flagsticks (keep an eye out for a sneak preview as you play in the event!) and the first place club wins the new MAX CC Rewards Putter for a lucky member.

Visit Your Country Club

More about CC vs CC Events

Join or create a WGT Country Club

On Black Friday (11/28), buy 2,000 or more WGT Credits in WGT Golf Mobile and get 3 free NIKE RZN Red virtual golf balls.

The NIKE RZN Reds are the most popular and top-performing premium virtual golf balls on WGT, giving you more distance and control, plus a slower WGT swing meter. With these, every shot will be easier to hit, go longer and stop on the green faster.

This special offer is for WGT Golf Mobile, but WGT players on web can download the free app for iPhone and iPad, log in with their web account, make the deposit in the mobile app then use the free NIKE balls on either the web or mobile games.

Launch WGT Golf Mobile

Note, the NIKE virtual golf balls will automatically be added to your inventory but not automatically equipped. To play with the new golf balls, just open your Equipment and equip the new NIKE RZN Red golf balls from your inventory.

*Special offer on WGT Golf Mobile only, buy 2,000 or more WGT Credits on 11/28/14 and receive 3 free NIKE RZN Red virtual golf balls (Level 40+).

Make sure you post your score in the final Major of the 2014 WGT Virtual Tour season. It's your last chance to move into the top 70 spots on the season leaderboard to qualify for the Virtual Tour Championship in December.

Post your best Round 1 score in the Golf Advisor Championship on Pinehurst No. 2 by 11/25, then play the single-play Round 2 between 11/26-11/30, for your shot at the 400,000 credit purse.

Play Final Major

The top 70 scores in each tier on the Virtual Tour overall season leaderboard qualify to play in the Virtual Tour Championship in December, featuring a ONE MILLION credit purse – the largest ever on WGT. Check the Season Leaderboard now to make sure you stay above the cut line!

You can now challenge other WGT players in head-to-head multiplayer games on WGT Golf Mobile!

Mobile multiplayer games just got better with add and challenge friend options, so you can play against a specific WGT player or friend – just enter their WGT golfer name.

You can also invite friends to join you on WGT Golf, right from the app, making it easy for them to join and play against you.

Play WGT Golf Mobile

This latest update of WGT Golf Mobile also includes a new female avatar that you can select in the Options menu, and of course 15 championship golf courses, tournaments and country clubs.

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

This week's Country Club of the Week is... WGT Pinhunters, a club focused on helping and improving the virtual golf games of their members and the WGT community.

The WGT Pinhunters country club has 98 members, including 2 officers, with more than 820,000 Experience Points (XP) earned. At Club Level 5, they have unlocked a number of country club benefits, including a free Putter Pal and Shot Pal for all of their members and earning +2% XP per round. Keep playing using CC Passes to level up your club to unlock these benefits too.

Club owner garypinhunter, a Level 88 Legend, explains the inspiration for creating the club:

"The WGT Pinhunters club idea came from many months working on the Golf Tip Website as a tip site for any WGT player. I wanted to offer a club where anyone can come and work on their game in a fun, easy going club. Once they become confident they can move on to another more competitive club, and I will recommend a few clubs to look at. I have made many friends with other CC owners. One director from a great club even sponsored a 2,500 credit tournament for our club a while back.

I have been surprised at the growth of the club, being that we only started September 27th of this year, but it shows the desire of those that seek to better their game. Having a good club director has helped me so much."

Club director David2Flop adds:

"WGT Pinhunters is a unique club. Our main goal is to accept every tier, especially the lower tiers that are searching for help. Gary has developed a number of lessons, tools and club tournaments to provide these new members with the guidance to success.

We want to teach [new and lower tier players] that this game is just for fun. We strive to give them the confidence to succeed and rise in experience and in skills. If they choose to leave the club once they reach that confidence goal, then Gary will direct them to clubs that he feels best fit their skills. If they choose to stay with the club, they become a teacher and 'pass it on.'"

The current Weekly Leaderboard below shows The Peoples Club at the top, followed by Sherbrooke Country Club, The old duffers retreat, The Madrid Golf Club and the Senior Citizens.