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Realistic golf game

 

#1 online golf destination

 

10M+ players worldwide

 

24 famous courses replicated in HD

 

Annual Virtual U.S. Open with USGA

 

WGT Virtual Tour with Golf Channel

Free WGT golf experience on mobile

 

3M+ mobile players in first year

 

Available for Apple and Android mobile phones and tablets

 

The #1 top free 3D golf game

 

Full game simulation built with the best GPS and 3D technology

 

WGT VIRTUAL TOUR

In 2014, WGT Media and Golf Channel launched the largest virtual sports tour in history. The WGT Virtual Tour features 12 monthly golf tournaments, season-long points tracking, and a virtual championship on Twitch, all played on WGT Golf and covered by Golf Channel online and on TV.

 

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WGT VIRTUAL TOUR

In just over one year, WGT Golf Mobile has been downloaded over 5 million times on the Apple App Store, and is available on the Google Play store for Android.

 

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GOLF COURSES DEVELOPED FOR PLAY AT WGT GOLF INCLUDE

Stroke play (full 18 holes):

 

  • St Andrews

  • Bethpage Black

  • Chambers Bay

  • Cabo del Sol, Mexico, for a "green fee" of $0.40 (40 credits) for 9 holes or $0.60 (60 credits) for 18 holes. The course is based on TruGolf computer-generated graphics, however, rather than WGT's own technology of high-definition photography.

  • Chateau Whistler, Canada, another TruGolf course which can be played for the same green fee as Cabo Del Sol.

  • Congressional (Blue Course)

  • Kiawah Island Ocean Course

  • Merion (East Course)

  • Oakmont

  • Old Course at St Andrews

  • Pebble Beach

  • Pinehurst Resort (No 2 Course)

  • Royal St. George's

  • The Olympic Club (Lake Course)

 

Closest-to-the-hole challenges

(9 holes, or in some cases two different sets of 9 holes each):

 

  • Bali Hai, Las Vegas, Nevada

  • Celtic Manor Resort Twenty Ten Course

  • Edgewood, Lake Tahoe, Nevada

  • Harbour Town

  • Hilversumsche Golf Club, Hilversum, Netherlands

  • Pebble Beach

  • Pinehurst No. 8

  • Wolf Creek, Mesquite, Nevada

  • The Olympic Club (Lake Course)

  • Challenge at Manele, Lanai City, HI

  • Lanai Experience Koele, HI

  • Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky

 

Closest-to-the-hole challenges can also be played on each of the courses that are available for full stroke play.

 

Future Courses

In line with its USGA tie-in, WGT Media has published a preview of the new courses that will be launched on the site in conjunction with the upcoming locations for the U.S. Open:

 

  • Chambers Bay (2015),

  • Erin Hills (2017),

  • Shinnecock Hills (2018),

  • Pebble Beach (full course) (2019),

  • and Winged Foot (2020).

 

In WGT's tie-in with the R&A for The Open Championship, it may release further courses in the rota in future years, but so far no long-range commitment between WGT Media and the R&A has been announced.

PARTNERS AND THE WORLD WIDE WEB

WGT Media enters into license agreements with real golf courses and tournament owners such as the United States Golf Association (USGA) and the R&A. WGT has also made agreements with equipment providers and other companies including TruGolf, Taylor Made, Adams Golf, Ping, Lynx, Nike, Snake Eyes Golf, Cleveland, Callaway, Srixon, Loudmouth Golf, American Express, Sky Golf, Adidas Golf, Ketel One vodka, Lexus, Old Granddad bourbon, and Pilsner Urquell.

 

The United States Golf Association (USGA) partnered with WGT Media in 2009 to co-host the first annual Virtual USGA Championship online. The Virtual U.S. Open attracted hundreds of thousands of players from more than 180 countries, and by its third year, over 2 million qualifying rounds were played. The event was won by Wayne Stopak (aka NASAgolfer), with a final round 66 on Bethpage Black. Stopak received a replica of the US Open trophy and a trip for two to Pebble Beach for the 2010 US Open. A similar competition was held in 2010, using the Oakmont course that hosted the Women's Open. One of WGT Golf's dominant players, BolloxInBruges, won a trip to the 2011 US Open, at Congressional. He shot rounds of 61-63. The 2011 Virtual U.S. Open at Congressional, May–June 2011, was won by mrenn29 with final-round scores of 64 and 57. The 2012 Virtual U.S. Open at The Olympic Club was won by StoneColdKiller, winner of the 2011 Virtual Open Championship at Royal St. George's, with record-low rounds of 57-55.

 

In 2010, the first Virtual Open (British) Championship 2010 was held at St. Andrews. It was won by AvatarLee, with rounds of 58 and 63, for a golfing trip to Scotland. The 2011 Virtual Open Championship at Royal St. George's, in June–July 2011, was won by StoneColdKiller, with rounds of 58 and 61.

 

WGT Golf can also be launched and played from a number of online organizations including USGA.org, ESPN.com and Facebook. Social networking apps can also be added to anyone's Facebook home page to let family and friends know where you play virtual golf, read blog entries about your latest game, and track your golfing statistics. WGT Golf allows a player to post their own replays of their best 10 shots they've taken in the past. External voice chat communications programs, for example Ventrillo, Team Speak, Skype and Roger Wilco, can be used to communicate with other players, while playing golf at WGT Golf, making it easier to communicate with other players.

 

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