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Danny has come a long way since his days as a caddy at Bushwood. No more caddyshack for Danny. He’s in the big leagues now on shot #7 on the World Golf Tour Charity Challenge. Great Shot! See this and more videos on youtube. Post your own shots on the tube and you may get something special from the WGT team.
FERRARAH achieved the first hole in one during the event and sent us a clip. Being the nice Web 2.0 guys we are, we decided to support Youtube and posted it! FERRARAH you are now famous.
Now for all of you who have great shot we want to see them! Save them as a replay in the game and then either record and post them on youtube or email us with your user name and relay number at members@worldgolftour.com and we will post them for you. Remember you have to save them as a replay first.
On the second day we had our first sub 100 score posted by TAYLRT with a 94.53, who went in to the closing of the day with the lead. However on the 3rd day MFR821 posted commanding 85.35 to take over the lead. These guys are posting incredible scores and they are a testimony to that fact that practice makes perfect.
Here are some tips on how you can improve your game:
use the space bar to zoom into the green to more accurately aim your shot.
while zoomed in, look at the green and see where it slopes
aiming for the flag is not always the best, let the ball roll to the hole
use the “s” key to control where the ball is placed in your stance
the further up the ball is to your front foot, more reverse spin and height is achieved
swinging 100% is not always your best bet, club up and take an easier swing
the less power you swing with the larger the sweet spot and easier it is to time the hit.
So after one full day of play Jamesvon from Massashusetts emerged as the leader with a very impressive score of 136.20. What is even more impressive is that Jamesvon achieved this score with the Beginner series TaylorMade R7 clubs. It will be interesting for him try the R7 TP pros set and see what low score he can achieve. If you want to change clubs, simply log-in, go to your profile, and select change clubs. The TP set is a lot harder to use, but much more rewarding if you can hit the sweet spot.
The World Golf Tour is proud to announce that our Beta version of the World Golf Tour Presents PGA.com Charity Challenge is now live and available for people from around the world to play! We are thrilled to see so many people playing the game and enjoying themselves. We sincerely hope that you find the game visually appealing and fun to play. Our goal is to provide the most authentic online golf game possible.
We also would like to thank our sponsors (PGA.com, TaylorMade-adidas Golf, Walters Golf, Mandalay Bay, Hint Water and Golfnow.com) for participating and donating prizes and cash to the educational charities we are focusing on. They are: Teach for America (www.teachforamerica.org), Sheltering Arms (www.shelteringarmsforkids.com), and After-School All-Stars (www.afterschoolallstars.org). Please take a moment to visit their websites and make a donation if possible. We at the World Golf Tour strongly believe in giving back to the community and we are proud to be helping out in any way we can.
The Charity Challenge tournament will be live from May 21st - June 17th. We will be having drawings for some fantastic prizes, including r7 irons, TP balls, adidas golf shirts and Burner drivers from TaylorMade Golf! Also, we will be giving away all-expenses paid trips to Las Vegas and Hawaii!! You can’t ask for much more than that…just for playing some virtual golf!!
This is just our first step for the World Golf Tour. In the near future, we will have a product that will allow you to play a full 18 holes on a variety of courses, with your friends! We know how social golf can be in real life and we are striving to make it just as social online. Make sure you keep an eye out for us as we announce our next version of the World Golf Tour. I hope everyone enjoys the game and if you have any comments or feedback please let us know at feedback@worldgolftour.com.
I flew down to Las Vegas to watch the final round of the World Series of Golf earlier this week. By the time I got to Primm Valley Golf Course where they played the tournament the players were already on the 4th hole and one player had already been knocked out. I wrote about my experiences playing in a test tournament for this format about 2 months ago. It’s where golf and Texas Hold’em poker combine to make the greatest new betting format around! Essentially, all the players must ante before each hole (the ante doubles every 3 holes) and then the players bet after each shot during the hole and each player can call, raise or fold. Whoever ends up with all chips at the end of the day wins the tournament. The players had to qualify each day to move on to the next round. It was a very exciting finish in this inaugural event.The final four players included two professional poker players (Phil Ivey & Rhett Butler), Paul Schuller (an electrician from Washington) and Mark Ewing (an ex-daytrader from Orange County). Ivey got taken out early in the back nine and the remaining three players lasted through the 16th hole when Ewing went all-in and took out the other two players. For his great play, Ewing took home $250,000!!! Not bad for a 10 handicapper! He definitely seemed the most steady of all the players, although Butler looked like a pretty good player himself. There were camera crews following them and interviewing them after each hole. It was amazing they kept their composure with all the pressure on them. The World Series of Golf will be televised on NBC June 23rd and 24th. Make sure you watch it and see how much fun it was. Then next year, find an extra $10,000 and enter the tournament yourself!!
World Golf Tour is happy to announce that in addition to the TaylorMade clubs we are giving away for the charity challenge open beta, we have added both a Vegas Golf Vacation and a Hawaii Golf Getaway. This is a no purchase necessary sweepstakes, so all you have to do is check back here and find out when the event goes live and start playing! Seriously, this is the best deal ever, play virtual golf from your PC for free and have the chance to win amazing prizes. If your not lucky don’t worry, we are giving away prizes every day during the event and you will have over 200 chances to win. We can’t wait for you to start playing.
So the not too secret, secret is… World Golf Tour is about to open up our beta to the public to play. The beta will have all the main features to swing a club and play a HD quality virtual course online. The Open Beta is similar to a movie trailer, where we show the public certain features of the product to obtain feedback and hone the experience.
To reward our patrons, the Open Beta will include a charity sweepstakes challenge which will include the following prize giveaways:
TaylorMade Burner Driver
World Golf Tour Logo adidas golf polos
TaylorMade R7 irons
For a chance to win these prizes and more, stay tuned to this blog and we will let you know when it starts.
