WGT Golf News

Here’s the rundown on Tap-In Rewards:

• Now through 5/21 (11:59pm PT), anytime you use WGT Credits, you’ll fill your Tap-In Rewards progress tracker
  
• As your progress tracker fills, you’ll reach new prize tiers to earn better and better rewards
  
• Rewards include premium golf balls, apparel packs, XP Ultra Boost and coveted equipment like the full line of Hickory Clubs - available altogether for the first time in this promotion!
  

The top reward tiers include the following:

• Hickory Driver
  
• Hickory 3 Wood
  
• Hickory Irons
  
• Totally Rad Orange Set
  
• Hawaiian Shirt
  
• Wolf Shirt
  
• Deer Shirt
  
• Tiger Shirt
  
• Shamrock Shorts
  
• Sweetheart Shorts
  
• Camo Pants
  

Note: These specific rewards can only be earned if not already owned.

*Tap-In Rewards run 5/18/23-5/21/23. Earn rewards for any WGT purchase on any platform, but prizes cannot be redeemed on WGT.com.

Stake your claim on the farm, plow through the competition and take home a fresh crop of prizes in this limited-time event!

First time playing in a Showdown? We’ve got you covered with everything you need to know.

Qualifying Round

• The qualifying round lasts three days
  
• Players have a daily chance each day of the qualifying round to secure their spot in the elimination round
  
• The top 50% of the qualifying round leaderboard advance to the elimination round
  
• Players that qualify on day one (top 50%) do not need to play on day two or three of the qualifying round
  
• Players that do not qualify on day one are still eligible to compete on days two or three to secure an elimination round spot
  

Elimination Round

• The elimination round lasts two days
  
• Players only get one chance to grab a spot in the final round, unlike the qualifying round
  
• The top 50% of the elimination round leaderboard advance to the final round
  

Final Round

• The final round also lasts two days
  
• If you’ve made it this far, you’ll receive a prize no matter what, but the higher you rank, the bigger the prizes
  

Other Things to Know

• We base scoring on total strokes, meaning the fewer shots you take to complete your matches, the higher you rank on the leaderboard
  
• Incomplete or forfeited holes score as bogeys
  

New!

• Leave your opponents udderly impressed with the Cow Print Bucket Hat
  
• Wear your new hat and come play in the Barnyard Bash Showdown
  
• Go easy on yourself with the new ultra-forgiving PING G430 clubs
  
• Create custom courses with your Country Club using your favorite holes
  

Country Club Tournament Creation Updates

• Country Club Custom Course Creation: You can now create your custom courses in game!
  
• Custom Shot Clock option
  
• Added Starting Soon cards in a club’s active tournaments section to show tournaments that haven’t started yet
  

Country Club Tournaments Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where changes to any round applied to all rounds
  
• Fixed a display issue where “Tiers: All” changes to “Tiers: Custom” on the Review page
  
• Fixed an issue where changing a round’s duration may change back to 24 hours
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue in Friends where Friends Online {0} showed in unrelated pages
  
• Fixed a matchmaking issue that caused a country club to match with themselves in Turf War
  
• Fixed the web course notebook so it can be fully used in browser
  

WGT will be down for server maintenance tonight beginning at 10:00 PM PT.

Expected downtime is only 3 hours.

We'll have you back on the course as quickly as possible.

Thanks,

-WGT Dev Team

New!

• Add more consistency to your game with the new Titleist TSR2 Clubs
  
• Bloom on the green with Loudmouth Peace Flower Apparel
  
• New Jelly Bean Pants will have you looking as sweet as your favorite spring treat
  
• Compete for prizes in the WGT Live Series: May Open
  
• Revamped WGT Golf Balls are here
  
• Plus, it’s now even easier to create Country Club Tournaments
  

Gifting Apparel

• You read that right! You can now gift apparel in WGT!!!
  
• this highly requested feature will be available in the client update
  
• You can gift all seasonal apparel, apparel boxes, and apparel from any official brands found in our pro shop
  
• You cannot gift the stat boosted apparel that appears in the pro shop every 24 hours

Country Club Tournament Creation

• Cleaner UI with new features to improve CC tournament creation experience
  
• Choice to start tournament immediately or at midnight (with a convenient timer to show when that is)
  
• Create CC tournaments with apparel bonus!
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue in Multiplayer Stroke Play setup where the Random 3 option wasn’t available
  
• Fixed an issue where the player hitting first in the tiebreaker and losing is earning progress in Goals and Achievements for winning coin games
  
• Fixed an issue in the first time user experience (FTE) where one step was missing the glove pointer
  
• Fixed an issue where tournament details panel was always showing the lowest prize when using a non-standard prize setup
  
• Fixed an issue where tournament details is blank after viewing “Full Leaderboard” and viewing a player’s profile from the leaderboard
  
• Fixed an issue causing Tournament Recommendations to include country club tournaments