WGT Golf News

Showdown Royale is a twist on the Showdown events you love, with the competition turned up. Each group will start with only 20 people, reducing by 50% with each daily cut. Do you have what it takes to make it to the final round?

Qualifying Round

• The qualifying round consists of 3 single-day qualifiers to secure your spot in the elimination round
  
• The top 50% of the qualifying round leaderboard advance to the elimination round
  

Elimination Round

• The elimination round lasts one day, with only one chance to claim a spot in the final round
  
• The top 50% of the elimination round leaderboard advance to the final round
  

Final Round

• The final round also lasts one day
  
• If you’ve made it this far, you’ll receive a prize no matter what, but the higher you rank, the better 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 bogeysI
  

Dr Pepper Open

• Tee off on Pebble Beach starting November 23rd and compete for Callaway gift card prizes. The top 70 finishers will split a purse of 25,000 WGT Credits
  

Limited Time Holiday Bundle

• Available November 29th
  
• It’s officially time to start thinking about the holidays and updating your festive wardrobe
  

Limited Time Holiday Golf Ball

Snowfall Showdown

• The holiday season is even more exciting when there’s a Showdown to play
  

Avatar Improvements

• Updated/improved the driver swing animation
  
• Updated the grip on the male avatar flop shot animation
  
• Corrected several apparel design and fitting issues
  
• Fixed an issue where opponent avatars were missing clothes
  
• Updated Bucket hats to all use the newer model bucket hat type
  
• Fixed club alignment issues with left handed avatars
  

Bug Fixes

• Desktop: made changes to keep the avatar hand from hiding behind UI when changing glove
  
• Fixed an issue where swapping from abilities to appearance tab could leave the abilities equipped item in the right side instead of switching to the appearance item
  
• Android: Fixed an issue where black boxes were showing beneath the cup
  
• Fixed an issue in the FTE when putting where the course disappears
  
• Fixed an issue where the Scotty Cameron Phantom X 6 Putter shaft appeared to go through the club head
  
• Fixed an issue where the player sees blank pages when using the EDIT APPAREL button from the CHOOSE A SPONSOR panel
  
• Fixed an issue where the Flag and Flag stick appear black on some cameras
  
• Changed the distance where the player will be transparent when putting from 32ft to 100ft
  
• Fixed an issue in Alt Shot games where players lose balls after a conceded hole
  
• Fixed an issue where players can’t delete CC requests from the website
  
• Fixed an issue where CCs member counts were incorrect
  
• Fixed an issue where removed friends still show in friends list on web
  
• Decreased brightness on goals texts
  
• ERC/Truvis Callaway golf balls will now appear as their correct color instead of grey
  

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

Have your cake and eat it twice – fill up on sweets on your way to the top of the leaderboard to win in-game rewards!

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
  

* Bug fixes