SkyTrak team up with WGT Golf

Here at TG we’ve used SkyTrak’s launch monitor during our test sessions over the last couple of months and we’ve been impressed with its accuracy and mobility. But the SkyTrak was always intented to be much more than just a launch monitor so the company are going a step further and offering golfers the chance to play WGT Golf in a high definition virtual environment.

The WGT Golf app has over 14 million users worldwide and for the first time players will be able to play iconic courses such as Kiawah Ocean Course, Bandon Dunes, Wolf Creek and many others, using their own clubs and real balls. Want to see how the game looks? www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F4kVdmHVY8.

The SkyTrak Launch Monitor is a complete practice, play and entertainment system for golf at home. Now with WGT Golf bolted on, golfers can experience and test their skills on some of the world’s most famous 18-hole courses with their own clubs at their own pace. 

WGT Golf includes two game modes. A Closest-to-the-Hole game challenges golfers with nine different approach shots scored in proximity to the pin on WGT’s famous courses. Or, golfers can opt for full strokeplay on golf courses around the world, with the ability to select different tee boxes, course conditions, green speeds and wind conditions. Players also have the ability to enter tournaments, challenge other golfers, improve their games and work their way up the leaderboard.

WGT Golf is the leading online and mobile golf game and is known for its tournaments featuring famous and realistic golf courses. Golf is played virtually on actual golf courses around the world using patented 3D photo-realistic images and terrain-mapping technology.

While entertaining, SkyTrak is a serious tool which accurately reflects the golfer’s actual skill level and shot results to provide year-round practice, play and game improvement without the need to leave home. Combined with an App and a compatible phone or tablet, the Wi-Fi enabled SkyTrak captures actual ball speed, launch angle, back spin, side spin and side angle to project the ball flight over a vivid 3D practice range and virtual golf course.

SkyTrak is recommended for use with iPad Air, iPad Air 2, iPad Mini 2 (with Retina), iPad Mini 3. Versions of the SkyTrak App for other platforms will be released in due course.

SkyTrak (RRP £1,695) ships with a Basic Practice Range Package, giving vital ball performance data, a choice of camera views and shot replay on a 3D virtual driving range.

A host of extra Range / Launch Monitor features including Longest Drive, Nearest The Pin, Club Compare, Session History and more, plus the ability to store your SkyTrak sessions in the SkyGolf 360 cloud, come with the SkyTrak Game Improvement Package (£79 annual fee), available at www.skytrakgolf.com/en-GB/. This package also contains SkyTrak’s entry-level WGT Golf simulator offering, which is a 9-shot Nearest The Pin challenge on the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island.

A third package – Play & Improve – available at £159.95 per year, which includes all of the features found in the Game Improvement Package, and additionally enables you to play a 9-shot Nearest The Pin Challenge on each of WGT Golf’s 18 simulated golf courses, plus full-length 18 hole Strokeplay on ten WGT courses including Pinehurst No.2, Bethpage Black, Bandon Dunes, Chambers Bay, the Old Course at St Andrews and five more globally-famous golf courses.

For more information on the SkyTrak Launch Monitor System visit www.skytrakgolf.com. For more information on WGT Golf visit www.wgtmedia.com.