{"id":762283,"date":"2026-07-14T11:52:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/762283\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T11:52:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:52:23","slug":"golf-hosts-its-first-vr-open-this-week-with-a-grand-prize-trip-to-st-andrews-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/762283\/","title":{"rendered":"GOLF+ Hosts Its First VR Open This Week With A Grand Prize Trip To St. Andrews In 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GOLF+ VR, in partnership with the Royal &amp; Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, is bringing an official VR Open to the GOLF+ Tour. The grand prize winner will receive a trip to St. Andrews in 2027. <\/p>\n<p>The tournament tees off on July 16 in conjunction with the 154th Open Championship. Watch the trailer here:<\/p>\n<p>Players will compete on the new Royal Birkdale course, the latest DLC addition to GOLF+&#8217;s lineup of well over a dozen replications of real-life courses for VR players. The Royal Birkdale is also the host of this week&#8217;s Open Championship. With the two events coinciding, GOLF+ has included grandstands, spectator areas, and Championship branding throughout the new course for a more authentic experience. <\/p>\n<p>Awaiting the winner is a grand prize of a VIP trip for two to 2027&#8217;s 155th Open, including Open Championship tickets and hospitality. Entry into the grand prize drawing will be open to all GOLF+ players that compete in the VR Open. All players who complete each of their VR Open tournament rounds will be entered to win the grand prize. <\/p>\n<p>The Royal Birkdale course is available now for $11.99. Players can also subscribe to the GOLF+ Pass service for $9.99 a month (or $99.99 per year) to get access to all courses.<\/p>\n<p>GOLF+ is out now on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.meta.com\/experiences\/golf\/2412327085529357\/?ref=uploadvr.com\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Quest<\/a>\u00a0for $29.99 and comes with three original courses. It is also available as part of Meta&#8217;s Horizon+ subscription service. It can be\u00a0wishlisted on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4404180\/GOLF\/?ref=uploadvr.com\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Steam<\/a>\u00a0now ahead of its upcoming release on that platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GOLF+ VR, in partnership with the Royal &amp; Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, is bringing an official&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":762284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-762283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=762283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}