The World Golf Tour free game is essentially a rip off of the long time online golf game Shot Online. Both operate in the same manner. If you want to play better and progress in the game you need to spend real money. And, a lot of money. However, if you don't care about shooting poor rounds and all you want to do is waste online time playing golf, then either one is for you. What the difference is between WGT and Shot Online is the fun. Shot Online is much more fun than WGT. However, WGT has real courses in the world that are actually sponsored by the courses themselves. That is one thing that Shot Online will probably never have. If I have to choose between the two, I'll take Shot Online from South Korea any day over this WGT from NBC. WGT is stupid.