Virtual U.S. Open Championship

Missed qualifying for the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black? Want to see how you would go if you were to play the course? Well now you can. Sort of.

From the 25th May 2009 to 21st June 2009 you can go to the official site of the U.S. Open and play qualifying rounds for the Virtual U.S. Open.

From the site:

Developed in partnership with Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, N.Y., the Virtual U.S. Open will take place on a state-of-the-art simulation of the Black Course at Bethpage, allowing golf enthusiasts everywhere to play an online golf championship from their computers at no cost, at the same time and on virtually the same course as the actual U.S. Open competitors in June.

World Golf Tour has used about 100,000 images to make the simulation as real as possible, and from a quick look, it is very impressive.

For the full story head over to the U.S. Open site and have a read.

Image from usopen.com

Let me know how you go.