Win or lose, every match pays — everyone earns, first place to last, and it's yours to spend in our pro shop. Invite your friends to join and be rewarded also.
Play your local course. Track your shots via the proprietary VGA app. Build an official handicap and rank nationally with verified stats.
VGA is a golf analytics platform. Record shots with the app on your phone; wearable companion software is in development. Your partner co-signs the card, and your verified score posts to a national flighted leaderboard against golfers with your handicap. Leaderboard flights are free to join for active subscribers.
Membership Medal
Gold tier · Tour access
Digital Tour Card
Play. Track. Rank.
VGA Network
Virtual Golf Association
Some golfers play 18 holes at their local course. Others never do — their golf is a bay or a simulator night with friends. VGA has a product for both, and the two are scored as completely separate games.
Your local muni, a Saturday twosome, the resort track on vacation. The VGA app maps the course, logs every shot, and your playing partner co-signs the card so your score posts to a verified national flight.
Your golf is a bay at one of the premier entertainment venues, a simulator night or a weeknight league. Off-course golf gets its own scoring, its own handicaps and its own leaderboards.
One account, one Tour Card, one app.The games never mix — off-course scores never enter the on-course national ranking.
Short films explaining the VGA Network — verified rounds, national flights, and your complete golf record.
The official VGA Network film — see the platform and how verified golf becomes your lasting performance record.
An overview of how the Virtual Golf Association turns the round you already play into a verified, nationally ranked performance record.
Three things every member gets.
Tee off at your municipal course or country club exactly like you do every Saturday. The moment your card is attested, your score updates regional and national flighted leaderboards — so a 5:40 am round in Tacoma counts the same as one at TPC Sawgrass.
Your VGA Tour Card records your golf life: every course played, your lowest rounds, hole-in-one badges, greens in regulation trends, and a verified handicap nobody can dispute.
Your membership unlocks the tools that make every round count: swing detection, GPS fairway mapping, automatic handicap calculation, verified scorecards, and fair leaderboard placement.
Simple memberships in US dollars — pay securely by card. Every paid tier includes unlimited round verification. No per-round fees.
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Ad-free verified golf for the weekend player.
$2.49
per month · or $24.99/yr
Championship rounds can count (on-course and/or Bay if the right pass is on).Off-course pass
Added to your basic checkout — one payment.
VGA Wrist Companion software
Optional add-on · Coming soon
Regional competition and deeper stats.
$4.99
per month · or $50/yr
Regional Championship boards for your game.Off-course pass
Added to your rookie checkout — one payment.
VGA Wrist Companion software
Optional add-on · Coming soon
Full membership. A recurring subscription — cancel any time.
$19.99
per month · or $199/yr
Prize-pool tools if you earn the invite.Off-course pass
Included with Tour
VGA Wrist Companion software
Included with Tour · Coming soon
Required with Basic, Rookie and Tour: $9 per year, or $29.99 once to keep it for good. It's added when you join, and upgrading later never charges it again. It's your player identity and verified golf record, with saved 9- and 18-hole rounds and links to separate analytics. Free members get a basic record and can activate the NFT Tour Card on its own. Bronze → Silver → Gold → Platinum looks are earned by verified play, never sold.
Championships: Required. Acquire your card.
Invite friends, be rewarded also: referrals who join a paid tier earn you membership rewards, on top of everything you earn playing. Free signups don't count.
All at your fingertips on your smartphone. The VGA Integrity Engine validates every round before it posts to a verified leaderboard flight.
Available now
Android Smartphone
Available now
iOS Smartphone
100% proprietary IP · Secure score verification
Three-ball sleeve · $15 deposit · $39.99 preorder
Expected delivery: January–March 2027
Zone 01
Public OpenStreetMap data, public scorecard APIs, and Mapbox imagery are stitched into every tee box on earth. No permission needed — any course you play is a tournament stop, from your muni to a remote resort layout.
Zone 02
In development: an extension of the proprietary VGA app for compatible wearables.
Zone 03
Course maps and GPS yardages connect your recorded shot locations with your scorecard.
Zone 04
Partner confirmation and round review work together to support verified competitive scores.
Zone 05
The VGA Intelligent Golf Ball by AURA is licensed by VGA Network. In development: wake-on-impact detection and Bluetooth proximity sensing through the proprietary VGA app, designed to support shot recording, ball finding and score verification.
Beyond recovery
Not a gimmick. An on-course witness.
VGA’s goal goes beyond finding a lost ball: connect each strike and recorded lie to your scorecard through the proprietary VGA app.
VGA Intelligent Golf Ball by AURA, licensed by VGA Network. VGA app integration and the capabilities below are in development.
New members complete five baseline calibration rounds before they are eligible for verified leaderboard flights. That baseline sets your verified handicap and locks your competitive division.
The standard system averages your best 8 of your last 20 scores, so the bad days drop out. VGA uses every one of your last 10 verified rounds, and your newest round counts the most.
VGA: Every one of your last 10 verified rounds counts. Bad rounds count too.
Standard: Only your best 8 of 20 count, so 12 rounds are thrown out.
VGA: Your newest round counts the most, and older rounds fade out.
Standard: A good round today is averaged in with scores from months ago.
VGA: Only rounds signed off by your playing partners count. You can't verify your own.
Standard: Scores you post on your own count.
VGA: Your handicap can only rise so fast, and unverified rounds never count.
Standard: Rise limits exist, but self-posted scores still count.
VGA: A 9-hole round moves your handicap at half strength, right away.
Standard: A 9-hole score waits to be paired with another 9, or is estimated.
VGA: Your account lists every round in your handicap and exactly how much each one counts.
Standard: Shows which scores count, but each counted score weighs the same no matter how old it is.
A VGA Handicap appears after 3 verified rounds (at least one full 18), shows as Provisional until 10, and tops out at 54.0. It is calculated by VGA from verified rounds only. It is the official handicap for VGA tournaments and the Championship. Off-course play never affects it. Not affiliated with any national golf association.
No new equipment and no learning curve.
Fire up the VGA mobile app at TPC Sawgrass or your local muni, and your membership covers GPS mapping and verified score recording. Then play your normal 18. No special ball, no launch monitor.
Record shots with the proprietary VGA app on your phone; at the clubhouse your playing partner scans your QR code to co-sign and verify the scorecard. Companion software for compatible wearables is in development.
Your verified score posts to the right regional and national flight, where you compete against golfers at your level.
Two games. Two boards. Pick yours.
On-course
You play 18 on a real course. Your partner signs the card. Rank in your region. Florida final.
On-course ChampionshipOff-course / Bay
Topgolf, sims. Rank in your region. Finals week where you already play. No travel required.
Bay ChampionshipOfficial scoring window opens
June 26, 2027
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18 months total: first 9 months setup, next 9 months official scoring, then finals.
Separate boards for men, women, teen boys and teen girls.
Men · 18+
Live Championship rankings are not connected yet. No player rankings are displayed.
Legal Compliance Notice: The Virtual Golf Association (VGA Network) operates as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform. Membership fees cover digital verification, telemetry and game analytics. There are no per-round fees. VGA leaderboards and tournaments are free to enter for active software subscribers. No purchase is necessary to participate in promotional sweepstakes where required by law. Fully compliant across all 50 US states.